How One Nonprofit Has Stopped Measuring Fundraiser Success Based on Money

Plus, providing clothes to poor families should be more than a funding accessory (opinion), and how the new Asian American Foundation aims to curb hate crimes 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](. RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT [What Happens When a Nonprofit Stops Measuring Fundraisers’ Success Based on Money? Oregon Food Bank Is Trying to Find Out.]( By Eden Stiffman [image] Fundraisers will no longer be judged by the gifts they bring in. The organization hopes the changes will lead to more authentic relationships with donors and less burnout for development staff. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( OPINION [Providing Clothing to Families Facing Poverty Should Be More Than a Funding Accessory]( By Deborah Blatt [image] Those of us in the business of offering free clothes to struggling families receive almost no help from grant makers. But ensuring children have shoes, underwear, and apparel that fits is a basic need worthy of philanthropic support. LEADERSHIP [New Asian American Foundation Aims to Shift Narratives, Curb Hate Crimes, and Promote Change]( By Dan Parks [image] Sonal Shah, president of the new organization, says that for too long Asian Americans have been made to feel like outsiders in their own country. With $250 million in cash or pledges and counting, the group hopes to change that. 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. Today: Win Loyalty From Big Donors Join our webinar and learn from the experts. [See details below](. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Cisco is donating $150 million to investor Robert F. Smith's campaign to support historically Black colleges and universities and their students. Two-thirds of the gift will be in the form of technology infrastructure, cybersecurity services, and technical support. The other $50 million will seed an endowment that Smith hopes to grow to $450 million to pay for the costs of educating 4,500 students "in perpetuity." The donation makes Cisco the first "anchor corporate partner" of Smith's Student Freedom Initiative, a nonprofit he started after paying off the student loans of Morehouse College's class of 2019. ([Fast Company]( A bankruptcy judge hearing the Boy Scouts sexual-abuse litigation said she will try to rule quickly on the group's reorganization plan, even though many details have not been nailed down. Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein lamented that no survivors have offered support for the plan but said the protracted, expensive proceedings have "the potential to end the Boy Scouts as it currently exists.” Survivors say the settlement offered by the Boy Scouts — a trust funded by "a mix of cash, artwork, insurance policies, and at least $425 million from local councils" — is too modest. By one estimate, the 80,000-plus abuse claims against the Scouts total $102.7 billion. The Boy Scouts are hoping to exit bankruptcy by the end of summer. ([Reuters]( International relief group Mercy Corps has apologized to the daughter of a co-founder for repeatedly disregarding her reports of sexual abuse at his hands. Outside investigators, hired after an exposé of the case in the Oregonian newspaper, deemed credible Tania Culver Humphrey's accusations that Ellsworth Culver had for years sexually abused her and other girls. Culver Humphrey first reported the incidents to counselors in the 1980s, and in the early 1990s the reports reached officials at Mercy Corps. That inquiry was deflected by Culver himself, and when Culver Humphrey tried again in 2018 to get Mercy Corps to investigate the allegations, she received a similar response. Culver died in 2005. Mercy's board has acknowledged its "extensive failures" in its handling of the problem. 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([Wall Street Journal]( — subscription) - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Receives $25 Million From Wawa’s Wood Family ([Philadelphia Inquirer]( - How Wellcome’s Opaque Fossil-Fuel Investments Harm its Global Health Mission ([BMJ]( Museums and the Arts - Kevin Young, a Poet, Is Now Running the African American Museum ([Washington Post]( - Sale of Museum Paintings Helps Conclude Strong Auction Season ([New York Times]( - Aided by Grants, Artists Are Creating Ground Murals and Other Projects on Roadways and Underpasses and in Public Squares ([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 FOUNDATION GIVING [Grant Maker Bolsters Human Connection as a Way to Take on Polarization]( By Alex Daniels [image] The need for human connection drives a new strategy at the Einhorn Collaborative. Along with other foundations, it is creating a $100 million fund to support nonprofits that help people who are dug in on opposite sides of an issue see the humanity in their counterparts. GRANT MAKING [A New Approach to Research Empowers the Girls and Young Women a Foundation Serves]( By Alex Daniels [image] Girls and young women helped design the surveys and interviewed their peers — and gleaned more information than a rigid scientific study ever could, according to the foundation’s leaders. OPINION [Fundraisers, Here’s a Way to Help Charitable Underachievers]( By Alan M. Cantor Too many affluent people decide how much to give based on their income, not their wealth. Charity officials can help them change that mind-set — and enable them to reap the joy that comes from making a far more significant difference. INDIVIDUAL GIVING [How to Jump-Start Individual Giving]( By Lisa Schohl [image] Start with your board — and much more advice to help you connect to people with the interest and capacity to make sizable gifts. CAMPAIGNS [World Vision Launches $1 Billion Campaign]( By Eden Stiffman [image] The Every Last One campaign is the group’s largest-ever fund drive. The Christian humanitarian organization aims to meet its ambitious goal by 2023 to help 60 million people around the world lift themselves out of poverty. Job announcement Prospect Research Manager at Forte Foundation.[Visit jobs.philanthropy.com]( for more details. 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