Abortion Rights Groups and Donors Can Find Inspiration Overseas After the Fall of Roe (Opinion)

Plus, the former American Express Foundation president takes the helm of Signature Theatre, and Afghanistan earthquake victims face struggles getting aid ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. OPINION [With the Fall of Roe, Abortion Rights Groups and Grant Makers Should Look Overseas for Inspiration]( By Anu Kumar [STORY IMAGE]( Recent wins for reproductive-justice movements in Latin American and Mexico offer lessons for U.S. activists about what to do next. But foundations need to first knock down funding barriers that have prevented collaboration across borders. ADVERTISEMENT TRANSITIONS [Former American Express Foundation President Takes Helm of Signature Theatre]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, a new leader will join the New York Philharmonic in November, and the Foundation Fighting Blindness has promoted its next CEO from within. DISASTER AID [Afghanistan Earthquake Victims Face Struggles Getting Aid]( By By Glenn Gamboa, Associated Press [STORY IMAGE]( Getting donations to Afghanistan earthquake victims will be far more difficult compared with other disasters due to sanctions against the country’s Taliban government and its troubled relationship with Western nations, experts say. INTERNATIONAL AID [Helping Afghanistan After Earthquake Will Be Hard: 3 Questions Answered]( By Mohammad Qadam Shah, Seattle Pacific University [STORY IMAGE]( The country is rife with corruption, and a scholar argues that what it really needs to thrive in the long term is a path to becoming self-sufficient. Webinars [Revamp Your Online Fundraising Strategy]( [STORY IMAGE]( With so many ways to communicate with donors online, it can be difficult to know where to focus limited time and money. Which online tactics are working now? What new opportunities are on the horizon? 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[Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to nonprofit news and analysis. NONPROFIT NEWS FROM ELSEWHERE Thanks to a recent grant from Melinda French Gates, a Seattle program to train a more diverse corps of tech workers will soon expand to other cities. Ada Developers Academy offers free training and internships to women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and those with low incomes in a city where almost 80 percent of tech workers are men. On average, participants are earning about $40,000 in unrelated jobs when they come to the program, which has become a recruiting pool for nearby tech companies, including Amazon, Google, and Redfin, which hire them sometimes at triple that amount. The academy won a $10 million grant in a competition held by French Gates’s Pivotal Ventures last year. A Pivotal Ventures executive praised the academy for its combination of boot camp-type training and hands-on experience. Ada plans to expand to Atlanta and Washington, D.C., and is looking for other possible locations. ([Seattle Times]( More About Giving - As Midterms Loom, Elections Are No Longer Top Priority for Meta C.E.O. ([New York Times]( - Medical College of Wisconsin Receives $50 Million Kern Family Foundation Gift to ‘Transform Medical Education’ ([Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]( - Children’s Home Society of N.C. Gets $ 8 Million Donation From Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott ([WSOC]( Weekend Reads - Challenges of the Future Confront the Art World ([New York Times]( - Velcro or Snaps? Broadway Bares and the ABCs of Stripping for a Cause ([New York Times]( - Outgoing Pittsburgh Police Chief and a Police-Shooting Victim Create Foundation Addressing Youth Violence ([Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]( EDITOR'S PICKS GIVING USA [2021’s Surprisingly Strong Giving Followed by Dark Clouds]( By Emily Haynes and Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Even as 2022’s economic uncertainty looms over fundraising forecasts, this much is clear: The pandemic-born surge in charitable giving was bigger than anyone knew. And it stretched into 2021. TOMORROW'S ECONOMY [Can Philanthropy Remake Capitalism?]( By By Marc Gunther [STORY IMAGE]( Some foundations think capitalism is at the root of the staggering economic gaps and other social ills in this country. Some call for sweeping changes; others say that’s overreach. OPINION [My Brother’s Troubling Story Shows Why Philanthropy Should Avoid Investing in Institutional Care]( By Sixto Cancel [STORY IMAGE]( A lack of space for foster kids has triggered calls for more funding of child-welfare facilities, but that is exactly the wrong approach. These institutions harm kids and exacerbate trauma. The focus instead should be on expanding the availability of high-quality foster homes. OPINION [The World Responds to Crises — but Climate Change Victims Need Long-Term Support]( By Michael P. Hassett [STORY IMAGE]( The devastating volcanic eruption in Tonga brought an outpouring of help in its immediate aftermath, but now resources are scarce. The few small nonprofits working in the region need others to join the recovery effort and prepare for inevitable future climate catastrophes. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION [Push for Diversity Among Biomedical Grant Makers Gains New Momentum]( By Sono Motoyama [STORY IMAGE]( A new $1.5 billion grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute is one sign of the ways foundations are seeking to reduce bias, as foundations and health charities acknowledge they need to do much better. ADVERTISEMENT RECOMMENDED WEBINAR [How to Attract — and Keep — Top Fundraisers] [Join Our Next Webinar]( — This session is worth 1.25 CFRE credits. Online giving now accounts for more than 10 percent of all donations, so a savvy digital strategy is vital. But with so many ways to communicate with donors online, it can be difficult to know where to focus limited time and money. Which online tactics are working now? What new opportunities are on the horizon? Join us live on July 14 — or on demand at your convenience — to get answer to these questions and more. 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