Philanthropy Helping Coal Communities Access Historic Levels of Federal Funding

Plus, to help communities thrive, invest in residents eager to disrupt the status quo (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](. GIVING [How Philanthropy Helps Coal Communities Access Historic Levels of Federal Funding]( By Sono Motoyama [STORY IMAGE]( Thanks to the good ideas of local nonprofits — and to an influx of federal and state funds — projects such as turning West Virginia coal mines into greenhouses, launching training programs in sustainable trades on the Crow Reservation in Montana, and expanding West Virginians’ access to broadband have seen the light of day. ADVERTISEMENT OPINION | WHAT WE'VE LEARNED [Want to Help Communities Thrive? 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In Massachusetts, nonprofit developers and charter schools have long dealt with Boston Private Bank and Trust, which SVB bought in 2021. The just-announced bailout will give them access to their money, but they do not know what will become of the loans that Boston Private provided and who will fill the shoes of a heretofore reliable backer. And in San Francisco, almost 500 badly needed new units of affordable housing are on hold as developers determine what the SVB’s collapse means for their loans and try to find other sources of funding. “We’re in the middle of a housing crisis and we’re trying to push housing production,” said the CEO of a nonprofit developer in Boston with plans for a 96-unit project to be partially financed by SVB. “It just puts more pressure on the system and slows us down at the precise moment when we should be speeding up.” ([Boston Globe]( and [San Francisco Standard]( Plus: Mass. Affordable Housing Projects Roiled by SVB Meltdown ([Boston Globe]( And: Silicon Valley Bank Closure Rattles Some Nonprofits ([Wall Street Journal]( Faced with a barrage of right-wing attacks, workers at a nonprofit helping young LGBTQ people in crisis say they need more support and are seeking to unionize. Trevor Project employees who handle the group’s suicide-prevention hotline and chat channels routinely face prank calls, death threats, profane tirades, attempts to trap them into compromising chats that can be screenshot for distribution, and coordinated attempts to overwhelm their systems. At the same time, the service reportedly receives 10 times the number of crisis contacts it did five years ago, and employees have consistently complained that leadership does not grasp what it’s like to work in the trenches. One employee who helps train workers said some felt they were missing out on opportunities to advance because they are racial or gender-identity minorities. A Trevor Project spokesperson said it “respects employees’ rights to form a union, and we are open to bargaining. We are reviewing the materials shared and will respond when appropriate.” ([Vice]( Background from the Chronicle: [Here Come the Nonprofit Unions]( More News and Opinion - NYC Marathon’s Charity Hits $100 Million Raised for Youth Programs ([Sportico]( - Small Calif. City Nonprofit Launches Guaranteed Income Pilot for Those Affected by Covid-19 ([Bay Area News Group]( - Nonprofits Are on a Mission to Help More Women Run for Office ([Scripps News]( - A Pa. Hospital’s Revoked Property Tax Exemption Is a ‘Warning Shot’ to Other Nonprofits, Expert Says ([Spotlight PA]( - Opinion | Michelle Yeoh: I Know Something About Perseverance, but Not Like the Women on the Front Lines of Crisis ([New York Times]( Innovation - Detroit Improves Connectivity for Residents With Connect 313 ([Crain’s Detroit Business]( - Nonprofits Explore Non-traditional Leadership Structures to Avoid Burnout, Grow Diversity ([MiBiz]( - Nonprofit Aims to Reverse Austin’s 1928 Master Plan and Get SXSW Money to the BIPOC Community ([KUT]( Arts and Culture - Elton John’s Annual Oscar Party Raises $9M for AIDS Foundation at Star-Studded Celebration ([Hollywood Reporter]( - Columbus Museum of Art names Brooke Minto, Expert on Art of the African Diaspora, as New Director ([Cleveland.com]( - The F.B.I. Has an Art Crime Team. And These Days, It’s Busy. ([New York Times]( - How Museums Are Preparing for Climate-Related Natural Disasters ([KRTV]( - Nancy Yao Chosen as Founding Director of Smithsonian Women’s Museum ([Washington Post]( - Louisiana State Museum System Has No Oversight, Low Employee Morale, Audit Finds ([NOLA.com]( - The Lucas Museum Finds Your Lack of Faith Disturbing ([New York Times]( SPONSOR CONTENT | The James Irvine Foundation [Investing in an Economy of Belonging]( How one organization is working towards reinstituting morals in our economy. Editor's Picks INTERVIEW [Growth of Organizations That Advance the Work of All Nonprofits Poses Challenges, Research Finds]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( Lack of funding stymies innovation for these groups, and the lack of any way to evaluate the quality of services provided means nonprofits often face tough choices when seeking help for training, advocacy, and other needs, according to scholars at the Urban Institute. 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. 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. 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. 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