Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
The Education Department will partner with a coalition of conservative groups to create a civics education program as part of the observance of the country’s 250th anniversary next year. The effort will be led by the America First Policy Institute, founded by veterans of the first Trump administration, and will include Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, the Heritage Foundation, Moms for Liberty, and the Faith and Freedom Coalition, among others. Although the Education Department said the American 250 Civics Education Coalition would promote “a shared understanding of America’s founding principles in schools across the nation,” a department spokeswoman said it would not provide material for classrooms, but rather community-based programming. (Washington Post)
Big Philanthropy
- Colby College to Launch New Science Facility Following Anonymous $150 Million Donation (Boston Globe)
- Bill Gates’s Paradox of Optimism (Time)
- How Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt Is Helping Alex Gibney Tell Stories That Matters — and Make Sure People Hear Them. (Fast Company)
More News
- Young Activists Say 3 Trump Orders Violate Constitutional Rights (New York Times)
- An Evangelical’s Story Fueled Trump’s Fight Against Banks (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
Cuts and Closures
- U.S. to Cut Out Nongovernmental Groups in Refocusing Health Aid (New York Times)
- Harvard Medical School ‘On Track’ to Cut Research by 20 Percent, Dean Says (Boston Globe)
- Health-Care Cuts Threaten Homegrown Solutions to Rural Doctor Shortages (KFF Health News)
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