Salaries in Some States Are Going Public, by Law. What That Means for Nonprofits

Plus, a report explains how to retain fundraisers, and the founder of FedEx is giving $65 million to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. You can now follow The Chronicle on [Flipboard]( and [Google News](. PAY AND COMPENSATION [Many Nonprofit Salaries Are Going Public Thanks to New Laws and the Job Market. The Consequences Could Be Big]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Growing equity concerns are adding to the push to bring the typically opaque world of compensation into the light. ADVERTISEMENT KEEPING FUNDRAISERS [To Retain Fundraisers, Respect Their Skills and Focus on Their Connection to Cause, Report Says]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( Unrealistic expectations and feeling undervalued are among the factors that drive turnover. GIFTS ROUNDUP [FedEx Founder Gives $65 Million to Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation]( By Maria Di Mento [STORY IMAGE]( Plus, four universities and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County landed big gifts. SPONSOR CONTENT | Center for Creative Leadership [Fundraisers Are Leaders: 4 Fundamentals to Increase Impact]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online Over a decade or so, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has devoted more than $1 billion to research into Parkinson’s disease, joining only a few people to have spent so much on one disease. For the past five years, Brin has focused most of his donations on basic research to fill in yawning gaps in our knowledge of Parkinson’s, which Brin’s mother has and to which he is genetically predisposed. In 2017, he created Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s, which is staffed by top cell and molecular biologists who award grants to researchers worldwide. The program is funding 35 research teams in 14 countries and pushes them to collaborate and share their findings publicly and with one another. Forbes estimates that two-thirds of the $1.1 billion Brin has spent on the effort has come from Alphabet stock and donor-advised funds. ([Forbes]( A conservative Republican who founded a nonprofit to support Capitol Hill interns is suing the organization, claiming it fired her over her politics. Audrey Lynn Henson started College to Congress in 2016 to help young people without money or connections afford to take unpaid congressional internships. In her suit, she said the board ordered her to resign as CEO last year after she decided to run for one of Florida’s seats in Congress. She said board members told her ““her conservative Republican beliefs posed a threat to the financial and reputational stability” and they feared losing sponsors. Henson campaigned for Donald Trump 2016 and 2020. She said board members said a Democratic CEO would pose no such threat, and they hired another Republican from Florida, who also ran for Congress, as her interim replacement. Henson’s lawyer said he did not know why the organization made a distinction between the two Republicans. In a statement, the board said the suit is “without merit.” ([Washington Post]( More News - $100 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins Italy Campus Is One of the Largest Private Contributions to an Italian University ([Baltimore Sun]( - San Francisco Nonprofit Was Set to Open City’s First Supervised Drug Use Site. Then Officials Pulled the Plug. ([San Francisco Chronicle](. Background from the Chronicle of Philanthropy: [Safe Injection Sites for Drug Users Are a Tough Sell to Foundations]( - Charity in Buckingham Palace Race Row Stops Work Over Safety Concerns ([Washington Post]( - Ohio Nonprofits Face Unprecedented Demand and Work-Force Issues ([Columbus Dispatch]( - Nonprofit Cuts Ties With KeyBank, Claiming It Broke Promises to Improve Its Lending Practices ([Cleveland.com]( - Students Call On U. of Arizona Foundation to Divest $82 Million in Fossil Fuels ([Arizona Daily Star]( Opinion - Art Museums Didn’t Go Back to ‘Normal’ In 2022 — and That’s a Good Thing ([Boston Globe]( - How Wokeness Hurts Philanthropy ([Newsweek]( Arts and Culture - Is the Writing on the Wall for the British Museum’s BP Deal? ([Guardian]( - Indigenous Founders of a Museum Cafe Put Repatriation on the Menu ([New York Times]( - English National Opera’s Precarious Future Has Some Worried About a Ripple Effect ([New York Times]( SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Enjoying the newsletter? [Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to nonprofit news and analysis. EDITOR'S PICKS FUNDRAISING [Companies Seek to Jump-Start Donations From Everyday Donors as Year-End Giving Season Arrives]( By Sara Herschander [STORY IMAGE]( Companies often used to rely on partnerships with big nonprofits, but today many of them typically allow customers to make gifts to any organization that has received charity status from the IRS. FUNDRAISING JOB MARKET [Burnout and Understaffing Hurt Fundraising, Chronicle Survey Finds]( By Emily Haynes and Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( To solve the problem, some groups are offering bonuses, giving fundraisers more decision-making power, and more. FUNDRAISING CAREERS [How Unicef Aims to Hang On to Its Major-Gift Officers]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( The organization is addressing the isolation and burnout on its global development teams in part with a professional development program for fundraisers called the Major Gift Leadership Academy. OPINION [Effective Altruism and Sam Bankman-Fried Share a Fundamental Flaw — They Both Ignore Human Nature]( By Rebecca Richards [STORY IMAGE]( The FTX head’s indifference to individual investors is also reflected in his embrace of effective altruism — a problematic strategy that seeks to repress factors such as personal connection and sympathy when making giving decisions. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION [Underpaid Black Leader Who Turned Around Social-Justice Nonprofit Resigns, Alleging Racial Bias From the Board]( By Jim Rendon [STORY IMAGE]( Called “hostile” by her board, Anne Price left as CEO after nearly doubling the budget and boosting the reserves from $69,000 to $600,000. ADVERTISEMENT RECOMMENDED WEBINAR [Watch Our On-Demand Webinar]( — Collaboration among frontline fundraisers, leaders, trustees, and program staff is a powerful formula for fundraising success. But those who work outside the development department don’t always know how to build ties with donors — or feel comfortable asking people for money. How can you foster an organizational culture that motivates staff, volunteers, and board members to strengthen relations with donors and advance fundraising? Watch the webinar recording to learn from two veteran fundraisers how to: - Encourage board members to prioritize fundraising — and give them tools to land big gifts - Show donors the value of their gifts in all communications - Teach non-fundraisers and volunteers how to advance fundraising Don't miss this chance to understand how to inspire donors and coworkers to partner in advancing your mission. [Register to receive the recording.]( NEWSLETTER FEEDBACK [Please let us know what you thought of today's newsletter in this three-question survey](. [Chronicle of Philanthropy Logo]( This newsletter was sent to {EMAIL}. [Read this newsletter on the web](. [Manage]( your newsletter preferences, [stop receiving]( this email, or [view]( our privacy policy. © 2022 [The Chronicle of Philanthropy]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037