Philanthropy Today

Having already weathered a $400,000 drop in donations in the last quarter of 2024, nonprofit Miriam’s Kitchen in Washington, D.C., is bracing for more losses as Elon Musk makes deep cuts to the federal workforce. CEO Scott Schenkelberg called the year-on-year drop unusual and said he is worried about the ripple effects of federal layoffs and cutbacks. Half of the organization’s budget comes from charitable donations. Miriam’s Kitchen offers food, housing, and social services to about 10,000 people each year. (WTOP)

• Background from the Chronicle: Nonprofits and the Trump Agenda

Some Planned Parenthood clinics face a crisis of meager resources, high staff turnover, and aging equipment, all of which have sometimes led to substandard care. Some affiliates in states with abortion restrictions have been shut out of Medicaid or other family planning funds as their patient counts dwindle. Meanwhile, the organization’s bylaws direct most of the nearly $500 million raised by Planned Parenthood since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022 to advocacy and little to care provided by state affiliates. An executive with Planned Parenthood’s political action arm said that the clinics generally care for a population with many health issues and “health care outcomes are fine.” (New York Times)

• Background from the Chronicle: As Threats to Abortion Access Grow, Emergency Philanthropic Funding Isn’t Nearly Enough

More on Nonprofits and the Trump Administration

• Catholic Charities Dallas refugee program lays off 59 employees due to pause on federal funds (NBC)
• I Run a Nonprofit That Relies Heavily on Federal Funding. The Industry Is Experiencing Pandemic-Level Trauma Right Now — Here’s How I’m Coping. (Business Insider)
• How Faith-Based Nonprofits Once Funded By Trump Became Bogeymen (Dispatch)
• S.C. Nonprofits Face Crisis as Federal Funds for Sexual Assault Victim Support Remain Frozen (WCIV)
• JFK Presidential Library and Museum Shuts Down in Boston Due to Trump Executive Order (Boston Herald)
• Tennessee Nonprofits Steel for Leaner Days With Faith in Federal Contracts Shaken (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: Is Trump’s Second Term Affecting Your Nonprofit?

More News

• FireAid Distributes First $50 Million to L.A. Wildfire Relief Groups (Los Angeles Times)
• Fifth Circuit Considers Musk’s Pursuit of Media Matters’s Donor List (Courthouse News Service)

Opinion

• Jewish Organizations Must Answer for This Moment (eJewish Philanthropy)
• Israel and Global Jewish Communities Need a New Era of Philanthropy (Jerusalem Post)

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