Bronx Children’s Museum Selects Preschool Founder as Executive Director

Plus, study finds nonprofits led by people of color get less funding than others, and grassroots organizing makes government work better (opinion) 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](. TRANSITIONS [Bronx Children’s Museum Names Preschool Founder as Executive Director]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, the Council on Foreign Relations has tapped a former adviser to President Obama to serve as its leader, and Arnold Ventures hires an economist as executive vice president of criminal justice. ADVERTISEMENT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION [Nonprofits Led by People of Color Get Less Funding Than Others]( By Mirae Kim and Bo Li [STORY IMAGE]( The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. 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Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online For more than 50 years, the share of Americans living in poverty has hovered between 10 percent and 15 percent, whether aid has ebbed or flowed, for reasons often ignored. In addition to the country’s thin safety net and rickety health care system, poor people are subject to unrelenting labor, housing, and financial exploitation, writes Matthew Desmond, professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of the forthcoming book, Poverty, by America. Policy decisions have helped push jobs overseas and crush unions, contributing to wage stagnation and inequality worse than in many peer countries. Poverty is a lack of money, but it’s also “the condition of not having enough choice and being taken advantage of because of that.” ([New York Times]( Plus: Column: Anti-Poverty Programs Work. Why Are Democrats Letting Them Wither? ([Los Angeles Times]( Opinion: Proscriptive writing guides that aim for more equitable language, increasingly embraced by nonprofits, are defeating their own purpose. These guides often ban simple, widely understood words, such as “poor,” and urge people to avoid metaphorical terms, such as “blind to,” and “stand with,” out of misplaced consideration for those who cannot see or stand. They are replaced with abstractions that can mystify the public, put distance between communicator and audience, intimidate some into tongue-tied silence, and even fudge the distressing reality a group seeks to address. The loss of rich metaphors also ignores how our brains process language and can make it more difficult for listeners to grasp meanings. ([Atlantic]( and [Washington Post]( More News - NYU Kept John Paulson’s $100 Million Donation Secret for 10 Years ([Observer]( - Catholic Group Spent Millions on App Data That Tracked Gay Priests ([Washington Post]( - SF Housing Nonprofit Spends Big on Politics. 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Background: [Here Come the Nonprofit Unions]( - Why It’s Taking So Long to Build LA’s Korean American History Museum ([LAist]( SPONSOR CONTENT | The James Irvine Foundation [To Change Policy for Workers Paid Low Wages, Change the Story]( Learn more about how a statewide “Listening Tour” may lead to policy change for low-wage workers. Editor's Picks FINANCES [Inflation, Labor Costs, and Dwindling Pandemic Aid: Is a Fiscal Cliff Ahead?]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Pressures spun up from Covid are cutting into revenue, as foundation and government funding dwindles and a possible recession looms. ADVICE [People Give Less After Daylight Saving Time Switch]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( After losing an hour of sleep, people are less inclined to help others, research has found. OPINION [A Set of Ethical Principles Can Help Philanthropy Regain Public Trust in the Field]( By Kathleen Enright [STORY IMAGE]( With the release this week of guidelines for building trust in the philanthropic world, the head of the Council on Foundations is calling on grant makers to hold each other accountable for maintaining high ethical standards. CAREERS [New Report Details How to Level the Playing Field for Women Fundraisers]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( A key recommendation is to create a code of conduct that lays out expectations for donors and for organizations to back fundraisers up when they’ve been sexually harassed. OPINION [Volunteers Can Teach the Professionals a Lot About Raising Money — if They Let Them]( By Dan Mangiavellano and Marianne D. Mattran [STORY IMAGE]( As donors themselves, volunteer fundraisers understand what makes potential donors tick — and often in ways the professionals don’t. 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