Americas Have Little Knowledge of or Confidence in Charities, Survey Finds

Plus, CFLeads has appointed a new president 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](. SURVEY [Americans Know Little About Charities — and Very Few Think Nonprofits Can Solve Problems, Poll Finds]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( The first comprehensive study to measure public attitudes on foundations and nonprofits shows Americans have little knowledge of the difference organizations make in their lives. Just a third say they make a lot of difference to society. ADVERTISEMENT GRANTS ROUNDUP [James Irvine Foundation Commits $186.5 Million to Continue Its Fair-Work Program]( By M.J. 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Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online For more than 60 years, hundreds of children suffered “pervasive, pernicious, and persistent abuse” at the hands of priests and other personnel of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, according to Maryland’s top prosecutor. More than 150 people sexually abused more than 600 boys and girls from the 1940s through 2002, Attorney General Anthony Brown said in a new report. Often church officials did not take any effective action against abuse complaints, neglecting even to block abusive priests’ access to children. Brown said, “the archdiocese was more concerned with avoiding scandal and negative publicity than it was with protecting children.” Archbishop William Lori, who has acknowledged that the church did not protect children, called the period “a reprehensible time.” But he said the institution has changed. Many of the perpetrators have since died, and Brown said the statute of limitations ties his hands in many other cases. State legislators have moved to lift the statute of limitations on civil cases arising from sexual-abuse claims. ([Wall Street Journal]( — subscription) A major, annual fundraising campaign last year suggests the country’s nonprofit newsrooms are winning more local support. The 303 newsrooms that participated in NewsMatch — a year-end campaign that seeks to match donations from national, regional, and interest-based backers with contributions from local small businesses, philanthropists, and community foundations — took in $5.5 million from the local supporters, compared with $4.6 million from the other group. It was the first time the campaign had skewed local since it was conceived in 2016. The executive who runs the fund drive for the Institute for Nonprofit News said the increasing local support is “a more sustainable funding solution.” Courtney Lewis has focused more on local and issue-based donors since she took over NewsMatch in 2020 and predicted more of those backers would recognize “that providing news as a public service complements their mission.” ([Nieman Lab]( More News - Bill Would Tax Nonprofits That Bring Lawsuits Against Government ([Daily Montanan]( - Twitter Labels NPR as ‘State-Affiliated Media’ in Policy Change ([Bloomberg]( - Md. Governor Picks Ex-AmeriCorps Leader for New State Agency Focused on Service ([Washington Post]( - NYC Program That Fights Homelessness Is Mired in Dysfunction, Advocates Say ([New York Times]( - Jacinda Ardern Quits Politics, Joins Prince William’s Environment Charity ([Washington Post]( - Group Steers Swiss Billionaire’s Money to Liberal Causes ([Associated Press]( - Hospitals That Pay Trustees Offer Less Charity Care, Study Finds ([Axios]( Big Gifts - Seattle Art Museum Gets ‘Historic Gift’ of $200 Million Collection ([Seattle Times]( - Yale Gets $20 Million Gift Honoring Late Endowment Investment Chief ([Bloomberg]( Obituary - Leon Levine, Family Dollar Founder and N.C. Philanthropist, Dies at 85 ([Charlotte Observer](. Background from the Chronicle: [In a City of Ailing Banks, a Family Fund Steps In to Fill a Giving Void]( Opinion - Why the National Audubon Society Must Change Its Name ([Washington Post]( - Who Gives and Who Gets? The Challenges of Following the Money From the U.S. to Israel ([eJewish Philanthropy]( Note: In the links in this section, we flag articles that only subscribers can access. But because some journalism outlets offer a limited number of free articles, readers may encounter barriers with other articles we highlight in this roundup. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Enjoying the newsletter? [Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to nonprofit news and analysis. Editor's Picks FINANCE AND REVENUE [The Post-Covid Nonprofit: Burnout, Chaos, and the Search for Staff and New Revenue]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( The “new normal” is wreaking havoc on staffing, business models, and peace of mind. How the job of leading a charity has become a crisis that never ends. Plus, see the rest of our [April issue](. OPINION [Expensive Fundraising Conferences Perpetuate Inequity. It’s Time for a New Approach.]( By Armando Enrique Zumaya [STORY IMAGE]( Small nonprofits, especially those that serve people of color, are routinely shut out of pricey fundraising events. As a result, they have fewer opportunities to learn new skills that would help their organizations grow. WHAT DONORS ARE THINKING [A Fourth of Donors Plan to Give Less in 2023. Here’s How to Keep Them in the Fold.]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( Personal finances and inflation are weakening people’s confidence. PHILANTHROPY HISTORIES [More Foundations Are Examining the Ethics of Where Their Money Came From — and Changing Their Grant Making]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( Grant makers are hiring historians and taking other steps to learn whether their founders harmed people or the environment to get rich and then deciding how best to make up for what has caused the problems of today. 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