NewSchools Venture Fund Has Named Its First CEO of Color

Plus, Coded by Kids is preparing young people for leadership jobs in technology ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. TRANSITIONS [NewSchools Venture Fund Names First CEO of Color]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, the longtime leaders of the California Endowment and Rasmuson Foundation intend to depart. ADVERTISEMENT THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY [Nonprofit Gives Kids a Leg Up on Tech Careers]( By Nicole Wallace [STORY IMAGE]( Coded by Kids is dedicated to preparing young people from underrepresented backgrounds for leadership roles in technology — with the ultimate goal of producing startup founders. Webinar [How to Earn Revenue for Your Nonprofit]( [STORY IMAGE]( Developing a steady, reliable stream of income is a smart way to support your nonprofit’s work, reduce dependence on grants and donations, and even expand programs and services. Join us on March 24 at 2 p.m. Eastern, or on demand at your convenience, to learn how organizations developed creative ways to generate income while advancing their causes — and how your organization can too. [Sign up today.]( SPONSOR CONTENT | Center for Creative Leadership [Responding to the Great Resignation]( NONPROFIT NEWS FROM ELSEWHERE The University of Washington’s decision in February to return a $5 million endowment to a donor illustrates the bind that many Jewish studies programs operate in. Donor Becky Benaroya complained about a professor who held a chair in Israel studies that she had endowed who signed a statement critical of Israel last year. Those complaints ultimately led to the refund. “Because Jewish studies and Israel studies owe almost the totality of their existence to philanthropic largess from Jewish donors, the matter of donor expectations is especially consequential for these fields,” writes Lila Corwin Berman, a professor of Jewish history at Temple University. She notes the role played by StandWithUs, a pro-Israel organization that presses colleges to reject the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement and to give donors a say in Jewish studies hirings and curriculum development. Corwin Berman writes that a representative of the group accompanied Benaroya to meetings with university administrators and that StandWithUs will now receive the money that Benaroya accepted back from the university. ([Chronicle of Higher Education]( The slayings of three aid workers in Ethiopia’s Tigray region last year raise difficult questions about how to continue helping people caught in one of the world’s most vicious conflicts. Soldiers have told investigators that a Spanish employee of Doctors Without Borders, an Ethiopian medic, and their Ethiopian driver were walking toward a convoy of Ethiopian defense forces with their hands up when a commander ordered soldiers to shoot them. The Ethiopian government has blamed Tigrayan rebels, but it has also suspended the work of some aid groups and kicked out senior UN officials, and its troops and those allied with it are accused of detaining and beating workers for a different international organization, Action Against Hunger. An official with Doctors Without Borders insisted that its team “had followed ‘strict and rigorous security management protocols.’ ” Meanwhile, in Tigray, 23,000 “severely wasted children” are at risk of imminent death as only a trickle of food gets past a government-imposed blockade. ([New York Times]( Accustomed to having visitors ask them about the art on display, security guards at the Baltimore Museum of Art have put together their own exhibition, which will open later this month. The show, part of the museum’s efforts to attract a wider variety of visitors, was the result of a conversation between the chief curator and a museum trustee. Each guard was asked to choose up to three pieces from the museum’s collection of more than 95,000 items, and they were coached on writing descriptions and choosing the best lighting. Those participating were paid as curators in addition to their hourly wages. Their choices reflected their cultural heritages; the tumult of our era, including racial justice protests and the war in Ukraine; and the stillness of their days as museum guards. ([Washington Post]( More News - The Bogus ‘Allegation’ That Putin Is Funding a Calif. Environmental Charity ([Washington Post]( - Community Clinics Struggle to Hire and Retain Workers ([Los Angeles Times]( - 400 Bulletproof Vests Destined for Ukraine Stolen From NYC Nonprofit ([Associated Press]( Arts and Culture - Can New York’s Salary Transparency Law Pierce the Art World’s Smokescreen? ([Art Newspaper]( - In the Past 2 Years, Museums Have Finally Started Hiring Black Women for Top Jobs. Why Are So Many Already Leaving? ([Artnet News]( Innovation - Can an Art Nonprofit Survive Without Wealthy Board Members? 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INTERVIEW [Ukraine Invasion’s Ripple Effects Must Command Philanthropy’s Attention, Head of Soros Foundation Says]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( It’s not just basic humanitarian assistance but threats to civil society, global hunger, and health care that require grant makers to focus on what comes next, says Mark Malloch-Brown, head of the Open Society Foundations. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [Economic Data Shocks Charity Officials Just as They Were Hoping for a Post-Pandemic Boom]( By Dan Parks [STORY IMAGE]( A raft of troubling economic developments — stubborn inflation, a bear market for stocks, and sagging consumer confidence — have clouded the environment for nonprofits. OPINION [Donating to Ivy League Schools Is Ineffective and Unnecessary, and It Reinforces Inequality]( By Andrew Babbitt [STORY IMAGE]( If donors genuinely want to support higher education, they should consider sending their funds to the institutions that really need it — those that promote economic and social mobility. 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