Plus, a racial-justice leader who left her job alleging bias by board starts new nonprofit, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is committing $250 million to establish a Chicago biohub ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. You can now follow The Chronicle on [Apple News]( [Flipboard]( and [Google News](. BANKING CRISIS [How the Ripple Effects of Bank Turmoil Could Affect Nonprofits â and How to Avoid Them]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Damage to nonprofits appears limited so far, but charity leaders and experts urge groups to protect assets amid fears about the banking industryâs health. ADVERTISEMENT LEADERS OF COLOR [Racial-Justice Leader Who Left Her Job Alleging Racial Bias by Board Starts New Nonprofit]( By Jim Rendon [STORY IMAGE]( Anne Price, former head of Insight Center for Community and Economic Development, says the new group will focus on improving the economic conditions of Black women. GRANTS ROUNDUP [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Commits $250 Million to Establish Chicago Biohub]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, the Loweâs Foundation will give $50 million to develop a pipeline of contractors and tradespeople over the next five years, and the Smithsonian American Womenâs History Museum has received $38 million in grants from companies and foundations. Webinars [Build a Diverse Pool of Donors]( [STORY IMAGE]( Many fundraising leaders are figuring out how to build trust with donors who may be quite different than the people who supported their nonprofit a decade ago. Join this 75-minute webinar on March 23 at 2 p.m. Eastern (or on demand later) to learn how your nonprofit can tap into the generosity of donors of all backgrounds and broaden its support. Youâll get practical ways to create inclusive fundraising strategies that attract support from donors large and small. [Sign up today.]( ONLINE BRIEFINGS [Using Data to Improve Online Fundraising]( [STORY IMAGE]( Digital fundraisers can gain all sorts of insights from data about online campaigns. Whether its testing subject lines or social posts, analyzing email or newsletter open rates to see which messages resonate with supporters, or tracking peopleâs online engagement with your organization â data can take digital fundraising from good to great. Join us on March 28 at 2 p.m. Eastern to learn from your peers how to make the most of digital data, even without a big budget. [Sign up today]( SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Enjoying the newsletter? [Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to nonprofit news and analysis. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisâs takeover of a small liberal-arts college has put about $29 million in donations to the institution at risk. Charlie Lenger, a longtime trustee of New College who was recently replaced by a DeSantis ally, said 13 donors have told her they are canceling plans to give $29 million to the school. They object to DeSantisâs plans to remake the college into a conservative institution, starting with killing its diversity, equity, and inclusion program, and to pay the new president, DeSantisâs former education minister, more than double his predecessorâs salary. The $29 million, a big hit for an institution with 700 students, is almost certainly an underestimate because it counts only gifts in those donorsâ estate plans. Those supporters also plan to stop annual giving, while 150 alumni have vowed not to donate to the college until they are âreassured foundation funds will not be used to support the newly appointed Board of Trustee agenda.â New College had $43.5 million in net assets and took in $2.4 million in revenue in 2019. Backers of DeSantisâs plans say the Republican legislature is likely to increase the institutionâs funding and New College can tap a new conservative donor base. ([USA Today]( A nonprofit in Baltimore is struggling to buy rundown houses from investors to fix them up and sell them at a discount to local residents. Trying to help turn around a predominantly Black neighborhood with low rates of home ownership, the Southeast Community Development Corporation repeatedly hits a wall with out-of-town developers who buy low and sit on the properties because they âdonât know the market and have inflated the prices,â an SCDC leader said. The pandemic-era investor run on housing has abated everywhere in the country except Baltimore. In one recent acquisition, a broker charged the nonprofit $54,000 for a house that had sold at auction for $7,000 two years earlier. The groupâs executive director said it can raise the money to cover the difference between the renovated housesâ appraisals and selling prices, but getting the houses from investors has been âvery, very hard.â ([Baltimore Sun]( More News - A Tesla, 37-Acre Property, a Plane: the Purchases Allegedly Made in a $250 Million Covid-Aid Fraud Scheme ([Wall Street Journal]( â subscription)
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