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1 day ago · Last Monday, in the hours before a White House decision to halt federal funding was blocked by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., Dom Kelly, CEO of New Disabled South, a disability rights nonprofit that works in 14 states and with groups reliant on government money, issued a plea: “Dear Philanthropy, I am begging you. BEGGING you. Fund our movements.

1 day ago · Visit The Commons for our latest content, sign up for The Commons LinkedIn newsletter.. From senior editor Drew Lindsay: Journalist Bobbi Dempsey covers nonprofits and often writes about poverty and the people affected by it. And what she has found confirms what she learned as a child growing up in poverty: that families in need often have to put on a performance to prove that they are “poor ...

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Jan 29, 2025 · A free email with news, trends, and opinion articles about the nonprofit world, as well as links to our tools, resources, and webinars. Delivered every weekday. Philanthropy Today subscribers also get a bonus weekly email called Philanthropy Today — The Commons, about how America’s nonprofits and foundations are working to heal the nation’s divides.

Jan 30, 2025 · The Emergency Assistance Foundation is a one-trick pony. It administers grants for corporations that do not want to run a tax-exempt entity to help their employees and others navigate environmental disasters and financial hardships.

1 day ago · Welcome to Fundraising Update. This week, we look at how the newest generation of fundraisers are making their mark on the field. Plus, the Trump memo to freeze funding created chaos; learn how you need to adapt your fundraising strategies in response. I’m Rasheeda Childress, senior editor for ...

Jan 27, 2025 · While Trump criticized DEI in his first administration, his recent executive order targets for-profit and nonprofit government contractors, universities with large endowments, and foundations with assets north of $500 million.

In nearly every community, philanthropic funders are working to transform lives, enrich educational and cultural vitality, pioneer ideas to protect people and the planet, and so much more. In this section, innovative funders share case studies of their impact and explain in their own words what it took to work with nonprofit partners to achieve victories.

Keep up with everything happening in The Commons by signing up for the Chronicle’s Philanthropy Today newsletter or our weekly Commons LinkedIn newsletter.. On Election Day, Democracy Fund president Joe Goldman volunteered at a local polling station, returning home late to results that promised new challenges for the …