MacArthur’s New Requirement for Its Next $100 Million Big Bet

Plus, a $33 million tussle over Black Lives Matter funds; and what you can learn from a joint fundraising campaign ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. FOUNDATION GIVING [$100 Million for Equity: MacArthur’s New Big Bet and Mandate]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( In the third installment of the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition, grant applicants are required to address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. ADVERTISEMENT FISCAL SPONSORSHIP [Why Tides and Black Lives Matter Are Fighting Over $33 Million]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( The rift provides a glimpse into legal gray areas surrounding fiscal sponsorships. COLLABORATION [What You Can Learn From an Ambitious Joint Fundraising Campaign]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( Six immigration-rights nonprofits are working together to raise $3 million for legal aid in asylum cases. Their campaign has lessons for other charities. GRANTS ROUNDUP [Cal Poly Receives $60 Million to Establish Noyce School of Applied Computing]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, the Citi Foundation awarded $50 million in unrestricted grants to bolster low-income communities, and the City U. of New York Graduate Center will receive up to $15 million to endow the Leon Levy Center for Biography. SPONSOR CONTENT | Independent Sector [Championing Equity: Reflections from Emerging Leaders in the NGen Fellows Program]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online The Orlando Museum of Art is asking a court to give it latitude in how it uses a recent $1.8 million bequest intended for acquiring new works. The museum, which weathered a forgery scandal in 2022, faces a nearly $1 million deficit and seeks to use the money for operating expenses, although it says the request is not an effort to make up for the shortfall. Some wary donors think the museum is not being straightforward, but a lawyer for OMA said the process has been aboveboard. ([New York Times]( Denver is switching from a shelter-based model to a more sustainable way to help some of the roughly 42,000 migrants who have arrived since early 2023. Instead of paying for a hotel and ready meals, the city is helping with apartment rent and grocery bills, along with offering job training and various classes, for the six months until asylum seekers can legally work. The director of the program, done in collaboration with nonprofits, said it is more cost-effective, and the city has been allowed to resume some municipal services it had cut over the last year. ([Associated Press]( Background from the Chronicle: [What You Can Learn From an Ambitious Joint Fundraising Campaign]( More News - Gregory Gerami Stands Behind Controversial Stock Donation, Says FAMU Has Gone Radio Silent ([Tallahassee Democrat]( - NRA Names New Leadership to Replace Former CEO Found Liable for Wrongly Spending Millions ([Associated Press]( - N.C. to Pay $885,000 to Animal Rights Groups for Undercover-Video Suit ([Washington Post]( - Inside the Uproar Over Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Archewell Foundation ([Vanity Fair]( - Foundations, Community Groups, Residents, Discuss ‘Reparative’ Approach to Rebuilding a Detroit Freeway That Sliced Through Black Neighborhoods ([Bridge Detroit]( Philanthropy Q&As - Melinda French Gates and the unique qualities of women’s philanthropy ([KUOW]( - Background from the Chronicle: [Melinda French Gates’s $12.5 Billion Separation Agreement From Gates Foundation Is a Windfall for Women’s Causes]( - “Journalism moves fast…philanthropy moves slow.” Press Forward’s director wants to bring them together ([Nieman Lab]( - Background from the Chronicle: [After Shaky Start, Philanthropy Coalition’s $500 Million Local News Effort Takes Shape]( Arts and Culture - The Writers Who Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is ([Financial Times]( - Guthrie Theater Announces Almost $4 Million Deficit ([Minnesota Public Radio]( - Native Americans Slam New York Museum of Natural History Over Slow Restitution ([Art Review]( Note: In the links in this section, we flag articles that only subscribers can access. 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PHILANTHROPISTS [Melinda Gates’s $12.5 Billion Separation Agreement Is a Windfall for Women’s Causes]( By Alex Daniels and Stephanie Beasley [STORY IMAGE]( While she is widely expected to devote billions to women’s causes, she has been undertaking other efforts that could be just as consequential for philanthropy. ADVERTISEMENT RECOMMENDED WEBINAR [Join our webinar]( — Many nonprofits focus their grant seeking on large national foundations, even though community foundations are often more accessible, have strong local ties, and give away billions to charities each year. How can you get the attention of community foundations and win support for your cause? Join us on Thursday, June 13, at 2 p.m. ET to get advice from two community foundation leaders. They’ll explain how to determine if your nonprofit is a fit for a potential grant maker, ways to approach and engage program officers, and how to write proposals that rise above the competition. 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