Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
The Trump administration aims to cut funding for university research in a multipronged attack on the culture and finances of higher education. The National Institutes of Health says it will cut billions of dollars in indirect costs for research, “such as facilities and administration, construction, maintenance, energy, and compliance,” including for projects already approved. As institutions scramble to see what work they can afford to continue, one association executive said university labs have already shut down and will continue to shut down. The administration said it is cutting waste and bloat. (Washington Post)
President Donald Trump plans to fire Kennedy Center board members and install himself as chairman, he announced in a social media post. The changes would secure his control over a marquee cultural institution where he has felt unwelcome, as past Kennedy Center honorees threatened to boycott the ceremonies during his first term. In his post on Truth Social, the president said those to be dismissed from the federally-supported nonprofit’s 36-member, bipartisan board, including chairman David M. Rubenstein, “do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.” (New York Times and Atlantic)
Background from the Chronicle: The Untapped Power of Patriotic Philanthropy
Anxiety, Uncertainty for Nonprofits
- ‘Confusion and Fear': How CT Organizations Have Been Put in Limbo During Trump Presidency (CT Insider)
- ‘Never In Our Wildest Dreams’: Mass. Environmental Projects Stall Amid Federal Funding Confusion (WBUR)
- Domestic violence nonprofits rocked by Trump funding freeze (19th)
- Child Protection Group Is Told to Comply With Trump’s Gender Order. (New York Times)
- How Trump’s Attack on Environmental Programs Is Already Affecting Bay Area Conservation Work (Bay Nature)
More News and Opinion
- Bill Gates Is Optimistic About the Global Future (NPR)
- How GoFundMe Became a $250 Million Lifeline After the L.A. Fires (New York Times)
- The Rise Of The Selfish Plutocrats: Instead of Pursuing Philanthropy, Many Now Seek to Evade Social Responsibility. (Atlantic)
- ‘Demon Copperhead’ Explored Addiction. Its Profits Built a Rehab Center. (New York Times)
- May a Jewish Nonprofit Talk About Something Besides Israel and Antisemitism? (Forward)
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