When Fundraisers Miss Opportunities

Plus, how the Fearless Fund ruling ignores history and law (opinion); and why nonprofit-government partnerships can flounder ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. GIVING DATA [Giving Is Flat, but Fundraisers Miss Opportunities to Solicit, Report Says]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( Fewer appeals resulted in fewer donations, but some survey respondents say they would have given more if asked. ADVERTISEMENT [Giving Is Flat, but Fundraisers Miss Opportunities to Solicit, Report Says]( OPINION [How the Fearless Fund Ruling Distorts Charity, History — and Law]( By Roger Colinvaux [STORY IMAGE]( The wrongheaded decision should not dissuade nonprofits committed to racial equity from doing their critical work. SOCIAL SERVICES [Why Nonprofit-Government Partnerships Sometimes Flounder]( By David C. Campbell [STORY IMAGE]( Getting services to people in need often relies on those partnerships, but reporting requirements can be too onerous WEBINARS [Today: June 13 at 2 p.m. ET | Register Now]( [STORY IMAGE]( Many nonprofits focus their grant seeking on large national foundations, even though community foundations are often more accessible, with stronger local ties. Join us for Attracting Support for Community Foundations to learn from Samuel Bellamy of the Coastal Community Foundation and Irfan Hasan of the New York Community Trust. They’ll explain how to approach and engage program officers, write proposals that rise above the competition, and more. 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Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online In the early hours of Wednesday, vandals attacked the homes of Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak and other museum leaders. The attackers splashed red paint, stenciled messages, and hung a banner on Pasternak’s apartment building accusing her of being a “white-supremacist Zionist.” Pro-Palestinian activists have lately staged protests at the Brooklyn Museum, claiming a link between its trustees and “the military-industrial complex in Israel,” which museum officials deny. Pasternak, who is Jewish, said the museum has always welcomed discussion and peaceful protest. “Violence, vandalism and intimidation have no place in that discourse,” she said. 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([Los Angeles Times]( LGBTQ Activism - Ohio LGBTQ+ Nonprofits Seeing Revenue Bump Post-Pandemic as Attacks on Transgender Community Mount ([WOSU]( - A Digital Library Offers Hundreds of Free LGBTQ Books in Response to Wave of School Bans ([NBC News]( - Background from the Chronicle: [LGBTQ Funding Doubled in a Decade, Yet Falls Short Amid Rising Attacks]( Nonprofits and the Environment - Environmental Group to Study Effects of Artificially Cooling Earth ([New York Times]( - The Ocean Cleanup Receives $15 Million to Take on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ([One Green Planet]( More News and Opinion - Amazon Adds $1.4 Billion to Affordable Housing Fund for Regions Where It Has Corporate Offices ([Associated Press]( - Elon Musk Drops Lawsuit Against ChatGPT-Maker OpenAI Without Explanation ([Associated Press]( - Borealis Philanthropy’s Bold Plan: Investing Billions to Support BIPOC Journalism ([Editor & Publisher]( - USC’s Graduate Acting and Dramatic Writing Programs Are Now Tuition-Free ([Los Angeles Times]( - Boston Nonprofit Plans Incubator for Entrepreneurs of Color ([Boston Business Journal]( Note: In the links in this section, we flag articles that only subscribers can access. But because some journalism outlets offer a limited number of free articles, readers may encounter barriers with other articles we highlight in this roundup. EDITOR'S PICKS Q&A [This Silicon Valley Veteran Is Teaching Nonprofits to Harness A.I.]( By Sara Herschander [STORY IMAGE]( Raffi Krikorian has built a robust tech team — including A.I. chatbots for nonprofits — at Emerson Collective, the philanthropy venture founded by Laurene Powell Jobs. OPINION [How French Gates’s $12.5 Billion Could Move the Needle for Women]( By Amy Schiller [STORY IMAGE]( To change the economic and social structures that harm women, she should invest in caregiving, reproductive rights, and cultural change. OPINION | DEI UNDER ATTACK [Civil Rights Are Under Siege. DEI 2.0 Is the Answer]( By Gara LaMarche [STORY IMAGE]( Philanthropy needs to emerge from its defensive crouch and unleash a bold and creative response to DEI attacks. 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