Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
The Trump administration is resuming plans for the annual federal-employee charity drive after pausing preparations last month. Officials relented after hearing from groups that depend on the Combined Federal Campaign, which raised about $70 million last year, and that have already paid application and listing fees for the current year. Still, the administration “is evaluating changes to the CFC for 2026 (including whether to continue the program),” according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management, citing administrative costs and declining participation. (Washington Post)
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Higher Education
- Some Research Donors Are Giving Quietly Amid Trump’s Attacks. A UMass Amherst Donor Is Making His Reasons Public. (Boston Globe)
- 5 Years Later, What’s Become of MacKenzie Scott’s $55M Gifts to Atlanta HBCUs? (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- This Georgia College Inherited a Record-Breaking $100 Million Gift. How Will It Be Spent? (Augusta Chronicle)
More News
- Here’s How AI Will Reinvent Nonprofits (Fast Company)
- The Pitfalls of Being a Nonprofit That Is Beholden to Government (Economist — subscription)
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