California’s New Privacy Law Draws Attention From Nonprofits

Plus, the City College of New York has announced a new $290 million foundation, and see our roundups of most popular articles for 2019 [Philanthropy Today] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up]( to receive your own copy. Fundraising [California’s New Privacy Law Draws Attention From Nonprofits]( By Emily Haynes Chronicle reporter While nonprofits are not covered by the law setting new privacy standards, the marketing companies that many large groups work with do have to comply. Some industry groups and nonprofits fear rising costs to raise money; others see an opportunity to take stock of the data they collect and how they use it. (PREMIUM) ADVERTISEMENT [advertisement]( Grants Roundup [City College of New York Announces New $290 Million Foundation]( By M.J. Prest Chronicle contributor Also, Tipping Point Community commits $20 million to improve outcomes for youths who have aged out of foster care in the Bay Area, and Duke Divinity School receives $12 million for Christian leadership programs. Roundup [The Year’s Big Stories in the Nonprofit World That Point to Key Changes Ahead]( By Chronicle Staff Concerns about tainted money, undue pressure on fundraisers, the inequality gap, and the role of philanthropy in fixing democracy are among the issues we covered in the past year that will continue as major forces in the year ahead. Roundup [Key Research Findings for Fundraisers and Other Nonprofit Executives]( By Chronicle Staff Why the language men use in grant proposals works better than what women write, why it’s important not to delay in making pitches to beneficiaries of services, how big a difference nonprofit transparency makes to donors, and other results from scholarly studies. Roundup [Face of Philanthropy: Nonprofits Whose Stories Touched Us in 2019]( By Ariella Phillips Chronicle reporter A program that connects the young and the old and a nonprofit that uses dance to help people cope with depression and despair are among the charities we profiled. Online Tools and Advice Roundup [Top 20 Resources of 2019]( Catch up with your peers. Find out which topics and how-to articles topped our charts in 2019. Roundup [Your Nonprofit Coach: Advice for Executives and Board Members]( The columnist Joan Garry tackles tough topics that face CEOs, board members, and other nonprofit leaders as they work together to advance important causes. Roundup [This Year’s Most Popular Webinars]( Every month we develop new webinars with guest experts to help you do your job better and more easily. Here are the five sessions that drew the most eyes in 2019. More Tools and Resources Plus see more than [1,100 other items]( in our resource center, exclusively available to subscribers. Paid for and Created by Stony Brook University [Stony Brook Accelerates Life-Changing Trajectories for Disadvantaged Students]( A leader in social mobility, Stony Brook University is creating a proven path of upward mobility for first-generation and underrepresented students. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Boy Scouts taps outsider CEO to navigate legal crisis that could lead to a bankruptcy filing. The charity announced it has hired Roger Mosby, the longtime top human-resources officer at the energy company Kinder Morgan, as its new leader amid the organization’s struggles with allegations of sexual abuse as well as declining membership. California, New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina have all passed laws allowing victims of sexual abuse to sue organizations over abuse allegations dating back decades, which will likely expose the group to more such suits. The organization has explored filing for bankruptcy. And it has recently opened its membership to girls, transgender young people, and gay scout leaders. Some of those changes caused an important supporter, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to leave the group. ([Wall Street Journal]( — subscription) Livestreams are the new telethons, and they’re raising millions for charities. People who livestream the games they play have become a growing fundraising platform. These efforts on Twitch, the leading game-streaming platform, have raised more than $75 million since 2012. Some popular gamers have become known for their fundraising efforts. Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo raised $2.3 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in just 24 hours ($1 million came directly from Twitch). The speed-running marathon series, Games Done Quick, has raised over $22.3 million since 2010 for Doctors Without Borders and the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The efforts work so well, in part because viewers can donate through the platform, responding to auctions and prizes offered by the gamer. ([Washington Post]( See more from the Chronicle about the [rise of livestream fundraising](. After giving nearly $165 million, a Minneapolis foundation is closing. The Robina Foundation is getting ready to give out its final grants over the next year as it prepares to close. The foundation, which began making grants in 2007, was designed to give all of its funds over a relatively short period — unlike most foundations, which are designed to exist in perpetuity. James Binger, a former president of Honeywell, who started the foundation, felt that his giving would have a greater impact if it was completed over a shorter period of time. The foundation’s giving focused on just four organizations — Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and its parent nonprofit Allina Health, the University of Minnesota Law School, Yale University, and the Council on Foreign Relations. “That’s an interesting approach,” said Susie Brown, president of the Minnesota Council on Foundations. “Rather than endowing their own institution and making annual grants based on endowment returns, endowing the very institutions that are the priority of the foundation.” ([Star Tribune]( More News and Opinion Opinion: When It Comes to Charitable Giving, Warren and Sanders Don't 'Pay Their Fair Share' ([InsideSources]( They Promise to Help Families of Fallen Officers. But They’re Mostly Paying Telemarketers ([Center for Public Integrity and the Tampa Bay Times]( Without State Money for Census Count, Nonprofits Step In ([Texas Standard]( Obituaries Arthur Singer Jr., Who Set the Stage for Public TV ([New York Times]( Former NBA Commissioner David Stern, Who Launched the NBA Cares Program ([Associated Press]( Correction: Big Gifts of 2019 The Chronicle has updated our article on the [largest donations]( of the year to note that Jim Walton has not specified where his $1.2 billion donation will go. Subscribe to the Chronicle As donors become increasingly selective in their giving, it’s more important than ever that you have unlimited access to the tools and resources needed to show your impact. A subscription to the Chronicle of Philanthropy provides you with the knowledge you need to generate excitement for your nonprofit, grow your donor base, and stay ahead of emerging trends. [Subscribe Today]( What Everyone Else Is Reading: December’s Most Read Articles [Working With Donor-Advised Funds: The Basics]( Donor-advised funds continue to boom. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about receiving donations from the accounts. [MacArthur Boosts Amount It Pays for Grantees’ Overhead to 29%]( The move stems from a pledge by the Chicago grant maker and four other foundations to help the defray the costs of things like human resources, fundraising, and accounting. (PREMIUM) [Giving in the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas]( See the dollars donated — and the dollars that might have been donated — in America’s biggest cities. [Nonprofits Raise Nearly $2 Billion on GivingTuesday]( As the day that kicks of year-end appeals wrapped up, U.S. nonprofits had raised an estimated $511 million online and twice as much offline. Many organizations fared better than in 2018 and took advantage of a variety of creative approaches to draw attention. Still, some say the deluge of email appeals may be turning off donors. (PREMIUM) [10 Largest Donor-Advised Funds Grew Sharply in 2018]( They took in $21.5 billion last year, up 24.7 percent from 2017. That’s more than what the top 18 charities combined received in private gifts of cash and stock. (PREMIUM) [Sue Desmond-Hellmann to Step Down at Gates Foundation, Citing Health Needs]( Mark Suzman, the foundation’s chief strategy officer and president of global policy and advocacy, will take over as chief executive on February 1. (PREMIUM) [5 CEOs of Big Foundations Pledge to Do More to Help Charities Pay Overhead]( Leaders of the Ford, Hewlett, MacArthur, Open Society, and Packard foundations also called on all grant makers to recognize that stingy policies are making it hard for many nonprofits to operate efficiently and stay solvent. [Thank-You Videos Are an Easy Way to Send Personalized Messages]( How two nonprofits use video to thank donors and encourage them to raise money online. (PREMIUM) [Eli and Edythe Broad Give $100 Million to Yale; Seth MacFarlane Donates $1 Million to Rainforest Group (Gifts Roundup)]( Plus, Thomas Jefferson University gets $70 million from Sidney and Caroline Kimmel,, and UCLA gets $46 million from entertainment mogul David Geffen. [Is It Legal to Make a Part-Time Employee Work Full Time With No Benefits?]( Many states maintain laws relating to the payment of wages and benefits to employees. [Grant Makers Face Uphill Battle as They Push for a Kinder Form of Capitalism]( By Alex Daniels Chronicle reporter The Ford Foundations and others have made headway in their efforts to get companies to care about more than shareholder returns, but doing so requires reversing decades of policies and popular economic theories. 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