New Fund Offers Speedy Grants in Response to Trump Victory
Two donor networks teamed up to create a fund designed to quickly distribute money to nonprofits and activists working to protect vulnerable people.
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Other notable awards include $10 million from the Joyce Foundation for work in employment, gun-violence prevention, and other areas and $5 million from the MacArthur Foundation to support documentary filmmaking.
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Despite Layoffs, Nonprofit Associations Tout Strengths
The Council on Foundations and Independent Sector say they will continue to work to protect the charitable deduction and court the Trump administration.
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Grants Roundup: $75 Million From Mulva Fund Boosts U. of Texas Medicine
Other notable awards include $6 million from the Lilly Endowment for job programs at three historically black colleges and $5.5 million from the John A. Hartford Foundation to advance health care for seniors.
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Independent Sector Lays Off One-Quarter of Its Staff
Financial pressures and a desire to focus on technology, globalization, and other changes affecting nonprofits led to a major restructuring.
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Grants Roundup: Group for Jewish Students Gets $48 Million
Among the three donations to Hillel International was a $38 million grant from the Marcus Foundation to recruit, train, and hold on to skilled employees for its branches at college campuses
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Hip Incubator in Cincinnati Acts as a ‘Civic Succession Plan’
People’s Liberty gives Cincinnatians who are passionate about an idea the space, support, credibility, and leadership skills they need, then “unleashes” them on the city.
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Oakland Fire Underscores Urgent Need for Legit Art Spaces, Nonprofit Leaders Say
Two Bay Area foundations had already readied a $1.7 million fund to assist artists and cultural organizations being squeezed by the area’s climbing rents.
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Obama Administration Appeals Injunction Blocking Overtime Rule
The Labor Department filed a challenge to a federal-court ruling that halted the planned expansion of time-and-a-half benefits a week before it was to take effect.
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New Smithsonian Exhibit Highlights American Giving
The National Museum of American History’s first permanent exhibit tells the story of American charitable giving through artifacts, including the bucket that launched the ice-bucket challenge for the ALS Association.
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