Share of Americans Giving to Charity Drops to 73%, a New Low

Plus, community foundations see a surge in donor-advised-fund grant making, and reinvention is key to nonprofits’ survival, a leading grant maker says [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. Research [Share of Americans Giving to Charity Drops to 73%, a New Low]( By Michael Theis The decline occurred across all household income levels. The previous low was 79 percent in 2009, during the Great Recession. ADVERTISEMENT [advertisement]( Research [Community Foundations Study Finds Surge in Donor-Advised-Fund Grant Making]( By Michael Theis Grants increased 58 percent in March and April over the same period last year, Q&A [Strategy and Reinvention Are Key to Staying Alive for Nonprofits, Leading Grant Maker Says]( By Dan Parks Too many nonprofits are scrambling to survive the immediate crisis while failing to adjust to what will become a new normal, says Jim Bildner, CEO of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. (PREMIUM) More News and Features Transitions [Wells Fargo Foundation Appoints New President]( By M.J. Prest Also, the Fund for Investigative Journalism hires its next executive director, and the longtime CFO at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has retired. ADVERTISEMENT [advertisement]( The Face of Philanthropy [They Witness Deaths Daily: Now Comes Covid-19]( By Emily Haynes An all-volunteer force known as the White Helmets is working to educate Syrians —already devastated by nine years of civil war —about Covid-19. (PREMIUM) Podcast [How to Lead and Work Effectively in a Virtual World]( Community Wealth Partners CEO Amy Celep also talks about the need for grantees to be bold with funders. 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 After protests from within, the Aspen Institute will return federal pandemic-relief funds. The think tank had received $8 million, which officials said would help prevent layoffs in the face of a $14 million to $17 million shortfall in event revenues. But some within the organization objected to taking the money, given Aspen’s mission to promote the common good and the presence of billionaires on its Board of Trustees. ([Washington Post]( As hunger spreads and farmers without buyers plow hundreds of acres of produce back into their fields, food banks are rushing to cook perishables. A food bank in southern Florida, which along with its partners received a donation of eight tractor trailers of tomatoes, will soon begin preparing 10,000 hot meals a day. Another in Kentucky will open a kitchen this month and prepare food with single parents in mind. A Pennsylvania food bank is enlisting restaurants to cook and freeze 520,000 meals weekly. The groups are trying to raise money to pay farmers something for the harvest and to increase their cold-storage capacity. ([New York Times]( Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has channeled millions of dollars of pandemic relief funds to private and religious schools. Nearly all of the $350 million intended for higher-education institutions has gone to smaller colleges, “many of them private, religious, or on the margins of higher education.” She has also told states to share millions of dollars intended for low-income students with wealthy private schools. House Democrats are seeking to limit DeVos’s discretion in using funds contained in a relief package now under consideration. ([New York Times]( More News The Nonprofit Grifters Who Want a Cut of the Coronavirus Bailout ([New Republic]( Nonprofit Run by Trump Nominee to Head U.S. Media Agency is Under Investigation ([Washington Post]( Covid-19 Exposes Need for More Scrutiny of Donor-Advised Funds (Opinion: [Sacramento Bee]( Obituary: Richard Gilder, Donor to Parks, Museum, and History ([New York Times]( Should Museums and Other Arts Groups Draw on Endowments to Prevent Layoffs? ([Los Angeles Times]( Inspiration Amid the Crisis How 100-Year-Old Tom Moore — Better Known as Captain Tom — Raised $40 Million for the British Health Service and Became a National Hero ([New York Times]( 'A Big Responsibility': Charity Match Aims to Set Standard Amid Pandemic ([Reuters]( Solutions Journalism Network Solutions Journalism The following articles were provided by the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit that seeks to spread the practice of reporting on responses to social problems, including the Covid-19 crisis. - A Volunteer Army Has Answered Colo.'s Need for Masks. Denver's Jails Are One Recent Beneficiary. ([Colorado Sun]( - How Chelsea, Mass., Is Tackling Coronavirus ([Next City]( - Low-Tech Solutions for Students Without Internet Access at Home ([Hechinger Report]( - A County Expands Internet Access With Remote Wi-Fi Hotspots ([Route Fifty]( - Government-Run Homeless Camps Could Come to L.A. ([LAist]( - Pandemic Pivoting: How Malaysia's Social Enterprises Are Responding to the Covid-19 Crisis ([Pioneers Post]( What Everyone Else Is Reading [Wealthy Donors to Congress: Make Us Give More to Charity]( Led by the Wallace Global Fund, the group is asking congressional leaders to impose a minimum payout requirement of 10 percent for foundations and donor-advised fund holders. (PREMIUM) [Nonprofits Led by People of Color Win Less Grant Money With More Strings (Study)]( 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. [Ask an Expert: How to Host Engaging Virtual Fundraising Events]( A nonprofit CEO, an events director, and a fundraising consultant specializing in events answer reader questions. (PREMIUM) [House Stimulus Bill Includes Sweeping New Benefits for Nonprofits]( The legislation would greatly expand nonprofit eligibility for loans and other benefits, but President Trump and Republicans who lead the Senate have shown no interest in the legislation. [Fundraising Events in the Covid Era: Here’s What to Consider]( As we look ahead to a time when in-person events can resume, here are some lessons to apply from the onset of the Covid-19 crisis. Help Everyone At Your Nonprofit Keep Their Skills Sharp Our new 30-day all-access pass allows you and your colleagues access to all of the Chronicle's archived webinar sessions. [This new all-access pass]( is easy to use, can be shared with your whole organization, and offers unmatched savings on Chronicle webinars. Plus, participants can get CFRE credits for watching these online sessions. 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