Education, Housing, and a Hawaiian Island Top Chan Zuckerberg Giving

Plus, Kresge has pledged to increase investments in minority- and women-owned firms; and why one college’s tech leader is also its top fundraiser [Philanthropy Today] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up]( to receive your own copy. Giving Priorities [Education, Housing, and a Hawaiian Island Are Top Chan Zuckerberg Priorities]( By Michael Theis The Chronicle takes a closer look at the grant-making information disclosed earlier this week by the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. PREMIUM ADVERTISEMENT Endowments [Kresge Pledges to Increase Portion of Endowment Invested With Firms Owned by Minorities or Women]( By Nicole Wallace The foundation says that by 2025 a quarter of its U.S. assets, roughly $500 million, will be managed by diverse firms, up from 14 percent today. It made the pledge as part of an effort to persuade at least 50 other foundations to take similar actions by 2025. PREMIUM Government and Regulation [Nonprofit Watchdogs Hail E-File Bill, but Some Charities Push Back]( By Michael Theis One nonprofit advocate says an expanded e-filing mandate could burden smaller nonprofits in rural areas caught on the wrong side of the digital divide. PREMIUM Bipartisan Letter [Senate Leaders Tell IRS to Investigate Charitable Gifts in College-Admissions Scandal]( The top Republican and top Democrat on the Finance Committee said the IRS should find out whether payments parents made to a "sham" charity involved in the scandal were improperly claimed as tax deductions. PREMIUM Online Tools and Advice [Why One College Placed Its Fundraising and Technology Efforts Under One Leader]( By Nicole Wallace An executive with sales and information technology experience wears two hats at a small liberal-arts institution. PREMIUM More Tools and Resources Plus see more than [1,000 other items]( in our resource center, exclusively available to subscribers. Paid for and Created by Omidyar Network [We’ve Reached A Tipping Point In Early Childhood Education]( A focus on two-generation education — both the child and the parent — drives attainment and helps families flourish. ADVERTISEMENT Nonprofit News From Elsewhere The Gates Foundation and Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos's Day One Fund will give $15 million for projects related to research on Alzheimer's Disease. ([Observer]( The money will go to the [Diagnostics Accelerator]( a project Gates had previously supported that aids researchers looking for simple ways to prevent the disease. The British Charity Commission has opened a formal investigation into the World Wide Fund for Nature after a news investigation said the charity has funded work that leads to human-rights abuses against indigenous people. It has been accused of supporting anti-poaching guards who have tortured and killed people. The charity is conducting its own review of the allegations, led by a law firm, and says it will cooperate with the formal inquiry. ([BuzzFeed News]( More News and Analysis - New York City Now Has a Nonprofit-News Website and Plans to Model Itself After Texas Tribune, NPR, and Others ([CNN]( - After Massive Fire at a Famous Civil-Rights Center, Officials Found a 'White Power' Symbol Nearby ([Washington Post]( - How Museums Are Responding to an Era of Alternative Facts ([Boston Globe]( - Women's March Group Drops Application to Trademark Name After 2-Year Battle ([Washington Post]( - Indiana School District and Nonprofit Turn Leftover Food From Cafeterias That Prepare Too Much Into Take-Home Meals for Kids in Need ([CBS News]( - Patagonia Reps Say They Will Stop Selling Corporate-Sponsored Vests in Favor of 'Mission-Driven Organizations' ([Bloomberg]( Solutions Journalism Homes for the Homeless, Plus Services to Keep Them There Solutions Journalism Network is a nonprofit that promotes reporting on innovative ways nonprofits, governments, and others are tackling thorny social problems. It gives newsletter subscribers suggested reading each week from its [Solutions Story Tracker]( a searchable database, to help grant makers and charities learn about promising approaches. - [NYC Opens ‘Supportive Housing' Units to Shelter and Educate Homeless]( In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has worked with countless nonprofits to try to decrease homelessness in the city. Finally, one solution is showing positive effects. Supportive housing is a type of affordable housing that includes job-training programs, access to health care, and financial literacy education, all with the aim of keeping residents housed. Within New York, 1,400 units of supportive housing are currently funded, and 2,803 units are in the development process. - [In Milwaukee's Poorest ZIP Code, Fruits and Vegetables Become Powerful Weapons for Saving Young Boys]( In the middle of Milwaukee's toughest neighborhood, an organization called We Got This helps kids get off the streets and into the garden. Each summer, teens spend Saturdays working in a community garden to produce food for their neighbors. Andre Lee Ellis, the founder of We Got This, uses a tough-love approach to set kids on a life-long path of confidence and respect. - [Making a Chore Educational: Grocery-Store Experiment Aims to Inspire Learning]( Recognizing that "much of childhood happens outside the classroom," a Philadelphia program is creating opportunities for students to learn basic math concepts and gain basic literacy skills while shopping in the grocery store. "Talk It Up" is part of a long-term push to encourage conversation between parents and children and "embed learning in the physical spaces kids inhabit every day." These stories come directly from Network’s [Solutions Story Tracker](. Google Assistant devices now link to solutions stories with the command: “[Hey Google, Tell Me Something Good.]( A new story, selected by the Solutions Journalism Network, is available every day. What Everyone Else Is Reading [No Equity Without Everyone: Philanthropy Must Fully Include People With Disabilities (Opinion)]( Fifteen grant makers are providing $10 million in a push to make sure foundations are hiring and getting advice from people with physical, mental, and other disabilities. [Rebecca Rimel to Step Down as CEO of Pew Charitable Trusts]( She oversaw one of the most stunning changes in the philanthropy world, shifting a wealthy family fund to charity status so it could do more advocacy and political work. That change paved the way a generation later for donors like Mark Zuckerberg, Pricilla Chan, and Laurene Powell Jobs to eschew the typical foundation structure of their philanthropic work. PREMIUM [Billionaire Len Blavatnik Pours Money Into Education, Medical Research, and History]( With an estimated net worth of $17.8 billion, the Russian American investor wants to tell the stories of ordinary people, especially Jews, who lived through the World Wars. PREMIUM [Group Wants Foundations to Cede Power, and Eventually Make Reparations, to Grantees]( Justice Funders wants to weaken top-down decision-making at foundations and expand the scope of grantee influence. The group already has a big footprint in California and hopes its ideas catch fire nationwide. PREMIUM [Mental Health, Ethics, and Debunking Conventional Fundraising Approaches: Conference Notebook]( At the Association of Fundraisers annual meeting this week, speakers focused on the need to enhance awareness of professional standards and the challenges of dealing with anxiety, stress, and other issues in the fundraising office. PREMIUM Last Day to Save 20% on Next Week’s Webinar Learn How to Measure Results So You Can Make Your Case to Donors Donors increasingly want to support work they know is making a difference. But it’s often hard for nonprofits to figure out how to measure their impact in a meaningful way. 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