Philanthropy Today

The Sierra Club is in turmoil after its board voted to fire Executive Director Ben Jealous. Critics accused Jealous, a former leader of the NAACP, of stifling opposing viewpoints; hiring friends for costly management posts; inflating executive salaries at a time of sweeping layoffs; and hiring a lobbyist for the crypto industry — a frequent target of environmentalists — as a senior manager. In response, Jealous said he “strengthened the organization’s finances and achieved a ‘progressive union contract’” and said he will contest the board’s decision. (Los Angeles Times)

• Background from the Chronicle: To Combat Racism, Nonprofits Need to Knit Generations Together, Leader Says

More News and Opinion

• Judge Blocks FTC Probe Into Liberal Media Watchdog (Washington Post)
• $5,000-Per-Plate Dinner Tests Museum Ban on Political Fund-Raisers (New York Times)
• The Kauffman Foundation Helped Support Nebraska’s Entrepreneurs — Its Regional Pullback Now Leaves a Gap for Local Work (Nebraska Public Media)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: DeAngela Burns-Wallace, Kauffman Foundation: ‘They Are Impact Officers’
• At Alabama Plantation, Families of Enslavers and Enslaved Strike a Deal (Washington Post)
  
  • Background from the Chronicle: More Foundations Are Examining the Ethics of Where Their Money Came From

Higher Education

• Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump (New York Times)
• Why Universities Are Hiring More Chief Marketing Officers — Even as Budgets Shrink (Conversation)

Immigrant Aid

• Nonprofit Group Sues Tenn. Department of Homeland Security Over Immigration Enforcement Records (Nashville Tennessean)
• Donations to Iowa Refugee Resettlement Nonprofit Help Fill the Gap Left by Federal Cuts (Iowa Public Radio)

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