Caryl Stern Plans to Leave Walton Foundation After Leading Through the Pandemic

Plus, massive federal funding to close the digital divide won’t succeed without philanthropic support (opinion), and foundations and companies pledge millions for Hurricane Ian recovery efforts ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP [Walton Foundation’s Caryl Stern Plans to Step Down After Pandemic Leadership]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( The nonprofit veteran said she wanted to focus on advancing social change in different ways. Stern’s prior leadership role at Unicef helped her move quickly to advance an ambitious response to the pandemic, which erupted just six weeks after she took over the foundation. ADVERTISEMENT OPINION [Massive Federal Funding to Close the Digital Divide Won’t Succeed Without Philanthropic Support]( By Lynette Bell and Larry Irving [STORY IMAGE]( Digital inequity touches nearly every issue grant makers care about. Yet connecting marginalize people has remained an elusive goal for decades. New government investments totaling $42 billion have the potential to finally change that picture but will require targeted donor dollars to reach their potential. GRANTS ROUNDUP [Foundations and Companies Pledge Millions for Hurricane Ian Recovery Efforts]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $127.5 million to Pfizer to develop maternal vaccines for two common deadly viruses, and the Open Society Foundations donated $25 million for the Center for Indigenous Studies at Bard College. Webinars [Key Ways to Boost Midlevel Giving]( [STORY IMAGE]( Many charities attracted new donors in the past few tumultuous years and now have an opportunity to inspire them to become loyal midlevel donors. How can your nonprofit attract, recognize, and build community among these generous supporters? 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([Wall Street Journal]( — subscription) Following a New York Times investigation last month, one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital chains will refund poor patients who were wrongly charged for medical care. Providence will refund payments to more than 700 low-income patients with Medicaid who were billed for health care that should have been free. Providence, which operates 51 hospitals and over 900 clinics nationwide, began billing very low-income patients for the first time in 2019 as part of a program designed to maximize revenue. In February, the attorney general of Washington State, which requires that hospitals provide free care to patients with incomes below the federal poverty level, sued Providence for violating state law by deploying debt collectors against more than 55,000 patient accounts. 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