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Subject: Harlem Nonprofit Helps Kids Transcend Racism, Poverty, and Now Covid
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NewsAfter years of struggling for funding, Brotherhood/Sister Sol was about to break ground on a state-of-the-art headquarters and was moving confidently into future. Then Covid-19 hit. -
OpinionGiving is better than many reports indicate, and foundations are making needed changes that will benefit charities long after the pandemic.
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TransitionsAlso, a former Council on Foundations executive will lead Americans for Peace Now, and the Neighborhood Funders Group promotes its next president from within.
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A compilation of requests for proposals from nonprofit groups focused on the arts, families living in low-cost housing, women and girls, public parks, and more.
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Gifts RoundupA roundup of notable gifts compiled by the Chronicle:
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PodcastLack of universal broadband in rural areas limit telehealth and home schooling.
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Nonprofit News From Elsewhere
Philanthropy is particularly well-suited to fund the search for a coronavirus vaccine. This type of research requires huge investments that typically take a long time — sometimes decades — to pay off and, unlike their counterparts in industry and government, deep-pocketed donors need not worry about shareholders or politics. The wealthiest foundations can also withstand the failures that are inevitable in research and trials and can require grantees to make the finished product widely accessible and affordable, as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has done. (Financial Times)
Plus: Bill Gates Is the Most Interesting Man in the World (New York Times)
Though they have become a lifeline for many during the pandemic, food-bank directors say their organizations are no match for the federal anti-hunger program SNAP. The government will pour billions of dollars into supplying food banks with produce from farmers who have lost their usual markets, but activists say the most effective approach is simply to give people money to buy groceries. One economist called the politically contested SNAP “far and away the most important component of our social safety net against hunger in our country.” (NPR)
More About Federal Aid and the Pandemic
Senators Seek DOJ Probe of Planned Parenthood Stimulus Loans (Bloomberg)
Wealthiest Hospitals Got Billions in Bailout for Struggling Health Providers (New York Times)
The Nonprofit Response to the Crisis
Charitable Runs and Walks Learn to Adapt to Crowd Limits (Associated Press)
Covid-19 Could Mean the End of Small Charities (Bloomberg)
‘Something’s Going to Snap’: Nonprofits Face Falling Revenue and Increased Demand (Yahoo Finance)
How Nonprofits Are Returning to a New Normal
U.S. Museums Are Reopening: To See Monet, Don a Mask (New York Times)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Is the First Major Art Institution in the US to Reopen. Here’s How They’re Making It Work (artnet news)
The Fall of Autumn: Live-Performance Producers Are Giving Up on 2020 (New York Times)
Donors and the Pandemic
Oprah Winfrey Gives $12 Million to Cities She’s Called ‘Home’ Amid Coronavirus Crisis (New York Daily News)
Chicago’s Biggest Foundations Team Up to Ease Covid Fallout (Crain’s Chicago Business — subscription)
Philanthropy and Journalism
Business Leaders and Philanthropists Hope to Buy the Baltimore Sun and Run It as Local Nonprofit (Baltimore Sun)
In Memphis, Journalism Can Still Bring Justice (Opinion: New York Times)
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OpinionWe should be wary of private foundations capitalizing on political opportunities created by Covid-19 to assert influence over our education system.
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Government and RegulationThe legislation greatly expands nonprofit eligibility for loans and other benefits, but President Trump and Republicans who lead the Senate have shown no interest in the legislation.
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OpinionPeter Buffett says overall grant making will increase this year even as priorities move away from advocacy to community building.
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ResearchA look at winners, finalists, and semifinalists in an Echoing Green fellowship program found that budgets of nonprofits led by whites were 24 percent bigger than those of groups led by people of color.
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NewsA survey by CAF America also found that half of charities expect to see revenue decline by more than 20 percent over the next year.
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