A wealthy couple who donated $100 million of stock to Fidelity’s charitable donor-advised fund did not prove that the fund acted negligently in selling the stock at a time when its price was low, a federal judge in California ruled Friday.
Read moreCOLUMBUS, Ohio — The attorney general of Ohio claims in court that a group of New York residents set up
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Capt. Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who walked into the hearts of a nation in lockdown as he shuffled up and down his garden to raise money for health care workers, has died after testing positive for Covid-19. He was 100.
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A Fourth Circuit panel heard arguments Wednesday over whether a North Carolina-based charity can pay disabled employees participating in a government rehabilitation program less than minimum wage.
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The former CEO of Make-A-Wish Iowa has been arrested on felony charges alleging she stole thousands of dollars from the charity that supports sick children, the group confirmed Friday.
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Taking up Stephen Bannon’s defense some four months into the prosecution, a new attorney for the former White House adviser told a federal judge Thursday that he is still playing catch-up with the government on evidence production.
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A New York realty agency has launched a fundraiser that calls on Trump fans to contribute toward a $3 million goal and then gift the house to President Donald Trump.
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Defending a $9.9 million fundraising campaign to promote justice for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Change.org argued in court Tuesday that it cannot be sued over how it chose to spend the donated funds.
Read moreMINNEAPOLIS — A nonprofit that sponsors free meals for low-income kids sued the Minnesota Department of Education for denying or
Read moreThe 11th Circuit granted an en banc hearing to former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s challenge to her fraud conviction for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from a sham charity. The charity purported to give scholarships to poor students, but instead funded Brown’s lavish trips and elaborate parties.
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Pleading not guilty Monday at a virtual arraignment, three leaders of the embattled charity We Build the Wall followed the lead of fellow defendant Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist.
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The rabbi whose hand was mutilated in a San Diego-area synagogue shooting in 2019 pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud charges Tuesday, following an FBI investigation into his charitable organizations which preceded the attack on his congregation during the sacred Jewish holiday of Passover.
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Foreign charities are not entitled to the same First Amendment freedoms that protect American entities from having to make anti-prostitution pledges for U.S. grant money, the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Monday.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Change.org of soliciting donations online for petitions calling for social change in the wake of the George Floyd protests, but using the money “for the site’s overhead, and for its own profit.”
Read moreGeraldine Hill, 59, and her husband Clayton Hill, 58, both of Bonita, Calif., face up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and tax evasion involving their alleged charity On Your Feet aka Family Resource Center, of Spring Valley, from which they diverted $1.3 million and paid no taxes, federal prosecutors said.
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s the coronavirus spread, the world’s richest communist dug into his deep pockets. Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and a member of the ruling Communist Party, helped pay for 1,000 ventilators delivered to New York in April. Ma’s foundation also is giving ventilators, masks and other supplies in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
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A counterfeit $20 bill allegedly triggered the chain of events leading to George Floyd’s death. Days later, more than $20 million has been donated to his family and to charities in his honor and the outpouring is growing by the minute.
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Chief Justice John Roberts seemed inclined Tuesday to hold that First Amendment protections are available to the foreign partners of U.S. entities combatting AIDS and other diseases.
Read moreBritain organized a flyover and 140,000 people sent cards to mark the 100th birthday on Thursday of a World War II veteran whose staggering fundraising efforts have inspired a country in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Being stuck at home didn’t stop a British man from running an outdoor marathon.
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