Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have stripped their philanthropy down to focus on science, a decade after launching it with a promise to “fix American education, transform U.S. public policy, and ‘cure all disease.’ ” Sources told the New York Times the couple have been bruised by political attacks, dismayed by some liberal activism, frustrated by halting progress in some projects, and pressured by conservative figures. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has abandoned efforts in education, housing and homelessness, and criminal justice reform, and has ended internal efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. (New York Times)
- Plus: The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative Stopped Funding Social Causes. 400 Kids Lost Their School. (Washington Post)
More News
- Trump Demands Republicans Crack Down on Nonprofits That Protest ICE (Rolling Stone)
- Amid Attacks on DEI, A U.S. Nonprofit Offers Reparations, Education and Healing: ‘We’re Looking to Fill the Gap’ (Guardian)
- S.F. Gave These Homeless Nonprofits Nearly $2 Billion. The Salaries of Their Execs Might Surprise You (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Ben & Jerry’s Fights Unilever on Social Justice in the Trump Era (Bloomberg— subscription)
Cuts and Closures
- A Town Saved a Nonprofit Office to Help Laid-Off Immigrant Workers Find Jobs. Now It’s All in Peril. (South Dakota Searchlight)
- Eyeing Trump Cuts, Seattle Nonprofit Closes Shelter for Undocumented Youth (Seattle Times)
- Louisville Nonprofit Joins Lawsuit Against Trump EPA Over Grant Terminations (Louisville Courier Journal)
- Local Governments, Tribes, Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over EPA Grants (Stateline)
- Trump Cuts Threaten L.G.B.T.Q. Senior Centers: ‘This Is About People’ (New York Times)
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