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Plus, a nonprofit leader objects to a Charles Koch Foundation executive calling for a “nonpartisan” response to extremism (letter to the editor) ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [logo] [Read this newsletter on the web](. TRANSITIONS [Ballmer Group Names First National Director of Housing]( By M.J. Prest [image] Also, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has named its first woman president and CEO, and the CEO of the George Gund Foundation will retire at the end of the year. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( LETTER TO THE EDITOR [Our Nation Cannot Heal Without First Acknowledging Who Made Us Sick]( Too many of our ultrarich citizens and philanthropists have enabled, abetted, or turned a blind eye to extremism. LETTER TO THE EDITOR [Working With Local Government Leaders Is the Right Path for Philanthropy]( Foundations can serve as a neutral host in gathering key players from around a region and also fund research that drives decisions and builds support for projects. Paid for and Created by Ellucian [Advancement in Uncertain Times]( Now more than ever, is the time for institutions to foster a culture of philanthropy and empower advancement teams to help reengage their communities. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Five cancer research institutes have received a $250 million donation to pool their efforts to fight the most difficult cancers. The gift from the family of William Hunter Goodwin III, who died of cancer a year ago at age 51, will bankroll the Break Through Cancer Foundation, which will include teams from Johns Hopkins, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The foundation aims to raise another $250 million to target pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, glioblastoma, and acute myelogenous leukemia. The Goodwin family owns a real-estate development company in Richmond, Va. ([Cancer Letter]( A small Latino education nonprofit in Los Angeles made $2 million in program revenue in 2019, apparently for a campaign it waged against a seemingly unrelated law firm in Alabama. Consejo de Latinos Unidos, which says it provides educational services to Latino immigrants, took in a total of only $62,242 the previous eight years. The $2 million windfall appears to be connected to its work on the BanBalch.com blog, which is operated by the nonprofit's CEO and is sharply critical of the law firm Balch & Bingham and its clients. In IRS filings, the nonprofit attributed the program revenue to its "corporate corruption advocacy," apparently alluding to the blog. The organization's CEO did not respond to detailed questions. Press reports have accused the CEO of starting the nonprofit as a front for his former boss, an insurance mogul with axes to grind against various institutions. 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Woman Loses Job, Leads Pantry Feeding Thousands ([Associated Press]( - Nonprofit Newsroom Dissolves Over Allegations Directed at Founder ([Current]( - Mexican Cultural Center Faces Off With City of Santa Ana Over Homeless Encampment ([Daily Pilot]( - 'We’ve Made It so Complicated': Vaccine Campaigns Are Failing to Reach the Most Vulnerable ([Vox]( - Baltimore’s 2 Largest Museums Raise Minimum Wage to $15 for Most Employees ([Baltimore Sun]( - How Museums Use — and Misuse — Corporate Consultants as a Band-Aid to Address Diversity and Solve Their Biggest Problems ([Artnet News]( Major Gifts - Hillman Foundation's $25 Million Gift to Boost Biomedical Research at Pitt ([Pittsburgh Business Times]( - Tech Entrepreneurs Donate $25 Million for Santa Clara U. STEM Facility ([Bay Area News Group]( - Seattle Art Museum Receives Gift of 19 Artworks Worth $400 Million ([Seattle PI]( Subscribe to the Chronicle The Chronicle of Philanthropy is dedicated to helping nonprofits care for their clients and staff, manage financial setbacks, and stay connected with donors. Please consider subscribing, so that we may continue to provide essential news, resources, and analysis to the nonprofit world. [Subscribe Today]( Editor's Picks LEADING [Why Women Don’t Get Ahead at Nonprofits]( By Jim Rendon [image] For a variety of reasons, women continue to be held back from chances to earn more and gain powerful positions at nonprofits large and small. The situation is even tougher for women of color. DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS [Donor-Advised-Fund Claims Spark Pushback From Critics]( By Alex Daniels Fidelity’s announced last week that its donors directed $9.1 billion to charity last year; still, critics say donor-advised-fund sponsors exaggerated how much money is actually flowing to working charities. OPINION [To Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy, Philanthropy Must Get Over Its Religion Hesitancy]( By Eboo Patel and Robert P. Jones [image] Congregations and faith-based nonprofits are an untapped resource for persuading more people to get vaccines, but they need much greater philanthropic support. OPINION [As Attacks on Reproductive Rights Grow, Philanthropy Needs to Step Up Support for a Counternarrative]( By Nina Sachdev [image] Well-funded abortion disinformation campaigns have become a basis for increasingly restrictive state laws. Grant makers should join forces with a cadre of scrappy nonprofits to fight back. PHILANTHROPY 50: ETHICS [Donors in Trouble Pose a Quandary for Nonprofits]( By Ben Gose [image] Nonprofits risk their reputations when they accept gifts from questionable donors. Plus, accepting a gift from a bad actor may make that person feel enabled to be bad again. Job announcement Director, National Foundation and Government Development at WETA.[Visit jobs.philanthropy.com]( for more details. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( Paid for and Created by Ellucian [Advancement in Uncertain Times]( Developing a comprehensive strategy supported by technology that helps cultivate, engage and manage relationships between donors and higher ed is imperative in today’s environment. Path to Recovery: Raise More by Spending More on Fundraising [Join our webinar]( — Nonprofits faced intense financial pressure even before Covid-19 threw the economy into a recession. About half of charities had less than a month of operating reserves in 2018. 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