Daily Update: Women Fundraisers, Millennials, and #MeToo

[THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY] #subscribelink [SUBSCRIBE TODAY]( [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Philanthropy Today Thursday, March 8, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( Top News and Features From The Chronicle --------------------------------------------------------------- [What It Takes: How a Charity Confronted Its Lack of Diversity and Found New Strength]( [premium] Lift, a national nonprofit, has spent eight years trying to change its culture — and leadership — to better reflect America. Plus: See this [case study]( of how the Annie E. Casey foundation diversified the racial composition of its staff. [Association of Fundraising Professionals Launches Gender-Equity Push]( [premium] Over the next 18 months, the membership group's Women's Impact Initiative will seek out and share effective ways to close pay gaps and combat sexual harassment at nonprofit workplaces. [In Trump Era, Millennials See Nonprofits as Change Agents]( [premium] New survey findings challenge research suggesting that young people don’t have the affinity for nonprofits that older generations do. [Opinion: Female Donors, Mark Women’s Day — and #MeToo — by Joining Forces]( With gender equity front and center in the national debate, female philanthropists have a unique, collective opportunity to make a difference by investing in causes long ignored and supporting grass-roots work to elect more women. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online --------------------------------------------------------------- Top News Save the Children Releases Reports on Harassment Complaints, [Admits ‘Unsafe Behavior' in Workplace]( (BBC News) [USC Fundraising Chief Who Led $6.6 Billion Drive]( to Step Down (Daily Trojan) Plus: See a [Chronicle story]( on USC's record-breaking capital campaign. [Peter Thiel’s Money Talks, in Contentious Ways.]( But What Does He Say? (New York Times) Amid Allegations of Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar, U.S. Holocaust Museum [Revokes Award to Aung San Suu Kyi]( (New York Times) Other News [Fla. Lawmakers Scrap Troubled Charity Drive]( That Once Raised Millions From State Workers (Tallahassee Democrat) Humana Boosts Profit-Based Executive Bonuses by [Excluding Charity Donation From Company Earnings]( (Axios) N.Y. State Comptroller [Questions Stony Brook Foundation Loans]( to University Officials (The Statesman) Rising Number of [Nonprofit Hospitals See Credit Downgrades]( From Moody’s (Healthcare Dive) Calif. Sheriff [Bars Advocacy Group’s Visits to Immigration Detainees]( at County Jail (San Francisco Chronicle) Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis: We’ll [Leave Money to Charity, not Our Kids]( (Business Insider) N.H. Powerball Winner Seeking Anonymity Wants to [Donate Up to $50 Million of Jackpot]( (Associated Press) On Arts and Culture Art Museums in Puerto Rico [Face Long and Expensive Recovery]( (New York Times) Woman Leader, Rare in French Museum World, [Puts Stamp on Paris’s Musée d’Orsay]( (New York Times) How the Bronx Museum Is Using Art Class to [Talk to Kids About Gun Violence]( (Observer) Don't Miss What Everyone Else Is Reading --------------------------------------------------------------- These were the best-read stories yesterday: [Anonymous Bitcoin Donor Rains $56 Million on Stunned Nonprofits]( ‘The Pineapple Fund wants to give you $1 million," read one unsolicited email. It sounded like a scam, but the offer, like many others from the donor, was real. [Sweet Briar’s $44 Million Rescue Offers Unusual Fundraising Lessons]( [premium] An army of alumnae rallied to save their alma mater with a Starbucks challenge and a host of other creative ideas. Will it be enough to save the university over the long term? [After 25 Years of Talk, Are Nonprofits Ready to Act on Diversity?]( [premium] Despite the post-Ferguson urgency on race and social justice, nonprofit leadership remains nearly all white. Charities are running out of excuses, diversity advocates say. [Grants Roundup: Wilson Foundation Commits $10 Million for Skate Parks]( Also, Disney bestows $1 million on the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to celebrate the success of its comic-book blockbuster Black Panther, and other grant news. [Opinion: White People in Philanthropy — This Is Our Move]( [premium] If grant makers are serious about fighting racism, we need to take actions that help promote the growth of nonprofits led by people of color, according to Pamela Shifman, executive director of the NoVo Foundation Solutions Journalism: Training Conservationists Behind Bars --------------------------------------------------------------- The Chronicle is teaming up with Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit that promotes reporting on innovative ways nonprofits, governments, and others are tackling thorny social problems. The network will recommend three pieces each week from its Solutions Story Tracker, a searchable database, to help grant makers and charities learn about promising approaches. [Conservation Meets Corrections]( Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., needed more conservationists to study threatened species of frogs and wild moss. It found its experts behind bars. The college and the Washington State Department of Corrections partnered to create the Sustainability in Prisons Project, which educates the incarcerated in ecology and engages them through active conservation efforts that turn them into scientists. [Houston's Quiet Revolution]( Long ignored by city government, residents of the low-income, largely immigrant Houston neighborhood of East Aldine are organizing to meet their own needs. Because of a nonprofit called Neighborhood Centers, they have their own senior centers, schools, Head Start, job-search facilities — even an adult-day-care center for people with dementia. This is the story of a community that treats its people like assets for their own future. [How Baltimore Is Growing Its Tech Gurus From Scratch]( Who’s that building animated robots out of Crayola markers, reconstructing a piano into a jukebox, typing code, and designing with a 3D printer? Inner-city middle- and high-school kids at a rec center run by Baltimore’s Digital Harbor Foundation, that’s who. Digital Harbor’s after-school programs are leveling the playing field for at-risk youth with activities that emphasize STEM disciplines, creative thinking, and the value of innovative play. See more stories at the Network’s [Solutions Story Tracker.]( Coming Today: Learn How to Maximize Meetings With Donors --------------------------------------------------------------- As the assets of America's wealthiest have been growing, big gifts are flowing faster than ever to nonprofits. But forging ties with philanthropists takes time, savvy, and skill. Each donor has specific priorities and motivations for giving, and there is no one-size-fits-all playbook for meetings with big donors. How can you make the most of conversations with major donors and build stronger connections for your nonprofit? Join the Chronicle for a one-hour session to get advice from two veteran major-gift fundraisers: Laura Frye of the Boston Ballet and Mark Stuart, the top fundraiser at the San Diego Zoo. [Sign up]( now you can join us today at 2 p.m. Eastern. Job Opportunities --------------------------------------------------------------- Find your next job in The Chronicle's jobs section, where employers have posted hundreds of the best career opportunities in the nonprofit world. Here are a few: [Vice President and Executive Director, Audubon Florida]( National Audubon Society Florida, United States [Associate Director, Corporate Relations]( Council of Graduate Schools District of Columbia, United States [Director of Development, Civic Engagement and Technology Organization]( Civic Hall New York, United States [Vice President for Advancement]( Rhode Island College Rhode Island, United States [Assistant Dean for Development, School of Law]( Elon University North Carolina, United States [Director of Development, Northeast]( Miami University Massachusetts, United States [Director of Individual Giving]( Project HOME Pennsylvania, United States [Search The Chronicle's jobs database](. [The Chronicle of Philanthropy] 1255 Twenty-Third St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 [Join our LinkedIn group]( [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [SUBSCRIBE TODAY]( Raise more money and increase awareness with trusted insight. 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