Philanthropy Today

Food banks across the country are facing the loss of $500 million worth of food deliveries, as the Trump administration slashes its assistance. The cuts come after the administration ended a Biden-era program to help pantries and schools buy produce from local farmers. An executive at Feeding America said he was told that the delivery cancellations are a pause while the program is reviewed, and he hoped the flow of food would resume. The Department of Agriculture did not respond to a request for comment. (Washington Post)

A landmark climate case, in which young activists sued the federal government over its policies on fossil fuels, ended after 10 years on Monday, when the Supreme Court refused to take it up. That decision left intact an appeals court ruling that the issue was a matter for elected officials and not judges. The court case started in 2015, when 21 young people represented by Our Children’s Trust, a nonprofit law firm in Oregon, sued the Obama administration. The young people argued that policies promoting the use of fossil fuels violated their constitutional rights, and the case has served as a template for more successful litigation in Hawaii and Montana. (New York Times)

• Plus: Greenpeace Loss Will Embolden Big Oil and Gas to Pursue Protesters: ‘No One Will Feel Safe’ (Guardian)
• Background from the Chronicle: Behind Landmark Climate Ruling in Mont., a Trailblazing Nonprofit Law Firm and an Army of Youth Activists

Nonprofits Under Financial and Legal Pressure

• Showdown at the Institute of Peace (New York Times)
• Library Advocates Rally as Trump Targets Federal Funding (New York Times)
• Hollywood’s DEI-Promoting Nonprofits Face Trump Assault: “The Higher Profile You Are, the Bigger the Target” (Hollywood Reporter)
• Fearing Trump, Hospital Shuns ‘Trigger’ Words Like ‘Diverse’ (New York Times)
• Universities Sprint From ‘We Will Not Cower’ to Appeasing Trump (Wall Street Journal— subscription)

More News

• Netflix’s Reed Hastings Gives $50 Million to Bowdoin for A.I. Program (New York Times)
• How an ‘Accidental Philanthropist’ Donated Over $700 Million to Israeli Causes in 15 Years (eJewish Philanthropy)

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