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January 27, 2025
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From: Philanthropy Today

Subject: Trump Targets Foundations, Nonprofits, Universities, Over DEI

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  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order as he attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.
    Government and Regulation

    Trump DEI Investigations Could Target Large Foundations

    By Alex Daniels
    While Trump criticized DEI in his first administration, his recent executive order targets for-profit and nonprofit government contractors, universities with large endowments, and foundations with assets north of $500 million.
  • The Rhodes Arts Center and the Gilder Center and Northfield Mount Hermon, a coeducational boarding school in Gill, Mass., that received a $50 million bequest from the late John Mitchell, who graduated from the school in 1956.
    Gifts Roundup

    Former Scholarship Student Leaves $50 Million to Private School

    By Maria Di Mento
    Plus, Lodi Community Foundation lands $30 million bequest, and the Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation gets millions from a New York management consultant.
  • Philanthropy leader Michael Bailin
    Opinion

    Remembering Michael Bailin: Philanthropy’s Best Supporter — and Critic

    By Marc Freedman and Nancy Roob
    A trailblazing leader, Bailin spent his career questioning the field’s methods — and pushing it to do better.

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Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the country’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open. Oklahoma’s highest court ruled that using tax dollars to fund the Catholic school would violate the constitution’s separation of church and state, overturning a state board’s approval of the church’s application. Conservatives say the ruling amounts to religious discrimination against the Catholic Church, while the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups said in a statement: “The law is clear: Charter schools are public schools and must be secular and open to all students.” (Associated Press)

President Donald Trump has reinstated a policy banning U.S. foreign aid to groups that provide or counsel clients about abortions, or advocate for abortion rights. As in the previous Trump administration, the ban applies even to groups whose main function is not family planning support, including organizations fighting diseases such as AIDS and malaria. (NPR)

  • Plus: The State Dept. Halts Global Mine-Clearing Programs. (New York Times)

More on the Second Trump Administration

  • Community Groups Set Up Strike Teams to Respond to Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans (Los Angeles Times)
  • Trump’s Deportation Initiatives Force Charity to Postpone Free Food Boxes, Founder Says (LoneStarLive)
  • ‘Functioning Out of Anger’: How These Immigration Activists Feel About Second Trump Term (Arizona Republic)
  • Afghans Who Assisted U.S. Troops Among Those Targeted in Federal Suspension of Refugee Program (San Diego Union-Tribune)
    • Background from the Chronicle: Corporations and Higher Ed Are Backtracking on DEI. Will Foundations Fold?

More News and Opinion

  • Five Takeaways From Bill Gates’s Interview With the Wall Street Journal (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
  • How Some Christian Group Homes Avoid Florida’s Standards (New York Times)
  • Oakland Budget Cuts Leave Nonprofits Reeling: ‘We Need More Culture, Not Less.’ (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • Opinion: Donor-Advised Funds Are Growing. But If You Have One, You Should Shrink It. (Minnesota Star Tribune)
    • Background from the Chronicle: Next for DAFs? Accounts as Tools for Regular Folks, Not Just the Wealthy

Note: In the links in this section, we flag articles that only subscribers can access. But because some journalism outlets offer a limited number of free articles, readers may encounter barriers with other articles we highlight in this roundup.

EDITOR'S PICKS

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  • Dark storm clouds over the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
    Opinion

    The ‘Nonprofit Killer Bill’ Seems Scary — but Current Law Is Worse

    By Darryll K. Jones January 23, 2025
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    Major Gifts

    The Donor Revolt May Be Behind Us, but Fundraisers Can Expect Tensions, Dust-Ups

    By Rasheeda Childress January 14, 2025
    Conflicts between donors and nonprofits become more noticeable in increasingly polarized times.
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