Covid-Relief Money Is Still Helping Nonprofits Recover From Pandemic

Plus, what Damar Hamlin’s $8.6 million toy-drive bonanza will support, and the James Irvine Foundation is awarding $35 million to support workers in California 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](. FINANCES [Recovering From Pandemic, Groups Make Use of Covid-Relief Money That Keeps On Giving]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Organizations are availing themselves of a nearly three-year-old tax credit that Congress revamped to make more businesses and nonprofits eligible. ADVERTISEMENT FUNDRAISING [Damar Hamlin’s Toy Drive: What’s the Plan for the $8.6 Million?]( By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press [STORY IMAGE]( The Buffalo Bills safety plans to use that money as well as the proceeds from the sale of T-shirts to support young people through education and sports and the Cincinnati trauma center that treated him after he suffered a cardiac arrest. GRANTS ROUNDUP [James Irvine Foundation Awards $35 Million to Support Workers in California]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Plus, the Semiconductor Research Corporation gave $250 million to a consortium of seven U.S. universities for microelectronics research, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation committed $5 million to support studies focused on gun violence. SPONSOR CONTENT | Salesforce [Five Essential Strategies for Higher Ed Fundraising]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online MacKenzie Scott’s large, unheralded, and unconditional gifts to nonprofits have fueled a conversation about transparency and accountability in philanthropy. The Amazon billionaire has been dinged for stealth giving — providing no application process, staying anonymous during the vetting process with potential recipients, and leaving it up to grantees to announce the gifts. Much of that is changing, with the recent launch of an online list of donations and a promise of coming open calls for grant applications. But her old approach has its defenders. It is public spending, not private, that requires a public accounting, said Stephen Bubb, an expert on charity at the University of Oxford. And Peter Grant, from Bayes Business School in London, said it is important to make the giving process as quick and easy as possible, lest it discourage donors. 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EDITOR'S PICKS WORK AND CAREERS [Here Come the Nonprofit Unions]( By Jim Rendon [STORY IMAGE]( Charity workers want better pay, benefits, and equity, but contract talks can be contentious. Is there another way? Plus: See the rest of our [January issue]( posted online today. OPINION [2 Years After Jan. 6 Insurrection, Philanthropy Must Help America Envision a Better Future]( By Suzette Brooks Masters [STORY IMAGE]( Donors need to learn to behave like good ancestors. That means instilling a future-oriented mind-set into grant making and imagining a more positive version of the nation and democracy. 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. 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. 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 | HundredX [The New Currency of Feedback for Good]( With money increasingly tight, nonprofit leaders are looking for fresh approaches to fund their mission without asking donors to open an already stretched wallet. 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