More ‘Social Donors’ Are Giving at in-Person Events

Plus, donating to help women get abortions is protected by Supreme Court precedents, and the Bezos Earth Fund is committing $50 million for marine protection ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. EVENT FUNDRAISING [Nearly 3 in 4 ‘Social Donors’ Say They Gave at an In-Person Event in the Past Year]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( Giving at in-person fundraising events is bouncing back, according to a new survey commissioned by fundraising technology company OneCause. ADVERTISEMENT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS [Donating to Help Women Get Abortions Is a First Amendment Right — Protected by Supreme Court Precedents]( By Lucinda M. Finley, University at Buffalo [STORY IMAGE]( Giving to abortion funds — even in places where helping people get the procedure is illegal — is protected by the U.S. Constitution, the author argues. GRANTS ROUNDUP [$205 Million to Go to Mental-Health and Infectious-Disease Research; Bezos Earth Fund Commits $50 Million for Marine Protection]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, the James Irvine Foundation gave $15 million to the Tides Center to strengthen workers’ rights across California. Webinars [Revamp Your Online Fundraising Strategy]( [STORY IMAGE]( With so many ways to communicate with donors online, it can be difficult to know where to focus limited time and money. Which online tactics are working now? What new opportunities are on the horizon? Join us on demand, or live on July 14, to get answers to these questions and more. Our expert guests will share must-haves for online fundraising success and offer smart ways to capture donors’ attention and combat fatigue amid health, economic, and geopolitical crises. 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Nonprofit executives, scholars, and others cite several reasons for the turmoil that is roiling a long list of human services, civil rights, and environmental groups. They include a “new perfectionism” that shuts down practical problem-solving; a tendency to make routine disagreements or organizational irritants into moral or civil-rights issues; a generation gap between younger staff, who are diverse and impatient for transformational change, and older, whiter bosses, who favor strategies that have worked for them in the past. Even among groups taking visible steps toward diversity, equity, and inclusion, such as hiring people of color as leaders, tensions persist, as newly minted Black executives report feeling less supported than their white counterparts do and as Black women continue to cite being paid less and offered fewer chances for advancement. Some experts warn that the tumult could sideline these groups from key policy debates or that their vocal far-left factions could scare the public into embracing “authoritarian populism.” ([New York Times]( More News and Opinion - Opinion: Philanthropy Has the Tools to Protect Democracy. Let’s Make Better Use of Them. ([Fast Company]( - Butt Family, H-E-B Donate $10 Million to Replace Robb Elementary School in Uvalde After Mass Shooting ([Texas Tribune]( Arts and Culture - Met Museum’s Chief Executive to Step Down ([New York Times]( - Unionized Employees Ratify First Contract With Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ([Boston Globe]( - Orlando Museum Director Loses Job After Disputed Basquiat Show ([New York Times]( - Folk Art Museum Offers Donors Naming Rights to CEO’s Title ([Associated Press]( - Turmoil at Boston’s Museum of African American History Over Leadership Change ([Boston Globe]( EDITOR'S PICKS FUNDRAISING [Donor Pessimism Grows as Economy Wobbles, Poll Finds]( By Dan Parks [STORY IMAGE]( A new survey suggests that a growing share of donors are thinking about pulling back on their giving in the year ahead. GIVING USA [2021’s Surprisingly Strong Giving Followed by Dark Clouds]( By Emily Haynes and Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Even as 2022’s economic uncertainty looms over fundraising forecasts, this much is clear: The pandemic-born surge in charitable giving was bigger than anyone knew. And it stretched into 2021. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION [Push for Diversity Among Biomedical Grant Makers Gains New Momentum]( By Sono Motoyama [STORY IMAGE]( A new $1.5 billion grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute is one sign of the ways foundations are seeking to reduce bias, as foundations and health charities acknowledge they need to do much better. STATE LAWS [Nonprofits Scramble to Comply With Fla. Law That Limits DEI Training]( By Jim Rendon [STORY IMAGE]( The law restricts efforts to talk about race, gender, and other issues of identity. Violations could lead to lawsuits with penalties of up to $100,000. OPINION [Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Prompts New Challenges for Philanthropy]( By Leslie Lenkowsky [STORY IMAGE]( An important but controversial era in public policy ended with last week’s Supreme Court ruling allowing states to outlaw abortion. Philanthropy and nonprofits have played large roles on both sides of the fight over legalized abortion, and they will have even more to do as a new era unfolds. ADVERTISEMENT RECOMMENDED WEBINAR [How to Attract — and Keep — Top Fundraisers] [Join Our Next Webinar]( — This session is worth 1.25 CFRE credits. Online giving now accounts for more than 10 percent of all donations, so a savvy digital strategy is vital. But with so many ways to communicate with donors online, it can be difficult to know where to focus limited time and money. Which online tactics are working now? What new opportunities are on the horizon? Join us live on July 14 — or on demand at your convenience — to get answer to these questions and more. 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