Daily Update: How Charities Can Help Ultra-Rich Who Face Anxiety About Giving

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[Nonprofits Mailings Would Cost More to Send Under Postal Plan]( [premium] Charities have until March 1 to comment on the proposed changes. Online Tools and Advice --------------------------------------------------------------- [For Your Next Capital Campaign: ‘Don’t Be Boring’]( [premium] As he leads a $180 million drive for 92nd Street Y, Giving Tuesday maestro Henry Timms finds tried-and-true rules don’t always apply. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online --------------------------------------------------------------- Top News Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Is [Paying Off Nigeria’s $76 Million Polio Debt]( (Quartz) How the [Tax Code Rewrite Favors Real Estate Over Art]( (The New York Times) [GOP Tax Law a One-Two Punch]( to Charities — and American Giving (Politico) In Unusual Move, [Pittsburgh Foundation Files ‘Friend of Court' Brief in Gerrymandering Case]( (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) More News For Some N.Y. [Private-School Chiefs, Pay Nears $1 Million]( (The Wall Street Journal — subscription) Girl Scouts Join [Fight Over Bridge Named for Segregationist]( (Associated Press) Nonprofits Play Key Role in [Decline of Urban Crime]( Research Finds (The New York Times) [Jeff Bezos Takes a More Public Role]( in His Philanthropy (The New York Times) Gov. Greitens’s Nonprofit [Gives $250,000 in ‘Dark Money’ to ‘Right-to-Work’ PAC]( (The Kansas City Star) [Bill Clinton Blasts Suggestion of Misuse of Foundation Money]( Calling It a 'Personal Insult' (CNBC) [Philanthropy in Asia]( Hampered by Trust Issues, Says Report (Devex) Opinion: University Rejects [Chinese Communist Party-Linked Influence Efforts on Campus]( (The Washington Post) Don't Miss What Everyone Else Is Reading --------------------------------------------------------------- These were the best-read stories on our site last week: [Diana Aviv, CEO of Feeding America, Leaves Abruptly]( [premium] Ms. Aviv, who joined the huge anti-hunger group two years ago, stepped down immediately, with no successor in place. [What the New Wave of Millennial Leaders Means for the Nonprofit World]( [premium] Creativity. Transparency. Higher wages for everyone. [The Nonprofit Imperative for 2018: Fight for Sound Public Policies]( The tsunami of challenges caused by the new tax law will pummel nonprofit finances and their work forces — and hurt the charitable missions foundations and organizations strive to carry out. [Pay Is Flat for Most Fundraisers, but a Few See Huge Increases]( [premium] Salaries have inched up only about 2.6 percent over the past five years, but averages can be deceiving. [Tax Law Wipes Out Giving Incentive for 21 Million Americans, Study Says]( [premium] The number of taxpayers who itemize under the new law will plunge from 37 million to about 16 million in 2018, according to the Tax Policy Center. Coming Thursday: Learn What Foundation Program Officers Want --------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Chronicle on Thursday to hear directly from veteran foundation program officers to understand what they look for when they review proposals. 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