Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Please sign up to receive your own copy. | | | The boom in capital campaigns poses new questions for fundraisers, a survey underscores the power imbalance between donors and fundraisers, and Congress considers a new measure on nonprofit transparency. Plus, our entire April issue is now online. Bigger, better, bolder. In the cover story in our April issue, learn what's behind the rising ambitions of charity capital drives and the way many charities re-image their campaigns to meet the needs of a new generation of donors. Plus, you can see everything in our latest issue, which was posted online today. Pushy donors. Preliminary results from a study by a think tank reveal that the vast majority of fundraisers have experiences with donors who either sexually harassed them or pressed personal agendas. Report from the fundraising conference. Ethics topped the agenda, and a session on mental health in the nonprofit workplace drew intense interest. Plus, a data expert suggests rethinking some common assumptions in fundraising approaches. Mandatory electronic disclosure. New legislation that has attracted strong bipartisan support in the House and Senate would require all but the smallest nonprofits to electronically file their informational tax returns, a change sought for years by charity watchdogs. Plus: Nonprofits are racing to repeal a new tax on parking benefits ahead of the April 15 tax-filing deadline, but the prospects for such action appear slim. A call to action on transgender issues. More than 30 foundations have pledged to speak out against the vicious abuses such people face and to provide support for a burgeoning activist movement. Robert Ross, head of the California Endowment, along with Ben Francisco Maulbeck and Alexander Lee of Funders for LGBTQ Issues examine how grant makers can make a difference. A peek inside the Chan-Zuckerberg philanthropy. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have released a database of grant making and investments to help potential beneficiaries and others get a better sense of what their giving supports. Advocacy's new playbook. Nonprofits must reshape their organizations to tell better stories, make membership about more than giving, and get everyone involved in problem solving rather than relying on top-down leadership, writes Michael Silberman. The fallout of taking Sackler money. Nonprofits named in a New York lawsuit over opioid abuse have stayed mum as prosecutors accuse the Sackler family of using their philanthropy "to cover up their misconduct." Plus, Brown, Columbia, Tufts, and Yale universities, among others, are reviewing their ties to the Sackler family, whose Purdue Pharma has been at the center of the opioid crisis. (Chronicle of Higher Education) | | | | | ADVERTISEMENT  | | | | | Transitions: Nonprofit People on the Move Britt Lake, chief program officer at GlobalGiving, has been appointed CEO of Feedback Labs, a Washington charity that collects data and seeks ideas from the people they serve. She succeeds Dennis Whittle, who is stepping down to become a senior adviser, based in Jacksonville, Fla. Carrie Tynan, director of programs and grant making at the Adolph Coors Foundation, has been named executive director. Tynan is a member of the Coors family, which owns the Coors brewing company in Colorado. She will replace John Jackson, who is stepping down after 10 years at the helm and 28 years in total at the $164 million family foundation. Gretchen Vaughan, senior director of philanthropic resources at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has been appointed CEO of the Kidney Cancer Foundation. See more in our transitions column. | | | | | | What We’re Reading | Rockefeller Foundation is planning to end its 100 Resilient Cities climate program after nearly six years. The grant maker will close the organization's offices and dismiss staff as early as this summer. (Bloomberg) Plus, see a Chronicle article about Resilient Cities. A list of the most generous billionaires outside the United States leads with Indian technology mogul Azim Premji, who put a $7.5 billion stake in his IT outsourcing company, Wipro, to his foundation. Thus far, his lifetime giving is $21 billion, according to his foundation. He is followed by British hedge-fund manager Christopher Hohn ($4.5 billion in lifetime giving) and Mexico's telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu ($4.2 billion). (Forbes) The New York contemporary-art museum MoMA PS 1 has settled a claim filed by a curator who said it had rescinded a job offer after learning she had recently had a baby. As part of the settlement, the institution agreed to update its policies designed to protect women, working parents, and other caregivers who apply for jobs or work there. A museum spokeswoman said the museum has complied with the law and "remains committed to supporting women and caregivers." (New York Times) A judge has dismissed most of conductor James Levine's defamation claims against the Metropolitan Opera. Levine had been fired amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. (New York Times) Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway has launched a GoFundMe campaign with $100,000 to continue the mission of Jeremy Richman, who apparently committed suicide from the grief of losing his first-grade daughter in the Sandy Hook massacre. The money raised ($135,000 so far) will go to the Avielle Foundation: Preventing Violence & Building Compassion, which Richman had founded in memory of his daughter. (Washington Post) The generosity of donors after a disaster often doesn't accomplish what they hope it will. Individual gifts are usually made for search and rescue, not long-term recovery, when they're most needed. And problems with delivery of supplies, nonprofits' ability to handle a windfall, and waste and corruption are serious problems. But there are ways donors can give more effectively. (Vox) President Trump says he is backing off from a budget request to eliminate $17.6 million in federal funding for the Special Olympics. The president said, "I have overridden my people. We're funding the Special Olympics," although the cuts were not expected to be approved. (Associated Press) | | | | | | Tip of the Week | Use your next grant-proposal budget to showcase your priorities. Big investments in certain line items, and brief notes explaining what goes into each one, help connect your tactics and goals to the real costs of your work. Because the budget often appears at the end of a proposal, think of it as a summation, a chance to leave a lasting good impression, says Tyler Nickerson, a former executive of the Solutions Project, a clean-energy grant maker, and now a vice president at Amalgamated Bank. Read more of his expert advice in How to Impress a Grant Maker With Your Budget. You'll find it and more than 1,000 other tools and how-to articles for nonprofit professionals in our online library. | | | | | | New Grant Opportunities | Your Chronicle subscription includes free access to GrantStation's database of grant opportunities. Among the latest listings: - Dog adoption. The Pedigree Foundation supports nonprofit shelters and dog-rescue organizations trying to improve the rate of dog adoptions. The group provides grants of $1,000 for expenses that help increase an organization's dog adoption rate; $5,000 to $10,000 to expand operational capacity; and $100,000 for one innovative initiative that can be a model for other groups. The application deadline for all of the grant programs is April 30.
- Health care. The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation is providing grants to accelerate the development of nursing-driven health-care interventions in two areas: to help the homeless and other poor people, rural populations, racial and ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ people with medical care; and to help people suffering from serious illness or who need end-of-life care. The application deadline is April 29.
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