Philanthropy Today

The Justice Department is joining a challenge to an Illinois law requiring certain nonprofits to disclose demographic information about their directors and officers. The aggregate information includes race, gender, and sexual orientation, in an effort to nudge organizations to diversify their leadership. Edward Blum, whose American Alliance for Equal Rights won the 2023 Supreme Court case gutting affirmative action in college admissions, filed suit against the law, and the Justice Department is citing the 14^th Amendment’s equal protection clause in its intervention. (Reuters)

• Background from the Chronicle on DEI

The smash musical “Hamilton” has pulled out of next year’s celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary at the Kennedy Center, with its creative team citing President Trump’s takeover of the national cultural center. Trump fired Democratic members of the center’s bipartisan board and installed himself as chairman. “It became untenable for us to participate in an organization that had become so deeply politicized,” lead producer Jeffrey Seller said. Richard Grenell, the center’s new president, accused “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda of being “intolerant of people who don’t agree with him politically.” Miranda and Seller said the show would play at a soon-to-be-announced alternative venue in Washington, D.C. (New York Times)

Nonprofits and the Trump Administration

• Justice Dept. to Investigate U.C. System Over Allegations of Antisemitism (New York Times)
• Global Refuge, Headquartered in Baltimore, Forced to Lay Off About 400 Employees After Trump Directive (CBS News)
• World Vision Braces for Mass Layoffs (Devex)
• Michigan Nonprofits Share Impacts and Uncertainty Brought by Pause in Federal Funding (Michigan Advance)
• Nonprofit Orgs: Trump’s Blitz of Actions Puts Millions At Risk (Dallas Weekly)
• Among Boston Nonprofits, Federal Funding Unknowns Causing Trepidation (Boston Globe)
• Southern Oregon Nonprofits Grapple With Loss of Millions for Wildfire Mitigation (Rogue Valley Times)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: Nonprofits and the Trump Agenda

More News and Analysis

• Why Some of America’s Richest People Are Missing From a List of Big Donors (Barron’s)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: Philanthropy 50
• The Lumina Foundation’s Ambitious but Attainable Goal for American Postsecondary Education (Washington Monthly)

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.