Google.Org’s Pivot to A.I.

Plus, a $58 million gift for work-force training; and letter writers see the Grateful Dead's lessons for nonprofits ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. TRENDS [Two Decades In, Google.org Reimagines Its Role in the A.I. Era]( By Sara Herschander [STORY IMAGE]( Google.org’s artificial intelligence pivot echoes the $2 trillion company’s quest to become more A.I.-centric. ADVERTISEMENT [Two Decades In, Google.org Reimagines Its Role in the A.I. Era]( GRANTS ROUNDUP [Ascendium Awards $58 Million to Back Work-Force Training and Education for Marginalized Students]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Plus, basketball star Steph Curry’s nonprofit gave $25 million for literacy programs in Oakland, and $24 million from the William Penn Foundation will support Philadelphia’s arts scene. 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[Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to nonprofit news and analysis. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online Seniors at the Cooper Union school in New York City will receive free tuition this year, thanks to a surprise $6 million gift from three alumni. With a typical enrollment of about 1,000, the school for art, architecture, and engineering provided free tuition to its students for most of its 165-year history, until debt and financial missteps over the past 20 years forced it to reinstate tuition. Before the recent gift, Cooper Union had already started giving at least a half-tuition scholarship to every undergraduate, and it has a plan to return to full-tuition scholarships for all undergraduates by 2028. ([New York Times]( Daunted by paperwork and backlogs, some landlords are pulling out of a transitional housing program in Massachusetts designed to help families move out of shelters. The HomeBASE program faces crushing demand as migrants have streamed into Massachusetts and Gov. Maura Healey has sharply limited overflow shelter stays. Meanwhile, some landlords say the paperwork to participate is byzantine and endless. The Healey administration has put more money into HomeBASE, and at least one of the contractors that administer the program said it is hiring more staff to speed up processing times. ([Boston Globe]( Background from the Chronicle: [Did a $100 Million Effort Reduce Homelessness? The Results Are In]( More on Housing and Shelter - Sacramento Closed Its Sanctioned Homeless Camp, Evicting Dozens Who Were Promised Housing. What Happened? ([Los Angeles Times]( - Burien, Wash., Faces Another Homelessness Lawsuit, This One About Religion ([Seattle Times]( - Los Angeles to Get $21.8 Million in Federal Money to Help Shelter Migrants ([Los Angeles Times]( - Affordable Housing on Church Parking Lots? A New Calif. Law Makes It Easier to Build ([Los Angeles Times]( More News - Nonprofit Scandals Push S.F. Mayor London Breed to Launch Contracting Reform ([San Francisco Standard]( - Can Fashion Ever Have a Conscience? Indré Rockefeller Thinks So. ([Washington Post]( - Background from the Chronicle: [To Address the Clothing Industry’s Climate Problems, Philanthropy Needs to Get in Fashion]( - What if Orchestras Were More Like Netflix? ([New York Times]( - For 10 Years, This Miami Nonprofit Has Helped Prisoners Find Their Voices as Writers ([Miami Herald]( 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. 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