Daily News Roundup: More Muslim Nonprofits Turning Down Federal Grants

4^th Islamic Group Rejects U.S. Anti-Extremism Funds: Bayan Claremont, a Muslim graduate school in California, rebuffed an $800,000 grant from a Department of Homeland Security program aimed at combating recruitment by extremist groups, reports The Washington Post. At least four grantees have rejected nearly $2.2 million from the program in recent weeks, citing the Trump administration’s actions and rhetoric on Muslims.

“Insider Culture” Raises Questions at Yawkey Foundation: The philanthropy founded by the late Boston Red Sox owner Jean Yawkey and enriched by the team’s 2002 sale has given hundreds of millions of dollars to local causes but also steered nearly a quarter of its grants to groups with ties to foundation trustees, according to The Boston Globe.

Opinion: No Place for “Dark Money” in Charity: Repealing the law against explicit politicking by churches and other charities, as President Trump has vowed to do, would bring “corrupting pressure” from wealthy donors and undermine public trust in nonprofits, Catholic University law professor Roger Colinvaux writes in U.S. News & World Report.

Three Jobs Nonprofits Should Fill for the Future: As charities change the way they use technology, interact with their communities, and deliver services, meeting their missions will mean bringing experts in culture, data science, and user experience on board, Fast Company writes.

Nicolas Berggruen Focuses Philanthropy on Philosophy: The financier and megadonor talks to The Wall Street Journal (subscription) about the Berggruen Institute, his $1 billion think tank that aims to develop big ideas in politics, economics, and culture, and how studying philosophy has informed his giving.