Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI)

Arab American Association of New York | March 13, 2017

A Brooklyn-based Arab-American group that has raked in more than $200,000 in city cash since 2014 hosted political events at its headquarters — a violation of federal nonprofit rules, experts said....

Philanthropy News Digest | July 16, 2018

Johns Hopkins University has announced a $15 million gift in support of the Berman Institute of Bioethics from trustee emeritus Alexander Levi and his wife, Vicki. The gift will establish the Ruth R. Faden Endowment for Education in Bioethics, named in honor of the institute's founding director, and support the education and training of future leaders in the field of bioethics. Among other things, the endowment will provide permanent funding support for the Hecht-Levi Postdoctoral Fellowship...

Philanthropy News Digest | July 11, 2017

The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund has announced grants totaling $7.6 million in support of efforts to strengthen the voice of civil society in shaping the development of artificial intelligence. Launched in January with initial funding totaling $27 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Omidyar Network, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, and Raptor Group founder Jim Palotta, with the Miami Foundation serving as fiscal sp...

Springfield News-Leader | July 10, 2018

A nonprofit supporting Eric Greitens could face millions of dollars in civil penalties if the Missouri Ethics Commission substantiates a complaint filed by a state lawmaker who investigated the former governor. Rep. Jay Barnes, the Republican lawmaker who chaired the House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight (SICO), filed the complaint Tuesday against A New Missouri, Inc., and against the Greitens for Missouri campaign committee. Lawmakers investigated Greitens for several months prior ...