Booz Allen Hamilton Names Foundation Leader

Plus, the Nation magazine appoints the head of new effort to train journalists, and robotic devices donated to VA hospitals help people with spinal-cord injuries walk ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [logo] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up to receive your own copy.]( You’ll support our journalism and ensure that you continue to receive our emails. [Read this newsletter on the web](. TRANSITIONS [Booz Allen Hamilton Names Foundation Leader; Nation Appoints Head of New Effort to Train Journalists]( By M.J. Prest [image] Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture appoints a new leader, and First Look Media has a new chief development officer. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY [Robotic Devices Donated to VA Hospitals Help People With Spinal-Cord Injuries Walk]( By Nicole Wallace [image] Robotic exoskeletons have benefits beyond mobility, including an emotional boost. Paid for and Created by Regions Bank [A Mission of Impact]( Reassessing long-term investment strategy along with an increased focus on nonprofit sustainability, learn how Regions Bank is helping nonprofits recover, rethink and reposition themselves for a more stable future. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates will split an almost-unprecedented fortune of widely diversified assets, including farmland, luxury hotels, nuclear energy startups, and car dealerships. The question now is how those assets will be divided and whether more money will go to the Gates foundation or to other efforts. Aside from the foundation, Bill Gates has his Gates Ventures, investing in clean-energy and health-care innovations, while Melinda French Gates has Pivotal Ventures, focusing on social justice and opportunities for women and girls. ([New York Times]( Donors have used the privacy protections of donor-advised funds to anonymously give millions to a charity launched by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, thwarting state disclosure requirements. Since it started in 2014, the Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles has raised more than $60 million from corporations, philanthropies, and individuals. Garcetti has solicited at least some of those gifts, and California law requires that donations of $5,000 or more that are given on behalf of a politician be publicly disclosed. But at least $3.8 million in gifts have gone through donor-advised funds, leaving no trail back to their original source. Considering that some donors could be doing business with the state or dealing with state regulators, ethics watchdogs say disclosure is key. ([Los Angeles Times]( Charity resellers are struggling under a mountain of unusable items — trash — that people are donating. Goodwill's stores in New Hampshire pay more than $1 million each year to dispose of donated items that people cannot bring themselves to throw away, such as broken furniture, soiled household items, and cracked plastic containers. Its stores in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont discarded 13 million pounds of waste in 2020. Still, Goodwill is wary of discouraging donations so it is "doing a bit of a media tour" to educate the public about what not to drop off. ([NPR]( Giving - After a High Point in the Obama Administration, Philanthropies No Longer Drive Education Policy ([Chalkbeat]( - L.A. Times Owner Pledges $213 Million for Covid-19 Vaccine work in South Africa ([Los Angeles Times]( - The Most Effective Ways to Donate to Help India ([Vox]( Opinion - Tom Cotton Wants to Tax University Endowments to Pay for Apprenticeships. It’s a Political Master Class. ([Washington Post]( - Let’s Declare This the Summer of Play ([Bloomberg CityLab]( More News - The Lawsuit Seeking to Impose the 'Death Penalty' on the NRA, Explained ([Vox]( - Nonprofits, Activists, and Ex-Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump ‘Enemies’ in Government ([New York Times]( - Trudeau Cleared in WE Charity Scandal, but Former Finance Minister Broke Conflict Law, Says Ethics Watchdog ([CBC]( Innovation in the Nonprofit World - Opinion: Nonprofit Versus For-Profit News: a Conversation With Steven Waldman ([Seattle Times]( - The Philharmonic Grows in a Shipping Container in Brooklyn ([New York Times]( - They Go One by One, Door by Door — How a Hospital’s ‘Promotoras’ Are Bridging Gaps to Services ([Daily Pilot]( - Returning to Live Audiences: How 4 Companies Have Gotten Back Onstage ([Pointe]( - This Mother Strives to Change the World, One Hug at a Time ([New York Times]( How to Inspire Loyalty Among Major Donors [Join our webinar]( — America’s wealthiest donors gave a total of $24.7 billion last year to help charities address Covid-19 and racial injustice, while nonprofits that tackle hunger, homelessness, and other issues related to poverty received far more from philanthropists than ever before. But attracting gifts from big donors is competitive in the best of times, and the events of the past year upended nearly everything about major-gift fundraising. How can your nonprofit cultivate wealthy supporters — and secure large gifts — during times like these? Join us Thursday, May 20, at 2 p.m. to learn from savvy big-gift fundraisers about what is working — and what is not — in the new normal. Earl Granger III, head of development at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and Princess Gamble, fundraising executive at the Smithsonian Institution, will share fresh and creative ways to connect with high-net-worth donors, convey impact, and deepen ties despite social distancing. Both experts will draw on years of big-gift fundraising experience. In previous roles, Gamble helped lead the National Museum of African American History and Culture's $350 million capital campaign, and Granger successfully led a $1 billion campaign at William & Mary. [Register today]( and then join us on May 20 to learn from two fundraising leaders. Editor's Picks GIVING RESEARCH [Charitable Giving Expected to Return to Pre-Pandemic Patterns in 2021]( By Michael Theis [image] Human-service charities whose programs were in high demand in 2020 may chart declines in year-over-year revenue in 2021, according to a new report. INDIVIDUAL GIVING [90% of Wealthy Households Gave to Charity Last Year, Study Finds]( By Dan Parks Three-fourths of rich donors don’t expect the pandemic to significantly change their giving patterns going forward. INDIVIDUAL GIVING [New Effort Seeks to Get 500 Wealthy Americans to Give at Least 1% of Net Worth to Charities That Strengthen Democracy]( By Michael Theis [image] Eighty five donors have provided $89 million so far, putting the effort on pace to raise $360 million by 2024. OPINION [Fighting Falsehoods Must Be at the Center of All That Nonprofits and Foundations Do]( By Jen Soriano , Hermelinda Cortés , and Joseph Phelan [image] As lies and disinformation increasingly threaten the work of nonprofits, they should incorporate tools that will help dismantle falsehoods and replace them with accurate and more emotionally compelling narratives. OPINION [Low Pay and Poor Working Conditions Forced a Vital Nonprofit to Shut Down. I Was Complicit in Its Demise.]( By Lisa Ranghelli Blinded by my class and race privilege, it never occurred to me to probe the organization’s salary structure more closely and provide the support its leaders needed to continue their important work. Job announcement Assistant Manager, Corporate Relations at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[Visit jobs.philanthropy.com]( for more details. 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