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April 7, 2025
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From: Philanthropy Today

Subject: How Leaders Can Boost Morale Amid Funding Cuts, Turmoil

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    In Case You Missed It

    6 Ways Nonprofit Leaders Can Boost Morale in Chaotic Times

    By Rasheeda Childress
    They need to be transparent to reduce the possibility of rumors and continue to make organizational culture a high priority, experts say.
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    Fundraising

    Canadian Fundraisers Cancel Plans to Attend AFP Conference, Fearful of How They’ll Be Treated in the U.S.

    By Rasheeda Childress
    Some fundraisers are unhappy with the organization’s response and are pushing for ways to participate virtually.
  • Sanford Weill, second from left, is seen with Weill Cancer Hub East’s scientific leads, from left, Dr. Jedd Wolchok of Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Sohail Tavazoie of The Rockefeller University, and Dr. Joshua Rabinowitz of Princeton University and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.
    Gifts Roundup

    Former Citigroup Boss Gives Weill Cornell Medicine $50 Million

    By Maria Di Mento
    Plus, Lyric Opera of Chicago landed a $25 million unrestricted gift from a long-time supporter, and a couple who are chemists and entrepreneurs gave USC’s Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute $15 million.

WEBINARS

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    Today, April 10 at 2 p.m. ET | Register Now

    As operating costs continue to rise and economic uncertainty persists, nonprofits need unrestricted funding more than ever. Join us for Smart Strategies for Attracting General Operating Support to learn from a highly successful chief development officer, as well as a consultant who has helped raise more than $20 million, how to boost your odds of attracting these grants.

ONLINE FORUMS

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    Today, April 29 at 2 p.m. ET | Register Now

    Trust in nonprofits has been falling for years. How can charities and grant makers reverse the trend? Join us for How Nonprofits Can Rebuild Trust With America to learn from Kristen Grimm, founder of Spitfire Strategies, who conducted research and created a playbook for tackling the trust deficit. Aisha Nyandoro, CEO of Springboard to Opportunities, has applied Spitfire’s ideas and will share practical advice on how to earn trust with funders, partners, and the public.

Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online

The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles is standing by its mission as it faces up to $2 million in federal funding cuts and pressure to abandon the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Museum officials said they would “scrub nothing” from its website and would consider litigation after the Trump administration canceled a grant from the National Endowment for Humanities as part of a nationwide attempt to claw back NEH funding. Other grants in the balance come via the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is targeted for closure. (Los Angeles Times)

  • Background from the Chronicle: ‘Keep Your Money!’ Some Nonprofits Push Back on Federal Funding Freezes; Others Take a Quiet Approach

In a record-setting deal, a New York nonprofit is buying $30 billion in unpaid medical bills for about 20 million people. Undue Medical Debt will spend $36 million, in charitable donations and taxpayer dollars, to acquire the steeply discounted debt from a debt trading company in Virginia. Half of the relief will go to people in Texas and Florida, which have not expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act. About 100 million people in the United States have medical bills they cannot pay. (KFF Health News)

  • Background from the Chronicle: Charities That Curb Medical Debt for the Needy Are Growing Fast — and Innovating

Freezes, Cuts for Nonprofits

  • Denver Area Nonprofit That Feeds Thousands Loses Millions in Federal Funding, Group Says (CBS News Colorado)
  • Accounting Firms Help Nonprofits Navigate Trump-Era Funding Cuts (Bloomberg Tax)
  • Oregon Humanities Loses Half Its Income As Trump Administration Cuts National Endowment Grant (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
  • ‘I Am Stunned.’ Mass. Cultural Groups See Federal Funding Abruptly Slashed. (Boston Globe)
    • Background from the Chronicle: Nonprofits and the Trump Agenda

The Court Docket

  • Judge Blocks Trump From Dismantling Agency That Funds Community Groups in Latin American Countries (Associated Press)
  • Federal Judge Questions Whether EPA Move to Rapidly Cancel ‘Green Bank’ Grants Was Legal (Associated Press)
  • States Challenge Trump’s Effort to Dismantle Library Agency (New York Times)

More News

  • Private School Diversity Events Are Canceled Amid Government Crackdown (New York Times)
    • Background from the Chronicle: ‘Strategic Ambiguity of Trump DEI Orders Raises Big Questions About What’s Legal
  • Melinda French Gates Says It’s ‘Only Responsible’ to Give Away Her ‘Absurd’ Fortune to Help Women & Girls (People)
    • Background from the Chronicle: Melinda French Gates Is Championing Reproductive Rights. Will It Lead to More Donations?
  • Montana’s Youth Climate Activists Aren’t Stopping at Their Landmark Court Win (High Country News)
  • Kushner’s Abraham Accords Institute to Merge Into Heritage Foundation (Axios)

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.

EDITOR'S PICKS

  • Recent lawsuits filed against the president and members of his cabinet, as well as other federal agencies, in response to various executive orders issued since January.
    Government & Regulation

    ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ of Trump DEI Orders Raises Big Questions About What’s Legal

    By Alex Daniels
    Progressives have criticized the orders for being vague and attacking a concept — DEI — that does not have an agreed-upon legal definition. Conservatives argue that race-based grant making amounts to illegal discrimination.
  • President Lyndon B. Johnson shakes the hand of an Appalachia resident during the president’s 1964 ‘poverty tour’, on May 7, 1964.
    Q&A

    60 Years of Government Outsourcing to Nonprofits Could Be Coming to an End

    By Stephanie Beasley
    Claire Dunning, author of “Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State” talks about how the 1964 war on poverty expanded federal grants to nonprofits to provide social services in low-income communities and how Trump appears to be dismantling that strategy.
  • Peter J Fluor and his daughter Lacey Fluor Goossen sit with Jennifer Touchet, vice president of personal & family philanthropy with the Greater Houston Community Foundation, at Lacey’s home on March 17, 2025 in Houston, TX.
    Fundraising

    The Great Wealth Transfer: Will It Be Great for Nonprofits?

    By Ben Gose
    Past promises of a golden age of bequests didn’t pan out, but charities that are prepared are likely to reap the rewards this time.
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