A Test of Leadership at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Plus, Hewlett is committing $22 million a year to strengthen democracy, and philanthropy can do a lot to help hard-hit small businesses (opinion) [Philanthropy Today] Are you working remotely? Here’s how to maintain your premium site-license access to the Chronicle. If you’re used to having access to the Chronicle when you’re at work, you can keep that access when you’re at home. Read this [Site License FAQ]( to see how. It’s easy to do and gives you access wherever you are. Management and Leadership [A Test of Leadership at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation]( [Image]( PHOTO BY TONY AVELAR By Marc Gunther Nicole Taylor is trying to turn it around after a workplace scandal — and now she must deal with the coronavirus scare and economic downturn. (See an article from [Recode]( on Monday about a new effort the fund has undertaken to persuade donors to earmark up to 5 percent of their advised funds for pandemic relief.) 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