Lessons in Racial Equity From a Foundation’s Training

Plus, how to manage walk-athons and similar fundraising events and get participants to become big donors, Also, Columbia University has received $175 million for physician-scientist training 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](. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION [How to Advance Racial Equity: One Foundation Shares Lessons]( By Charles Sidney Fields [STORY IMAGE]( The staff and board of the James Irvine Foundation participated in 18 months of training to embed racial equity into their programs, operations, and grant making. ADVERTISEMENT FUNDRAISING EVENTS [How to Manage Walk-athons and Similar Fundraising Events and Get Participants to Become Big Donors]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( Making sure the most valuable events get the attention they need, revitalizing or eliminating those not so successful, and considering ethics in storytelling were a few of the topics discussed at a recent Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference. GIFTS ROUNDUP [Roy and Diana Vagelos Give $175 Million for Physician-Scientist Training at Columbia U.]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, Mary and Richard Templeton donated $20 million to Southern Methodist University for engineering education and scholarships, and California State University at Fullerton has received a pledge of $4 million for desert-science studies. Webinars [Thursday: Make It Easy for DAF Donors to Give]( [STORY IMAGE]( Economic uncertainty may be causing anxiety, but on a bright note, it’s a good time to focus on gifts from donor-advised funds because the money is already set aside for charitable giving. To learn how to appeal to DAF donors and make it seamless for them to give, join us Thursday, March 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Our expert guests will explain how to connect with those who hold DAFs, what motivates them to make a distribution, and how to inspire them to give. [Sign up today.]( [Build a Diverse Pool of Donors]( [STORY IMAGE]( Many fundraising leaders are figuring out how to build trust with donors who may be quite different than the people who supported their nonprofit a decade ago. Join this 75-minute webinar on March 23 at 2 p.m. Eastern (or on demand later) to learn how your nonprofit can tap into the generosity of donors of all backgrounds and broaden its support. 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[Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to nonprofit news and analysis. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online A cancer-research nonprofit is offering customized, experimental vaccines to people with advanced cancers at a price that raises ethical questions. The Jaime Leandro Foundation for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines, founded in 2020, works under the Food and Drug Administration’s “compassionate use” program to deliver unapproved treatments to those who have exhausted other options. But unlike most treatments in that program, patients foot the $83,000 bill for the vaccines, putting it out of reach for most people. Foundation leaders said they would prefer to administer the vaccines for free, but the organization runs a deficit. They said the price covers only “the direct costs of designing and manufacturing the vaccines” and that the FDA has approved their expenses. Ethicists also worry the program might give people false hope, and even an expert who said “the biology is pretty solid” estimates the treatment is one to five years away from FDA approval. Only nine people have received the vaccines so far, three of whom later died. ([Boston Globe]( Judy Heumann, who led a movement to integrate people with disabilities into every aspect of public life, has died at 75. Heumann, who contracted polio as an infant and used a wheelchair for the rest of her life, waged a successful campaign in 1970 to become a teacher in New York City schools. Then in 1977, seven years after the federal government had outlawed discrimination against people with disabilities by any institution receiving federal funds, Heumann organized the San Francisco contingent of a national protest to force long-delayed enforcement of the law. The sit-in lasted for almost a month, and that movement paved the way for the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act in 1990. Heumann also founded, advised, or worked with disability-rights groups and institutions including the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, and Human Rights Watch, and she served in the administration of Bill Clinton. ([New York Times]( Plus: Activist Judy Heumann Led a Reimagining of What It Means to Be Disabled ([NPR]( Background from the Chronicle: See how Heumann [shaped Ford’s disability work](. More News - ‘Only the Wealthy Get Any Kind of Benefit From Giving Financially to Nonprofits’: Bipartisan Bill Aims to Help More Americans Write Off Charitable Donations ([MarketWatch]( - NAACP and Groundwork Project Launch ‘Transformative’ Fellowship for Grassroots Organizers at Harvard Kennedy Institute ([Boston Globe]( - ‘It’s Disgusting’: The Con Artists Who Exploit Mass Shootings ([New York Times]( - Mass. House Approves $1 Million Public Education Campaign On The Dangers Of Crisis Pregnancy Centers ([Boston Globe]( Nonprofits and the Law - Court Penalizes Leader of ‘Sham’ Minn. 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ADVICE [5 Ways Foundations Should Help Grantees in Uncertain Economy]( By Annie Chang [STORY IMAGE]( Grant makers should act now by releasing more money, being flexible, and supporting nonprofit workers, among other steps. MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP [How Fundraisers Can Get Off the Road to Exhaustion and Burnout]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( Unfamiliarity with the physical signs of stress and burnout can prevent fundraisers from taking the breaks they need to recover. ANALYSIS [America’s Top Donors Are Helping to Shape the Future in an Old-Fashioned Way]( By Maria Di Mento and Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Many of 2022 largest donors hewed closely to decades-old conventions of philanthropy. Two areas that attracted significant support: scholarships and medical research. Plus: See our entire [special report]( on the Philanthropy 50. GRANT MAKING [Ford Foundation Creates First-of-Its-Kind Fund to Tackle Disability Bias in Technology]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Expanding its work on disability rights and inclusion, the Ford Foundation Tuesday announced a first-of-its-kind national fund targeting discrimination in technology against people with disabilities. ADVERTISEMENT RECOMMENDED WEBINAR [Join Our Next Webinar]( — Fluctuations in the economy can be unsettling for fundraising, but now is a good time to focus on donor-advised funds because that money has already been set aside for charitable giving. How can your nonprofit appeal to DAF donors and make it seamless for them to give? During this 75-minute webinar, you'll get an insider's view of how and why wealthy individuals open DAFs at one community foundation and you'll learn directly from a wealth adviser how to connect with those who hold DAFs, what motivates them to make a distribution, and how to capture their interest. 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