Philanthropy Today

Nonprofits in Aurora, Colo., which Donald Trump has made the focus of his promise of mass deportations, are figuring out how best to help the migrant community there. The director of the Aurora Migrant Response Network said his clients are roughly divided into long-timers, who are just living their lives and trying to weather another election cycle, and newcomers, who are waiting for hearings and fear for their lives if deported. One group in the network is offering open legal briefings and counseling its clients to always carry their papers, lest they be wrongly detained. Ultimately, that group’s leader said he expects to lose federal funding and is not optimistic about foundations being able to fill the gap. (Westword)

Background from the Chronicle: A Welcome Mat, Not a Wall: How Nonprofits in One City Embrace Newcomers

Citing attacks and threats by the police, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières — Doctors Without Borders — is suspending service in Haiti’s capital. The move will leave only one hospital in Port-au-Prince offering trauma care, as gang violence has made it unsafe to report to work. It comes after a period of harassment and threats from police since MSF went public about a Nov. 11 incident in which police stopped one of its ambulances, shot two of its patients and attacked its staff. “We accept working in conditions of insecurity, but when even law enforcement becomes a direct threat, we have no choice but to suspend admissions of patients in Port-au-Prince until the conditions are met for us to resume,” said Christophe Garnier, the charity’s head of mission in Haiti. (Miami Herald)

News on Housing and Homelessness

• Hundreds of S.F. Street Ambassadors Could Be Laid Off Amid City Hall Budget Crunch (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Charity Sues Ohio City Over Permit Required to Feed Homeless (Bloomberg Law)
• Fresno Has a Homelessness Problem. So Why Are Its Leaders Rejecting State-Funded Housing? (Los Angeles Times)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: Affordable Housing: A Concern for Every Cause

More News

• ‘Get Somebody Else to Do It’: Trump Resistance Encounters Fatigue (New York Times)
• NYU Langone’s Hospital’s Profit Gains Raise Questions About Charity Care Spending (Crain’s New York Business)
• New Research Could Help Nonprofits Attract Millions of Online Donors (Phys.org)
• How Can Cities Keep Nonprofit Groups Cyber Secure? (Government Technology)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: Cybersecurity Is Evolving Fast. Here Are Terms You Need to Know

Commentary on the ‘Nonprofit Killer’ Bill

• Will Congress Give Trump the Ability To Kill Organizations Like Planned Parenthood and ACLU? (Los Angeles Times)
• Republican-led Bill Would Give Trump the Power to Squash Arts Nonprofits (Hyperallergic)

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