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Once an inspiration for the White House and schools around the world, the healthy-food nonprofit started by legendary chef and activist Alice Waters is drifting into chaos and deficits, some insiders say. At the Edible Schoolyard’s five-acre farm in Stockton, Calif., current and former staff complain of a crushing workload and meager resources. The organization, which receives public and private grants, is on track to run a $670,000 deficit. One executive blamed the pandemic for fundraising woes, although the nonprofit’s grants and contributions have more than doubled since 2019. Others blame an organizational focus on the future Alice Waters Institute, a partnership with the University of California, Davis, that will honor the legacy of the octogenarian chef but whose purpose has repeatedly shifted. (San Francisco Chronicle — Opinion)
Background from the Chronicle: Throwing Food at Hunger Won’t Help Americans Eat Better. Philanthropy Needs to Consider a New Approach
The recent settlement of the Fearless Fund lawsuit, which challenged racial preferences in grant-making, helped limit the implications of the case and showed other philanthropies how to avoid such suits themselves. The lawsuit, brought by opponents of affirmative action, stopped before it reached the Supreme Court, averting a nationwide precedent like the one in 2023 that banned racial considerations in college admissions. Meanwhile, given the plaintiffs’ argument that the Fearless Foundation was writing racial discrimination into its contracts, experts are advising “organizations to ensure they limit any requirements placed on potential grantees so a grant can’t be construed as a contract.” (Barron’s)
Background from the Chronicle: Nonprofits, Legal Experts React to the Fearless Fund Decision to Shutter Grant Program to Black Entrepreneurs
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