Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
The Trump administration has stalled payments of at least $60 million for affordable housing projects nationwide. The money from the Department of Housing and Urban Development would go to small nonprofits, which would use it to pay construction costs and to attract private investors. A HUD spokesperson said “the department is consolidating some grants, while others remain,” but a contract termination letter from HUD said the contracts were canceled at the direction of the Department of Government Efficiency because they “were not in compliance” with Trump’s executive order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. (Associated Press)
The largest nonprofit in North Carolina’s Research Triangle is cutting about 150 jobs, adding to 200 layoffs it announced last month. RTI International, which conducts scientific research, gets significant grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the National Institutes of Health. In a statement, the organization said more “workforce changes” could be coming as “federal priorities” shift. RTI has an annual budget of more than $1 billion and gets most of its revenue from federal, state, and local governments. (Triangle Business Journal)
Background from the Chronicle: Nonprofits and the Trump Agenda
Higher Education
- ‘Uncharted Territory.’ Harvard and MIT Freeze Hiring as Trump Widens Crackdown on Universities. (Boston Globe)
- Judge Temporarily Blocks Effort to Deport Palestinian Activist Who Helped Lead Columbia Student Protests (CNN)
- Harvard Officials Met With Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, Used Info From Online Monitoring System (Harvard Crimson)
- Columbia Bent Over Backward to Appease Right-Wing, Pro-Israel Attacks — and Trump Still Cut Federal Funding (Intercept)
More News and Opinion
- Another Climate Nonprofit Sues Citibank Over Frozen EPA Funds (Politico Pro)
- Omaha Nonprofit Helps Ukrainian Immigrants After Trump Administration Threatens Legal Status (WOWT)
- A Very Trumpian Moral Panic Has Struck the Art World (New Republic)
Big Philanthropy
- As MacKenzie Scott Doles Out Amazon Fortune, Minnesota Charities Juggle Windfall (Minnesota Star Tribune)
- America’s Top Donor, Michael Bloomberg, Gave $3.7 Billion Last Year: I’ve ‘Never Understood’ Waiting to Die to Give Away Wealth (CNBC)
- The 10 Most Charitable People in America (Quartz)
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