Fundraisers Were More Confident at Year End but Worried About 2021

Plus, a photo competition initiated by grant makers chronicles life during Covid, and Pinterest names its head of social impact and philanthropy ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [logo] [Read this newsletter on the web](. FUNDRAISING [Fundraisers Were More Confident at Year End but Worried About 2021]( By Eden Stiffman The study was conducted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. The group’s president says charities will face stiff challenges this year — and perhaps beyond. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( FACE OF PHILANTHROPY [Photo Competition Chronicles Life During Covid]( By Nicole Wallace [image] The pictures document poignant stories of everyday people struggling to survive the disease and the economic fallout it has caused. TRANSITIONS [Pinterest Selects Head of Social Impact and Philanthropy]( By M.J. Prest [image] Also, Genesys Works chooses Jeffrey Artis as its next chief executive, and Isaacson, Miller has promoted its next CEO from within. A Paid Message From Cloud for Good Get Your Guide for Migrating from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce from [Cloud for Good today]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere A large group of philanthropies and corporations across California will put $100 million into Black-led efforts to root out systemic racism over the next five years. The California Black Freedom Fund has backing from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, JPMorgan Chase, and Laurene Powell Jobs, among others, and it starts out with $32.4 million in the bank. It will seek beneficiaries that are “focused on stopping police violence, promoting education equity, improving health outcomes, championing voter registration and civic engagement, and crafting policies around increasing access to housing.” The fund has already given out more than $6 million to groups working on overhauling the police and outreach to ensure that Black communities are counted in the decennial redistricting process. ([Associated Press]( Some operators of performance spaces are nervous that a new $15 billion government fund aimed at keeping them afloat will run out of money. The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program could start taking applications in a few weeks, but the potential for snafus and frustration is great. In the first month, only venues that have lost almost all of their revenue will be allowed to apply for grants, which are capped at $10 million per recipient. Those organizations alone could soak up the program's entire allocation, leaving others that had significant losses with fewer options. In addition, the fund is being run by the Small Business Administration, which has never before run a major grant program and which struggled to manage the Paycheck Protection Program, a pandemic-era extension of a long-running loan program. 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GRANT MAKING [Foundations Pledge to Direct More Grants to Climate Groups Led by People of Color]( By Alex Daniels [image] A group of wealthy donors is urging large grant makers urging to steer at least 30 percent of their climate change grants to groups led by people of color. BREAKING NEWS [Investigation Finds No ‘Actionable’ Sexual Bias at United Way but Urges Better Policies]( By Dan Parks [image] The report came after several women, including a chief marketing officer, said they were retaliated against for complaining about sexual harassment and discrimination. FINANCE AND REVENUE [Midsize Charities Sidelined by Changes to Paycheck Protection Program]( By Michael Theis [image] After the first Covid-19 stimulus bill was signed into law, the San Francisco Opera received an $8.9 million loan under the bill’s Paycheck Protection Program to keep about 400 employees on payroll and out of the unemployment lines. The loan was crucial, opera officials say, and hasn’t had to lay… ETHICS [Fundraisers’ Group Condemns Letting Donors and Board Members Jump the Vaccine Line]( By Eden Stiffman [image] As reports proliferate that hospitals and other nonprofits are offering their donors access to Covid immunizations, the Association of Fundraising Professionals says the practice is not just unethical but possibly illegal. Job announcement Accounting & Reporting Director at Wounded Warrior Project. [Visit jobs.philanthropy.com]( for more details. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( Paid for and Created by CCS Fundraising [CCS Survey Shows Improved Fundraising Trends and Evolved Donor Engagement Tactics]( Gain insights into fundraising outcomes, impacts, and evolving donor engagement tactics via CCS Fundraising’s newly released third-edition report, Fundraising Impact of COVID-19, highlighting results that indicate improved virtual solicitations. 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