Philanthropy Today

The Senate has voted to strip $9 billion in federal funding from foreign aid and public broadcasting, at the request of the Trump administration. Among the cuts is $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which opponents warned would devastate local stations. Foreign aid cuts included “funding for refugees, democracy promotion, and the United Nations.” Spared was $400 million that the administration had sought to cut for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The measure now moves to the House for a vote. (Washington Post)

• Background from the Chronicle: ‘We Need to Be Strategic’: How GBH’s Leader Makes Hard Choices After Federal Funding Cuts

Public Broadcasting Funding Cuts

• A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate (New York Times)
• Opinion: This Is Why America Needs Public Media (New York Times)

More News and Opinion

• Jeff Bezos Taps Former Amazon Alexa Head to Lead $10 Billion Earth Fund (CNBC)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: Bezos Earth Fund Grant Gets Climate Change on Local Weather Forecasts
• After CBS and ABC’s Trump Settlements, Democrats Want to Curb Presidential Library Gifts (Los Angeles Times)
• Los Angeles Weighs a Disaster Registry. Disability Advocates Warn Against False Assurances. (KFF Health News)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: Why Does Philanthropy Keep Overlooking Disability Funding?
• Immigrant Rights Group Says Its Billboards Opposing Alligator Alcatraz Were Taken Down Under Political Pressure (Reason)

Cuts and Closures

• KQED to Slash Workforce by 15%, Cutting Dozens of Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs (KQED)
• Vermont Foodbank Lays Off Nearly 10% of Staff, Braces for Uncertainty (VTDigger)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: What We Know — and Don’t Know — About the Nonprofit Layoff Crisis

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