Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
Some nonprofits, local governments, and others are still waiting for federal payments that were supposed to restart after two courts ordered the Trump administration to lift an across-the-board freeze on grants. Among the previously approved projects in limbo are an emergency shelter in Mississippi, wildfire prevention in Montana, and a fleet of electric school buses in Illinois. The grantees say they have received no explanation for the stoppage, but administration officials now say they are blocking payments on a grant-by-grant basis, pending reviews for irregularities. That approach has been permitted by a federal judge. (New York Times)
In a first, President Donald Trump has removed all the members of the Kennedy Center’s board appointed by his predecessor and installed himself as chairman. The new board of Trump loyalists, in turn, has fired the federally funded nonprofit center’s president, Deborah Rutter, and named Richard Grenell as her interim replacement. Grenell served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany during the first Trump administration and has been a Fox News contributor. Of the takeover, Trump told reporters, “We’re going to make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be woke.” (Washington Post)
More on Nonprofits and the Trump Administration
- Environmentalists Gear Up to Fight Trump in Court (New York Times)
- The N.E.A.’s New Gender and Diversity Edicts Worry Arts Groups (New York Times)
- Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance (ProPublica)
The Immigrant Aid Collapse
- Catholic Charities Navigates Federal Immigration Changes (Arkansas Catholic)
- Catholic Charities in Houston Lays Off 120 Employees Amidst Refugee Resettlement Suspension (Houston Public Media)
- Trump’s Freeze on Refugee Aid Programs Stuns San Antonio Nonprofits (San Antonio Express News)
- Mass. Nonprofit Rolls Back Citizenship Services Amid DHS Funding Freeze (WBUR)
More News and Opinion
- How Elon Musk Tried to Jack Up the Price of OpenAI’s Nonprofit Overnight (Forbes)
- UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Sued Over Minority Internship Program (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Minn. lawmakers Seek to Limit Practice of Legislators Giving Money Directly to Nonprofits (Minnesota Reformer)
- California City Votes to Criminalize Helping People in Homeless Camps (Washington Post)
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