New CEO for the Rasmuson Foundation

Plus, frontline fundraisers discuss how the pandemic has changed their relationships with donors and which cultivation strategies are most effective now 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](. TRANSITIONS [Rasmuson Foundation Picks New CEO]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Draper Richards Kaplan has hired a former Delaware state official as managing director and a Providence, R.I., city official as chief of staff, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has named a new vice president of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. ADVERTISEMENT VIDEO [Experts Share Tips on Fundraising Amid Uncertainty]( By Sara Herschander [STORY IMAGE]( Several frontline fundraisers joined the Chronicle to discuss how the pandemic has changed their relationships with donors and which donor-cultivation strategies are most effective now. SPONSOR CONTENT | Independent Sector [Bridging Technology and Opportunity to Create Equity for Black Pittsburgh]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online Fed up with drug dealing, a church in north Minneapolis bought an adjacent gas station last year and incorporated it into an emerging community hub. The blighted property had become a crime hot spot when Larry Cook, pastor of the Real Believers Faith Center, marshaled his congregation, and his life savings, to buy it. A few blocks away, a liquor store and another gas station have teamed up with a nonprofit that had pushed them to address the crime they attracted, and the area is enjoying “a rare period of quiet.” Taking over problem properties is one way local groups are trying to root out crime in Minneapolis, where the police department has faced a backlash and mass resignations since the murder of George Floyd. ([Wall Street Journal]( — subscription) In the eight years since New York City loosened the purse strings for private services for students with special needs, payment requests from Orthodox Jewish schools have skyrocketed, often under questionable circumstances. More than half of legal requests for aid in the 2021-22 school year came from neighborhoods with high populations of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews. Some parents say the schools have made payment requests on behalf of their children without their knowledge. Other schools have sent mass mailings encouraging parents to claim their children have disabilities. Some requests for tutoring have been to help students with English, a neglected area in some yeshivas, which focus on Jewish law and prayer and teach predominantly in Yiddish. Tutoring companies with minimal qualifications earn huge sums through the city’s payments. The schools and their lawyers say the services are needed and appropriate and in line with other private schools. 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EDITOR'S PICKS OPINION [Let’s Address the Real Reason Great Fundraisers Are in Short Supply]( By Lisa Pilar Cowan and Michelle Flores [STORY IMAGE]( Too often, nonprofits force development officers to grovel for donations from the rich, rather than emphasizing how to connect people in a community to support an organization’s mission. GOVERNMENT AND REGULATION [Charities Lose Fight to Persuade Lawmakers to Adopt New Giving Incentives]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( Nonprofits say they will make a push again in 2023 to allow everyone to write off their gifts to charity. OPINION [Artificial Intelligence Can Help Nonprofits Reach More Donors, but Fundraisers Can’t Ignore Potential Pitfalls]( By Daniel Hadley [STORY IMAGE]( The emergence of text generating artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT could significantly change philanthropy — for better or worse. ADVICE [5 Trends That Will Shape Fundraising in 2023]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( To keep the money flowing, nonprofits will need to figure out how to attract much-needed fundraisers, respond to changing economic conditions, and learn how to talk to donors from different backgrounds. HEALTH CARE AND FINANCE [Charities That Curb Medical Debt for the Needy Are Growing Fast — and Innovating]( By Kay Dervishi [STORY IMAGE]( Help from MacKenzie Scott and other donors large and small are allowing organizations to help millions of Americans. Now relief groups are putting more money into advocacy work to help avoid debt and work with nonprofit hospitals to ensure patients in need get subsidized care. 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