The very people who know best how to help advance social justice often don’t get money they need, but some donors are making strides to turn that situation around.
By Stanford U. Lecturer
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Tax Law Will Hurt Affordable Housing
In other articles, an opinion piece says that nonprofits are a “shadow safety net” for problems the government should be taking care of; a Trump appointee to the Corporation for National and Community Services resigned after a report that he made racist, sexist, anti-Muslim, and anti-LGBT comments on the radio; it’s still unclear how much of the surplus money raised for President Trump’s inauguration went to charity; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Endowment Tax May Hit Small Colleges Harder
In other news, Oregon State gets a $50 million pledge for veterinary medicine; nonprofits anxiously await the new Facebook news feed, fearing it will decrease their reach; Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant have given to Colin Kaepernick’s effort to raise money to help troubled communities; Jeff Bezos’s $33 million gift set him apart from her peers; and more.
Calif. Foundations Move $40 Million Fast to Counter Trump on Immigration
A group of grant makers is doing rapid assessments of nonprofits’ needs and pushing cash out the door fast, sometimes within days, and is asking others nationwide to get on board.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Boeing Gives $10 Million for Veterans; U. of Idaho Gets New Arena
Also, Children’s Mercy Kansas City gets $150 million for pediatric research, the Gates Foundation gives $4 million to address health problems in India, and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How One Group Got Community Input to Create a Successful Ad Campaign
The organization gathered nonprofits and community, faith, and business leaders and used focus groups with students and young people in the community.
Daily News Roundup: Gates Foundation Is Paying Off Nigeria’s Polio Debt
The foundation will pay off a $76 million loan the country got from Japan in 2014 to aid the fight against polio. In other articles, the tax code benefits real-estate investors but is bad news for art collectors; the law is also a “one-two punch” for nonprofits and for giving; the Pittsburg Foundation files a “friend of the court” brief in a gerrymandering case; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Jeff Bezos Is Giving $33 Million for Dreamer Scholarships
The money will go to TheDream.US, a nonprofit that former Washington Post owner Don Graham founded. In other news, advocates worry that the tax bill will make affordable housing more scarce; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says deducting property taxes as charity is “ridiculous"; before Eric Trump resigned from his charity, he continued to host events that benefited his father’s companies; an anonymous donor gave $100 million to a mental-health and addiction center; and much more.
Kansas City Hospital Gets $150 Million for Pediatric Research
The Hall Family Foundation and the Sunderland Foundation each donated $75 million to Children’s Mercy Hospital.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Obama Center’s Design Will Highlight Unity
The facility to honor the legacy of the former president will include a 235-foot-tall tower, a women’s garden, sledding hill, civil-rights museum, and library.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: What Will Jeff Bezos Do With All That Money?
His fortune has grown since he solicited ideas for his philanthropy seven months ago. In other news, the Lilly Endowment has given $80 million to sustain 10 social-service groups for decades; the San Antonio police chief is being criticized for releasing immigrants found in a trailer to Catholic Charities; eight activists who attended the Golden Globe awards say Hollywood women “are trying to learn from us": and much more about taxes and impacting investing.
Grants Roundup: $400 Million for Emory U.; $18 Million for Job Training
Plus, the Lilly Endowment creates a $10 million endowment for the Children’s Bureau of Indianapolis; and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Daily News Roundup: Bill Gates on Big Pharma, Startups, and Global Health
He says far more could be accomplished if large pharmaceutical companies and startups would get more involved in the Gates foundation’s global-health efforts. In other news, the Interior Department has told its staff to check that discretionary grants “promote the priorities” of the Trump administration; a rising hedge-fund star has been charged with defrauding a foundation client; and much more about the arts, health care, and the Rockefellers.
Daily News Roundup: Emory U. Gets $400 Million Pledge
The money will go toward curing diseases, innovative patient care, and enhancing health. In other news, three N.J. towns are trying a creative way to elude the GOP tax law; the ACLU plans to spend big on the 2018 midterms; at the Golden Globes, actresses wear black and bring activists as guests to protest sexual abuse; after dropping for years, free or discounted care at hospitals is now flat; and much more.
Foundations Can’t Lose Sense of Urgency Against Trump in 2018
Too many foundations and major donors may feel like the worst of the crisis in democracy is behind us. Nothing could be more dangerous, writes Aaron Dorfman, CEO of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.
By AARON DORFMAN
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: What Gives Bill Gates Hope
In other articles, the FBI has launched another inquiry into whether the Clinton Foundation engaged in illegal activity; for the first time in half a century, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will charge non-New Yorkers an admission fee; Warren Buffett has given $43 million worth of stock since July; and more.