Philanthropy Today

The Trump administration plans to freeze $27.5 million in grants to family planning organizations while it ensures that none of the money is going to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. The freeze would hit Planned Parenthood affiliates, which were to receive about $120 million this year, about half of the total funding from a program administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. An HHS spokesman said the department sought to ensure grant recipients were complying with the president’s executive orders and “federal law.” Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said the administration “wants to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers by any means necessary.” (Wall Street Journal — subscription)

• Background from the Chronicle on Reproductive Rights
  

The nonprofit Internet Archive, whose Wayback Machine has catalogued nearly three decades of web history, is working overtime these days to store pages being purged by the Trump administration. In their zeal to stamp out traces of diversity, equity, and inclusion work, federal officials have wiped thousands of datasets, most in scientific and environmental fields. With a staff of about 120 and a budget of about $28 million, the Internet Archive has cataloged some 73,000 web pages that existed on U.S. government websites that were expunged after Trump’s inauguration, Wayback Machine director Mark Graham said. (NPR)

• Background from the Chronicle: The Internet Archive Is a Cautionary Tale for Growing Nonprofits

More Cuts, Freezes, and Uncertainty for Nonprofits

• EPA Knew It Wrongfully Canceled Dozens of Environmental Grants, Documents Show (Washington Post)
• Catholic Charities Agencies Halt Refugee Programs in Wake of U.S. Aid Freeze (National Catholic Reporter)
• New England-Based Global Nonprofit Eliminates 300 Jobs Amid USAID Cut (MassLive)
• Nearly 400 Nashville Nonprofits Risk Losing $1.5 Billion in Federal Funding. What to Know (Nashville Tennessean)
• Executive Orders Carve Out Funding From Indiana Nonprofit Sector, More Uncertainty Follows (WFYI)
• National Civil Rights Museum At Risk of Losing Federal Funding (WREG)
• Farmers, Food Banks Stung by U.S. Funding Cuts While Costs Climb (Bloomberg)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: Nonprofits and the Trump Agenda

More News

• PBS and NPR Prepare for Showdown With Congress (New York Times)
• ‘It’s a Mess’: Homeless Services Nonprofits Say Oakland Routinely Fails to Pay Contracts (KQED)
• Asheville-Area Nonprofits See Surge in Donations After Helene — $37 Million In One Case — But Demands Have Skyrocketed (Asheville Watchdog)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: Foundations Contribute to Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts

Higher Education

• Harvard, MIT Among New England Universities Bracing for Potential Tax Increase on Endowments (Boston Globe)
• Hillel, the Campus Jewish Group, Is Thriving, and Torn by Conflict (New York Times)

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