How Hurricane Sandy Helped Nonprofits Prepare for Covid

Plus, how today’s crises are affecting young donors’ giving, and foundation CEOs need to send the message that unrestricted giving is the new normal (opinion) ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [Advertisement]( [Advertisement]( [logo] We’ve made some changes and improvements to [philanthropy.com]( such as ending the distinction between free and premium articles. Now free registration is all that’s required to read any Chronicle article. [Read about these and other changes](. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up to receive your own copy.]( You’ll support our journalism and ensure that you continue to receive our emails. [Read this newsletter on the web](. WHAT PHILANTHROPY IS ACCOMPLISHING [How Hurricane Sandy Helped Nonprofits Prepare for Covid]( By Jim Rendon [image] Small nonprofits were more responsive than big ones, and quick grant making was critical. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [Advertisement]( [Advertisement]( NEXT-GENERATION DONORS [How Today’s Crises Are Affecting Young Donors’ Giving]( By Maria Di Mento [image] Millennial and Generation X philanthropists advocate a humbler approach to giving that listens to people in need and the nonprofits that serve them. OPINION [Foundation CEOs Need to Send the Message That Unrestricted Giving Is the New Normal]( By Phil Buchanan and Hilary Pennington We were heartened this spring when nearly 800 grant makers signed a pledge to, among other things, “loosen or eliminate the restrictions on current grants” and “make new grants as unrestricted as possible.” The pledge was a reassuring philanthropic response to the challenges facing nonprofits, many… Paid for and Created by M&T Bank [Navigating a Pandemic and Social Justice]( From transitioning to digital programming and new online content, to placing added importance on an organization’s mission and values, cultural institutions are beginning to plan for a safe reopening during these uncertain times, positioning themselves to be even more successful in the nation’s new normal. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere The Rockefeller Foundation is committing $1 billion to efforts to fight Covid-19 and help protect the world's poorest people from the next pandemic. The philanthropy will put more money into a testing program it started earlier this year for vulnerable communities in the United States and abroad. It will also invest in green energy projects to bring electricity to more than 800 million people who do not have it, citing the "energy poverty" that complicates some health-care systems' responses to Covid-19. To fund this massive undertaking, the foundation will sell bonds for the first time in its 107 years. ([Forbes]( Plus: Other foundations have also been [selling bonds to pay for increases in grant making](. Judges in South Carolina and Louisiana have rejected attempts by conservative groups and politicians to block elections officials from accepting grants from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. In South Carolina, the judge called a conservative legal group's claims that the money effectively privatizes the election “dubious, at best.” He said the temporary restraining order the group sought would impede officials' ability to administer the election and make voting less safe. In Louisiana, a judge refused Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry's request to declare the grants illegal. Landry said he would appeal the ruling. In the meantime, Louisiana elections officials had already canceled their application for $7.8 million after the attorney general warned against accepting them. A judge in Iowa recently turned away a similar request from a conservative group there. The grants are from a $400 million pot that Chan and Zuckerberg have given to two nonprofits to dole out for safe and efficient elections this year. ([Advocate]( and [State]( The University of California at Berkeley is deciding what to do with a fund for eugenic research that some faculty and administrators only recently learned of. The Genealogical Eugenic Institute Fund was begun in 1960 as a family foundation and was transferred to the university's Board of Regents in 1975. It now holds about $2.4 million and does not appear to have ever funded eugenic research, although it has been used for other expenses, according to a university review. The fund came to light when a former administrator invited faculty members to apply for $70,000 annual grants to support research into "policies, practices, and technologies that could 'affect the distribution of traits in the human race,' including those related to family planning, infertility, assisted reproduction technologies, prenatal screening, abortion, gene editing, and gene modification." UC Berkeley is deciding what to do with the money and how to atone for having accepted and spent it for the past 45 years. ([Los Angeles Times]( More News - Police Are Cutting Ties With Domestic-Violence Programs That Support Black Lives ([HuffPost]( - Bill Gates Wants People to Give and Volunteer Now ([Inc]( - The Ms. Foundation for Women Shifts to Impact Investments ([Barron's]( About Arts and Culture - A $4 Million Ford Foundation Gift Is One Museum's 'Survival' ([Bloomberg]( - The Most Controversial U.S. Museum Deaccessions: Why Do Institutions Sell Art? ([ARTnews]( - How Long Can N.Y.C. Museums Survive at 25 Percent Capacity? ([New York Times]( Subscribe to the Chronicle The Chronicle of Philanthropy is dedicated to helping nonprofits care for their clients and staff, manage financial setbacks, and stay connected with donors. Please consider subscribing, so that we may continue to provide essential news, resources, and analysis to the nonprofit world. [Subscribe Today]( Editor's Picks OPINION [Preparing for Multiple Futures Is the Key for Nonprofits in an Age of Intersecting Calamities]( By Jennifer Holk and Gabriel Kasper As concerns about a K-shaped recovery mount, it is especially important for foundations and charities to get ready to focus on the neediest. But what matters most is to imagine many different possibilities and prepare to seize opportunities. RESEARCH [Foundations Favor General Operating Support in Theory but Hesitate to Make It Happen]( By Alex Daniels [image] The study by the Center for Effective Philanthropy suggests that at many foundations, program officers, executives, and board members all think someone else is standing in the way of making the change. FUNDING FOR WOMEN [New Campaigns Seek to Generate More Than $1 Billion for Women and Girls]( By Alex Daniels [image] Three new efforts arrive less than six months after the pre-eminent grant maker in the field announced it would shutter two anti-violence and civil-rights programs. OPINION [Black Donor Silence Is a Call to Action — Not a Retreat]( By Tyrone McKinley Freeman [image] When Black donors don’t respond to solicitations, fundraisers generally assume they’re uninterested or disengaged. This is a faulty and dangerous interpretation — and it needs to change. TOOLS AND ADVICE [How to Advance Pay Equity at Your Nonprofit]( By Lisa Schohl [image] Experts share simple steps managers can take to ensure fair compensation for women, people of color, and other groups that are often underpaid. Job announcement Vice President of Development at Represent Justice.[Visit jobs.philanthropy.com]( for more details. 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