Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
As Bill Gates gives away nearly $200 billion of his fortune over the next two decades, most of it will go to Africa, he announced at a gathering in Ethiopia. Mr. Gates said that his philanthropy’s focus would be largely on primary health care. He also urged the continent’s entrepreneurs and innovators to consider how artificial intelligence could improve “next generation health care systems.” (BBC)
The mayor of Tulsa, Okla., aims to launch a $105 million private charitable trust to “repair” the lasting damage of the 1921 massacre that destroyed the city’s thriving Black business district. Acknowledging the tough national climate for racial justice efforts, Mayor Monroe Nichols said the city needed “to take the next big steps to restore” after decades of redlining, underinvestment, and development that had only perpetuated the devastation in the Greenwood district. More than half of the money would go to construction and revitalization of the area. The plan does not include direct payments to the only two living survivors of the massacre or other survivors’ descendants. (Associated Press)
Federal Cuts
- The Feds Yanked Millions for Their Clean-Air Projects. Now San Diego Groups Are ‘Pivoting and Doing What We Need to Do.’ (San Diego Union Tribune)
- What Could Trump’s Proposed Smithsonian Cuts Mean for Two DC Museums? (Washingtonian)
More News
- Foundations Donate $1.5 Million to Help Restore Historic Black Church in Memphis Gutted by Arson (Associated Press)
- Trump Pardons Former Arkansas Lawmaker Who Took Bribes From Missouri Nonprofit (Springfield News-Leader)
- How a Nonprofit’s AI Tool Is Giving Aid Workers Life-Saving Answers During Humanitarian Crises (Business Insider)
- Hackers Stole $3M From Florida Nonprofit as Health Firms Remain Target (Tampa Bay Times)
- Whitney Museum Suspends Program After Dispute Over Gaza Event (New York Times)
Higher Education
- The First Casualty in the War Against Elite Universities (Politico)
- Harvard Ramps Up Fundraising As Trump Admin Cuts Research Funds (Harvard Magazine)
Opinion
- In His Quest for Cultural Dominance, Trump Threatens What Makes America Great (Los Angeles Times)
- Parks, Libraries, Museums: Here’s Why Trump Is Attacking America’s Best-Loved Institutions (Guardian)
- Cuts to Domestic Violence Groups: ‘It Sounds Really Dire Because It Is Really Dire’ (New York Times)
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