Open Society Foundations Names Its First Global Director of Equity

Plus, a nonprofit aims to promote local dance companies in the South ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. TRANSITIONS [Open Society Foundations Appoints an Economist as First Global Director of Equity]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, former Mayor Kim Janey of Boston will lead an economic-mobility group in the city, and United Way of New York City will install a new president and CEO in July. ADVERTISEMENT THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY [Nonprofit Aims to Promote Dance in the South]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( Arts South has created a program to bolster modern dance companies from Louisiana to North Carolina. Webinars [Low-Cost Ways to Boost Planned Gifts]( [STORY IMAGE]( Donors are showing increased interest in planned giving since the pandemic began, and many donors are pledging larger gifts. 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[Register today.]( NONPROFIT NEWS FROM ELSEWHERE The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has pledged $1.5 billion to support scientists of color in university laboratories. The organization will sponsor up to 150 early-career scientists with a focus on scholars from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds over the next decade. It will cover their salaries, a research budget, equipment, and other costs. The support could total up to $8.6 million for each scholar. With the new funding — two to three times what a starting assistant professor typically has access to — the goal is that these scientists will have more time to build their labs, work with students, and conduct research. In addition, Howard Hughes said the money would also help scholars evade the “minority tax” — extra duties typically assigned to professors of color, such as sitting on diversity committees or running equity programs, that could take them away from their research. 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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [Fundraisers Do Care About DAF Regulation — but We Also Need to Work Within the Current System]( A fundraiser for one nonprofit takes issue with the view expressed in a recent op-ed that professionals like her aren’t interested in efforts to regulate donor-advised funds. MASS SHOOTINGS [Gun Violence, President Biden, and Philanthropy: An Activist Talks About What’s Next]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Politicians on both sides of the aisle stand in the way of preventing tragedies like the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Tex., says the founder of Guns Down America. RESEARCH [Trust in Nonprofits and Philanthropy Continues to Be Higher Than in Government and the News Media]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( But slight declines in trust, especially among women and young people, are reasons for concern, say nonprofit leaders. 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