73% of Charities Worldwide See Decline in Contributions

The pandemic makes workplace inequity worse for women, and the Gates Foundation's tactics to remake education during Covid are undemocratic (opinion) [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. [73% of Charities Worldwide See Decline in Contributions]( By Dan Parks A survey by CAF America also found that half of charities expect to see revenue decline by more than 20 percent over the next year. ADVERTISEMENT [advertisement]( Advocacy [The Pandemic Exacerbates Inequities Women Face in the Workplace]( [Image]( ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX Maria Di Mento Former Obama adviser Tina Tchen says there’s still a lot to do but that companies are more aware of the problems of gender discrimination than they were even a few years ago. Opinion [Gates Foundation's Tactics to Remake Public Education During Pandemic Are Undemocratic]( By Kathryn Moeller and Rebecca Tarlau We should be wary of private foundations capitalizing on political opportunities created by Covid-19 to assert influence over our education system. Gifts Roundup [Community Foundation of the Ozarks and U. of Missouri Share $12 Million Bequest]( By Maria Di Mento Plus, wealthy donors continue to give millions to help those affected by the pandemic. Letters to the Editor [What People With Disabilities Need From Foundations]( Grants have been hard to find for groups that are providing essential services to those with disabilities and looking ahead to what comes next. 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 A group of Democratic senators has introduced a bill to establish a grant program for nonprofits struggling during the pandemic. Organizations would apply directly to the Treasury Department for funds, which the senators hope they would use to maintain their staffs or even take on new workers, given the current jobless rates. Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Sherrod Brown of Ohio introduced the measure. ([CNBC]( An Alabama abortion-rights group has bought an abortion clinic in the state to keep it open after its founder retires. The Yellowhammer Fund purchased the West Alabama Women’s Center with donations that flooded in after Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law banning the procedure. That law is now held up by a court challenge. Yellowhammer said it wants to expand services offered at the clinic, which was founded in 1993, to include health care for transsexual people. ([Time]( Nonprofit Innovations Amid Covid-19 Voter Registration Activists Are Shifting Their Message to Health Care During the Coronavirus Pandemic ([Washington Post]( Los Angeles Entrepreneurs Create “Wedding Registry” for L.A. Hospitals in Need ([Forward]( Minneapolis Nonprofit Triples Farmland to Meet Growing Need for Healthy Food in Native American Community ([Star Tribune]( Theaters May Be Dark, but Theater Makers Are Still Finding Ways to Dazzle You ([Washington Post]( The Fight to Keep Audiences Engaged Until Theater Doors Reopen ([Bloomberg Newsweek]( About Giving Twitter CEO Dorsey to Donate $10 million So every Oakland Kid Has a Computer and Internet Access ([Mercury News]( Boston Resiliency Fund Is an Under-the-Radar Success Story ([Boston Globe]( Opinion Billionaires Are Playing Savior Now. But They Broke the Economy to Begin With. ([Washington Post]( Bay Area Billionaires Are Breaking My Heart ([New York Times]( When It’s a Matter of Survival, Let Museums Sell Art ([Boston Globe]( Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-Income Students Will Shortchange At-Risk Kids ([Conversation]( What Everyone Else Is Reading [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. [House Passes Stimulus Bill With Sweeping New Benefits for Nonprofits]( The legislation greatly expands nonprofit eligibility for loans and other benefits, but President Trump and Republicans who lead the Senate have shown no interest in the legislation. [Chief Equity Officers Are the Next Step in Promoting Equity at Foundations]( More grant makers are appointing senior-level people to focus exclusively on ways to help share power and promote diversity and inclusion. (PREMIUM) [Foundation Requests for Proposals for Covid-19 Relief (May 12)]( A compilation of requests for proposals for nonprofit groups focused on health care, food insecurity, the arts, transgender people, African American communities, and more. [Share of Americans Giving to Charity Drops to 73%, a New Low]( The decline occurred across all household income levels. The previous low was 79 percent in 2009, during the Great Recession. 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