Larry Ellison Wants to Do Good, Do Research and Make a Profit; The New York Times, August 12, 2025

   Theodore Schleifer and Nicholas Kulish, The New York Times; Larry Ellison Wants to Do Good, Do Research and Make a Profit

"Mr. Ellison has rarely engaged with the community of Giving Pledge signers, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. He has cherished his autonomy and does not want to be influenced to support Mr. Gates’s causes, one of the people said, while also sensitive to any idea that he is backing off the pledge.

But the stakes of Mr. Ellison’s message on X are enormous. His fortune is about 10 times what it was when he signed the pledge as the software company he founded, Oracle, rides the artificial intelligence boom. Mr. Ellison controls a staggering 40-plus percent of the company’s stock...

“Oxford, Cambridge and the whole university sector are under pressure to capitalize on intellectual property because of long-running government policy belief that the U.K. has fallen behind economically,” said John Picton, an expert in nonprofit law at the University of Manchester."

Serving on a Nonprofit Board: Basics and Ethical Responsibilities; PBI, April 6, 2022

PBI; Serving on a Nonprofit Board: Basics and Ethical Responsibilities

Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Live Webcast

3 substantive CLE credits | 1:30 pm to 4:45 pm

"Thinking of serving on a nonprofit board? We’ve got you covered.

Many attorneys get the chance to join a nonprofit board. This can be a very rewarding experience to improve your skills and make valuable connections while helping a cause that is meaningful to you. This CLE will explore the role of the Board of Directors and the laws governing nonprofits. You will get training on the basics of nonprofit board service, including charitable issues raised under state and federal laws for current board members.

Explore the nuts and bolts of serving on a nonprofit board

Some topics covered will include:

• Proper due diligence: what questions to ask and documents to request before joining
• Understanding your role as a board member
• Board member fiduciary duties
• Board member limited liability, D&O insurance, and indemnification
• The basics of nonprofit financial information
• Ethics of serving on a nonprofit board
• And more!"

Nonprofits face crisis as baby-boomer leaders prepare to retire; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 26, 2018

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Nonprofits face crisis as baby-boomer leaders prepare to retire

"Nonprofit workers pour their passions into causes such as providing food and shelter to the needy, counseling troubled veterans and staging live theater and music.

But nonprofit organizations often fall short taking care of themselves —  in grooming their next generation of executive leaders and helping their employees save enough for retirement.

Those are among the findings in new research by the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University that says the nonprofit sector faces a crisis as the current crop of baby boomers who lead them prepares to exit the workforce."