What Happened When a Grant Maker Gave $100 Million to Reduce Homelessness in San Francisco

Plus, one year after Russia invaded Ukraine, philanthropy must commit to building strong, peaceful societies (opinion). Plus, the top 30 walkathons and similar events raised more than $1 billion in 2022 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 [Apple News]( [Flipboard]( and [Google News](. HOMELESSNESS [Can $100 Million Change San Francisco’s Response to Homelessness? One Grant Maker Tried. Here’s What Happened.]( By Eden Stiffman [STORY IMAGE]( The effort hasn’t reached its goal to reduce the city’s chronically homeless population by half, but it helped galvanize new ways of working and expand the set of solutions to address a seemingly intractable problem. ADVERTISEMENT OPINION [On First Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Philanthropy Must Commit to Deeper, More Strategic Funding]( By Alexandra Toma [STORY IMAGE]( As in other conflicts around the globe, sustaining donor interest in the war in Ukraine is an ongoing battle. But grant makers can have a lasting impact if they focus on building strong, stable, and peaceful societies. EVENT FUNDRAISING [Top 30 Walkathons and Similar Fundraising Events Raised More Than $1 Billion in 2022]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( They took a tumble during the worst of the pandemic, with steep decreases in the amounts raised, but they’re beginning to thrive again. Webinars [Today: Seeking General-Operating Grants]( [STORY IMAGE]( As salaries and other expenses keep climbing, nonprofits need general-operating support more than ever. How can you make a compelling case for unrestricted support? Join this 75-minute session today, Thursday, February 23, for guidance from two executives with strong track records in securing grants to cover overhead expenses. They’ll explain how grant seekers can demonstrate the return unrestricted investments deliver, align with grant makers’ philanthropic goals, and build trust in your nonprofit’s sustainability. [Register now]( and join us this afternoon. SPONSOR CONTENT | Plan International [What Does Equality Look Like? Girls Have the Answer]( ONLINE BRIEFINGS [Using Data Analytics to Attract and Retain Members]( [STORY IMAGE]( Trade associations and other nonprofits that rely on membership revenue employ a variety of strategies to recruit and retain people, such as hosting conferences and selling reports and research, but data from these activities often is stored in different places and can be difficult to reconcile with member records. How can nonprofits use data to maximize membership revenue and build community? Join us Tuesday, February 28, at 2 p.m. Eastern to learn from leaders who are putting their data to practical use with good results. [Register Today.]( SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Enjoying the newsletter? [Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to nonprofit news and analysis. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online NPR will cut its staff by 10 percent to fill a $30 million hole in its budget, a year after attracting record corporate underwriting. About 100 people will lose their jobs as an uncertain economy pushes advertising revenue and corporate sponsorships off a cliff from a record $134 million the previous fiscal year. The announcement comes months after NPR shaved $20 million off its roughly $300 million budget by freezing hiring, cutting travel expenses, and suspending internships. CEO John Lansing said the staffing cuts would be strategic, rather than a trim across departments, and would not disproportionately fall on employees of color. Lansing said he remains committed to NPR’s flagship magazine broadcasts Morning Edition and All Things Considered as well as its podcasts, which are produced by a programming department that has more than doubled in size since 2019. An NPR spokeswoman said network executives expect to reach a decision on which positions to eliminate by March 20. ([NPR]( As other institutions have spurned philanthropy from the Sackler family, Oxford University has continued to cultivate them as donors. The Sackler name, now stigmatized over the central role the family’s Purdue drug company has played in the opioid crisis, remains on a library, two museum galleries, and alongside royalty and other luminaries on a historic arch on the Oxford campus. Sackler charities have given more than 10 million GBP to the university since 1991, and over the past two years a top official has personally reached out to Dame Theresa Sackler, a widow of one of the co-founders of Purdue and a former Purdue board member. Meanwhile, the Louvre, London’s National Portrait Gallery, several universities in the United States and Britain, and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum are among the institutions to take down the Sackler name as attorneys general in the United States negotiated a multibillion-dollar settlement with the family over Purdue’s aggressive marketing of its OxyContin painkiller. The university said it is “reviewing the situation regarding this relationship and the way it is recognized,” while a spokesman for the family-member trustees of the Sackler Trust said they are “open to a constructive discussion” about how to help Oxford pursue its mission “without distraction or unwarranted pressure.” ([Financial Times]( — subscription) More News - Ky. Senate Advances Bill to Shield Nonprofit Donors Over State Press Association Concerns ([Louisville Courier Journal]( - In One of the Most Beautiful Spots in Vt., the Woodstock Foundation Is Caught in an Ugly Situation ([Boston Globe]( - Tex. SPCA President Steps Down Amid Nonprofit’s Troubling Decisions on Dallas Animal Welfare ([Dallas Morning News]( Arts and Culture - At Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, a Changing of the Guards? ([Boston Globe]( - Minneapolis Museum Workers Say, “No Money, No Monet” ([Hyperallergic]( - Museums Have Artists in Residence. The Brooklyn Museum Asks, Why Not Entrepreneurs in Residence? ([Artnet News]( SPONSOR CONTENT | CCS [CCS Examines Philanthropic Trends Amid Steady Giving in Eleventh-Edition]( CCS Fundraising is thrilled to share the eleventh edition Snapshot of Today’s Philanthropic Landscape report. This report compiles and contextualizes research from across the field of philanthropy to help US-based nonprofits wade through the available data and create informed fundraising strategies. Editor's Picks FUNDRAISING [Value of Big Gifts Declines, Report Finds, but ‘Money Is Still There’]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( Despite the year-over-year decrease in the value of gifts of $10 million or more, the number of those gifts actually increased 3 percent from 2021 to 2022. OPINION [Donors Leery of Supporting Grassroots Organizing Need to Rethink How They Approach Such Work]( By Ben Naimark-Rowse [STORY IMAGE]( The perceived messy work of building movements often scares away grant makers, but these efforts are critical to creating equitable societies. Donors need to adopt new practices and strategies to measure and support them. YEAR-END GIVING [Year-End Fundraising Jumped for Some Groups, Declined for Others]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( Some charities did gangbusters, while others struggled amid economic uncertainty and inflation. DISASTER GIVING [Turkey-Syria Earthquake Hits a Region in Crisis U.S. Donors Have Long Neglected. 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