‘HalfMyDAF’ Movement Aims to Spur a Boost in Donor-Advised-Fund Grants

Plus, nonprofits led by people of color win less grant money with more strings, and pandemic-related giving tops $10 billion worldwide [Philanthropy Today] Are you working remotely? Many organizations provide access to premium Chronicle content in the office. If your group is one of them, you can maintain that access when you’re at home. Read this helpful [FAQ]( to see how. Your account is easy to set up and will provide you access wherever you are. Top News Individual Giving [‘HalfMyDAF’ Movement Aims to Spur a Boost in Donor-Advised-Fund Grants]( [Image]( Courtesy Risher Family By Alex Daniels Creators David and Jennifer Risher say they will give up to $1 million total to groups supported by other donor-advised-fund account holders who pledge to disburse at least half of the money in their accounts to charity. ADVERTISEMENT [advertisement]( Research [Nonprofits Led by People of Color Win Less Grant Money With More Strings]( By Jim Rendon A look at winners, finalists, and semifinalists in an Echoing Green fellowship program found that budgets of nonprofits led by whites were 24 percent bigger than those of groups led by people of color. Pandemic Giving [Coronavirus-Related Giving Tops $10 Billion Worldwide]( By Dan Parks The total includes $6 billion from U.S. sources, according to Candid, a foundation research group. The top donor was Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who gave $1 billion. Foundation Giving [Half of Small Grant Makers Are Giving More]( By Alex Daniels Seventy-nine percent said they plan to change their funding in some way because of the crisis, according to an April survey of nearly 1,000 smaller foundations conducted by Exponent Philanthropy. About Grant Making Opinion [It’s Time to Upend the System That Puts the Nonprofits We Need Most at Risk of Closure Amid Covid-19]( By Antony Bugg-Levine Foundations and policy makers must provide organizations that serve people of color the resources, power, and access to thrive so they can help sustain progress in this recovery and through the next crisis when it comes, says the leader of the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Grants Roundup [American Heart Assn. Gives $17 Million to Study Impact of Vaping on Teens]( By M.J. Prest Also, the Surdna Foundation has committed $13 million to support artists of color working toward racial justice, and Lever for Change is accepting proposals for its $10 million 2030 Climate Challenge. Finance and Leadership Advice [Nonprofits Must Start Planning Now to Diversify Their Incomes]( By Ellen Karsh and Arlen Sue Fox How to find new sources of revenue and adopt a businesslike approach to running a nonprofit to reduce dependency on gifts and grants. (PREMIUM) Ask an Expert [Ask an Expert: Donor Fatigue and Taking the Helm During a Pandemic]( By Eden Stiffman A chief development officer, an online giving expert, and a veteran interim leader answer reader questions. Podcast [The Key to Leading Through a Crisis]( Chip Lyons, who heads the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, talks about how to balance protecting frontline staff with accomplishing the group's mission and about how future leaders can emerge during a pandemic. Paid for and Created by GolfStatus [Five Advantages Of Using An Event Website For Golf Fundraisers & How Nonprofits Can Get A Free One]( From making communications and marketing more streamlined to connecting with donors on a personal level, GolfStatus’s Golf for Good program works with nonprofits to help golf fundraisers save time and resources while keeping processes easy for organizers, volunteers and sponsors. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Three of New York’s major arts institutions are making deep cuts to staff and budgets. To slice $45 million from its $180 million budget, the Museum of Modern Art is eliminating 60 open and 100 filled positions and cutting its exhibitions and publications budgets roughly in half. ([Bloomberg]( At the Metropolitan Opera, where the fall season remains in doubt, 41 staff members will be furloughed and 11 more will shift to part-time work. That is on top of the performers and stagehands it stopped paying in March. ([New York Times]( And the American Museum of Natural History will lose about 20 percent of its 1,100 employees through layoffs, indefinite furloughs, and expiring contracts. The museum faces a deficit of $80 million to $120 million. ([New York Times]( Food banks swamped by demand and crippled by broken supply chains cannot be the primary way the country deals with widespread hunger. From depleted supermarket shelves to closed restaurants that used to make donations, food banks are likely to run out of food. The federal government must lower the high bar to receiving food assistance, provide more aid, and be flexible about how recipients can use benefits, including permitting online grocery ordering. ([Atlantic]( More Coronavirus News and Viewpoint As the Pandemic Disproportionately Affects Already Underserved Communities, Philanthropists Need to Rethink Priorities. (Opinion: [Boston Globe]( Irish Send Relief to Native Americans, Inspired by Gift During Potato Famine ([CNN]( When the Virus Came, Some Museum Curators Lost Years of Work ([New York Times]( More News Brett Favre Repaying $1.1 Million for No-Show Speeches, Auditor Says ([Associated Press]( Georgia Bureau of Investigation Opens Criminal Investigation Into DA's Nonprofit Funds ([Associated Press]( Obituary: Ann McBride Norton, Who Led Common Cause and Championed Campaign-Finance Laws ([Washington Post]( What Everyone Else Is Reading [Campaigns Urge Donors to Give Away the Money They’re Saving During the Pandemic]( Efforts are asking people to redirect expenses saved by not commuting, eating out, or leaving tips. (PREMIUM) [Foundation Requests for Proposals for Covid-19 Relief (May 4)]( A compilation of RFPs for nonprofit groups focused on health care, entrepreneurship, food insecurity, human services, journalism, the arts, and more. [How 25 Big Grant Makers Are Responding to the Covid Crisis]( The Chronicle examined whether foundations plan to give more this year, how much they have committed in emergency funds, and more. (PREMIUM) [A University President Sprang a Student From Internment Camp; His Heirs Give Back (Gifts Roundup)]( Plus, Craig Newmark gives $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League to combat hate speech, and University of Louisville lands nearly $9 million from three bequests. [Engaging Your Board During Covid-19: A Virtual Forum]( Two experts talk about how to communicate the help you need, protect equity efforts when making tough choices, engage trustees in fundraising, and more. Fundraising in a Crisis: Focus on Donors Most Likely to Give [Join our webinar]( — We’re offering a special discount to accommodate organizations in need during these tumultuous times. 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