Philanthropy Today

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In the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many organizations have had to find new ways to help pregnant women. In Alabama, the Yellowhammer Fund must negotiate that state’s restrictive abortion laws. It now emphasizes sex education and contraception, and supports women who are going to give birth “whether it’s by force or whether it’s by choice” with supplies and clinic referrals. The nonprofit was funding 100 to 200 abortions per week before the Dobbs decision, but now fields three to five calls per week about abortion access. Indigenous Women Rising, in New Mexico, provides “funding for medical care and logistical support for abortion seekers as well as funding for midwifery services.” It has seen an influx of appeals for help from Oklahoma, Texas, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Although its abortion services budget has doubled, the increasingly expensive process now often requires travel, so the group serves fewer abortion clients. (New York Times)
Plus: Nonprofit awards $5 million to widen abortion access in Oregon (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
Plus: Meet the Woman Helping Pregnant People Fight Hellish Legal Battles Post-Roe (Jezebel)

More News

• World Bank Chief Eyes Corporate Philanthropy to Raise Funds (Bloomberg)
• New York City Tells Migrants There’s ‘No Guarantee’ of Finding Help Here (New York Times)
• Broadway Powerhouse Shubert Foundation Gives Out Nearly $40M in Grants (Observer)
• Daniel Lurie — Nonprofit Founder and Heir to Levi Strauss Fortune — to Run for San Francisco Mayor in 2024, Sources Say (San Francisco Standard)
• Dermot Doran, Priest Who Rallied Aid for Biafran Airlift, Dies at 88 (New York Times)

Opinion

• Does Louisville Have Too Many Nonprofits or Do We Need More Civic Engagement and Support? (Courier Journal, subcription)
• What a New Black History Museum Says About Charleston — and the Nation (Washington Post)

Nonprofit Innovation

• A Minneapolis Superfund Site Is Getting an Indigenous-Led Transformation (Civil Eats, subcription)
• At a Shuttered Texas Coal Mine, a 1-Acre Garden Is Helping Feed 2,000 People per Month (Texas Tribune)
• Massachusetts Veterinarians Are Helping Aid Abandoned Animals in Ukraine (Boston Globe, subscription)

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