Workplace Diversity Is Inadequate, Say Many Fundraisers

Plus, as threats to abortion access grow, emergency philanthropic funding isn’t nearly enough (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](. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION [Fundraisers Question How Much Progress Has Been Made on DEI]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( In a Chronicle survey, 30 percent of respondents were somewhat or very dissatisfied with their organization’s diversity. ADVERTISEMENT OPINION [As Threats to Abortion Access Grow, Emergency Philanthropic Funding Isn’t Nearly Enough]( By Judy Wright and Charlene Bencomo [STORY IMAGE]( A new collaborative effort in New Mexico among nonprofits, philanthropy, and government is showing what effective responses to the reproductive health care crisis can look like. 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An Israeli nonprofit traced Kohelet’s funding to “a 501(c)(3) called the American Friends of Kohelet Policy Forum, which was originally based in … the same suburb as Susquehanna. Two of the nonprofit’s directors are siblings of Koppel’s wife. The third, Amir Goldman, works at Susquehanna Growth Equity, a private-equity arm of Susquehanna International.” Since those links were publicized, most of Kohelet’s funding has come from a different U.S. nonprofit, the Central Fund of Israel. ([New York Times]( A longtime social-service nonprofit in Washington, D.C., has shut its food pantries for a month to give its staff a respite. Employees of Bread for the City, which provides food, legal aid, health care, and other services, have been swamped with clients, stressed by inflation, and bereaved by the deaths of three colleagues in six months. An executive with the organization said the client load for its two food pantries went from 250 families daily before the pandemic to 1,600 families daily in April 2020, where it has stayed. The longer hours, fewer resources, and “vicarious trauma” that employees absorb helping people in desperate situations add up to what an industry expert called a “national crisis” for safety-net nonprofits. More groups are trying to help their employees with timeouts, flexible working arrangements, or mental-health services, especially as they try to retain staff. ([Washington Post]( Background from the Chronicle on helping to fight burnout: How [leaders can help staff]( avoid burnout and how [staff can help themselves](. 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