Nonprofits Unleash Rapid Response to Details of Trump Budget Cuts
Charities were prepared for the deep spending reductions in President Trump’s budget plan, responding with a flurry of activities designed to ensure that members of Congress will hear their side of the story.
By Alex Daniels, Timothy Sandoval and Megan O’Neil
Daily News Roundup: NAACP Fires President to Start ‘Systemwide Refresh’
In other news, an Australian businessman announces a $300 million gift to fight slavery and other problems, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates commit $100 million to a fund for women.
Nonprofits Brace for Proposed Cuts to Medicaid and Food Aid
Early details of President Trump’s 2018 spending plan to be released Tuesday suggest deep cuts to social programs — cuts that Congress has already shown a strong desire to resist. The Chronicle will continue to update this article as news about the budget becomes available.
By Alex Daniels and Timothy Sandoval
Daily News Roundup: Trump Aims to End Public-Service Loan Forgiveness
The president’s proposed education budget would eliminate a program offering student-debt relief for hundreds of thousands of people in nonprofit and government jobs and give big boosts to charter and private schools.
Daily News Roundup: Hillary Clinton Starts Political-Action Nonprofit
Also, the Trump administration expands the antiabortion “gag rule” on U.S. funding for global health programs, and the Obama Foundation reports ramped-up fundraising and hires a program chief.
Daily News Roundup: Trump’s Refugee Crackdown Hits Resettlement Charities’ Budgets
Also, nonprofits that hold galas at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate have reported a fundraising boost at events since the election, and the foundation building Barack Obama’s presidential library opts out of traditional federal support for such institutions.
2 New Marketplaces Bring Impact Investors and Products Together
The services aim to expand mission investing by helping funds and enterprises raise capital faster and more efficiently.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Daily News Roundup: New Amazon Building Will Include Homeless Shelter
The tech giant will give over part of a structure in its planned office campus in downtown Seattle to a homelessness charity. Also, an Illinois appeals court rules that a public college’s fundraising foundation is subject to open-records laws.
Daily News Roundup: Houston Tries to Steer ‘Spare Change’ to Homelessness Charity
A City Hall-led campaign encourages people to pass up panhandlers in favor of supporting a charitable housing fund. Also, a look at the state of local nonprofit newsrooms and an accountant’s view of a major New York charity’s fiscal meltdown.
Daily News Roundup: Hacked Records Highlight Conservative Foundation’s Reach
The documents detail the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation’s plans to carry its success promoting conservative causes in Wisconsin to other states. Also, an atheism organization files a court challenge to President Trump’s order on politicking by religious groups.
Daily News Roundup: Gates Critics Question Sway at WHO
Some global-health leaders say the U.N. agency is adopting the agenda of its second-biggest donor, the Gates Foundation. Also, a nonprofit group allied with Missouri’s new governor widens ad attacks on state legislators, and Minnesota’s attorney general targets a national car-donation charity’s spending and fundraising.
Value of New Donors Is Largely Offset by Loss of Previous Donors, Study Finds
For every $100 organizations gained last year from new contributors or those increasing gifts, they lost $95 through donor attrition and reduced monthly giving.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Women and Minority Investment Managers Get Little Business From Foundations, Study Shows
Despite investment performance that is on par with their peers, women and minority-owned firms control only 1 percent of the $71 trillion in assets managed by the nation’s financial firms, according to a Knight Foundation study.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
How to Build a Strong Women’s Philanthropy Program
What it takes to attract female donors to your cause, plus six easy ways to build long-term relationships with women.
By Michele Rebeor
Contributor
Federal Budget Deal Largely Preserves Spending on Nonprofit Priorities
Programs benefiting low-income families, veterans, the homeless, and community development will remain mostly intact, at least through September, under a new spending bill President Trump pledged to sign this week.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Jim DeMint Reportedly Out at Heritage Foundation
Also, Feed the Children looks within its own ranks in naming a new CEO, and the head of University of Utah Health System resigns after clashing with megadonor Jon Huntsman Sr.