Latino Board Membership Is Low in Big Cities

Plus, Why volunteerism rose in some states and declined in others, and what Covid-19 vaccination efforts taught philanthropy about how to close the racial health gap (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](. LEADERSHIP [Latinos Aren’t Appointed to Nonprofit Boards in Big Cities in Big Numbers]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( A study of cities with large numbers of Latinos found a mismatch between the number of Hispanic residents and charity board members. ADVERTISEMENT VOLUNTEERING [What’s Behind the Uneven Rates in Volunteerism: a Look at Fla. and Wyo. Point to Answers]( By Kay Dervishi and Yesica Balderrama [STORY IMAGE]( Wyoming chalked up a big increase in volunteers during the pandemic as retirees and companies were attracted to open spaces to help local charities, and the interest continues to build. Florida faces the opposite problem as volunteers who left during Covid resist returning to in-person activities. OPINION [What Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts Taught Philanthropy About How to Close the Racial Health Gap]( By David Etzwiler and Jeniffer Harper-Taylor [STORY IMAGE]( Grant makers need to adopt what worked during the pandemic when vaccination rates for Black people improved sharply and apply those approaches to address other stubbornly high health gaps. Webinars [Optimize Your Data and Segment Donors]( [STORY IMAGE]( Join us on Thursday, May 11, at 2 p.m. Eastern for a 75-minute session to learn simple steps you can take right away to enhance your donor records and customize your outreach to give supporters information and appeals that resonate. We’ll share real-world examples of personalized messages that make the most of donor data to improve fundraising results. Can’t make the live event? Watch on demand. [Register by May 4 for the early-bird rate.]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online A think tank that sponsors grassroots groups around the world abruptly lost its ability to process card transactions over disputed allegations of indirectly supporting terrorist activities. The Alliance for Global Justice works with about 150 nonprofits, mostly in Latin America, but the trouble stems from its relationship with a French network that supports Palestinian political prisoners. The French government had accused one of the groups in that network of having links with extremists and ordered it dissolved. The organization sued and was cleared in court. But the Zachor Legal Institute, a think tank and advocacy group in the United States that defends Israel’s interests, says the group at issue has “ties to the radical leftist militant group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which was designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department.” Zachor has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the alliance’s tax-exempt status. In the wake of the accusations, the alliance was dumped by its card-payments processor and has struggled to pay its partner organizations and to raise funds. ([Intercept]( Museums across the country are spotlighting work by artists with local roots or affinities as they try to diversify their collections and audiences. Among these shows are an exhibition of works by Cuban contemporary artist Juan Francisco Elso at the Phoenix Art Museum, in a city that is 43 percent Latino; an exploration of the links between hip-hop culture and contemporary visual art at the Baltimore Museum of Art; and an exhibition at North Dakota’s Plains Art Museum by Native American artist Gerald Cournoyer exploring lifestyles of the Lakota people. Although the local approach is especially important to small museums that cannot rely on a steady stream of out-of-town visitors and must give their neighbors reasons to keep coming back, the director of the Phoenix Art Museum, the largest in the Southwest, said his institution “definitely had to lean on our local communities” during the pandemic. 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Editor's Picks FOUNDATION GIVING [Climate Funders Justice Pledge Brings In More Than $120 Million]( By Jim Rendon [STORY IMAGE]( The Donors of Color Network created the pledge, which calls on signatories to give 30 percent of their climate funding to organizations led by people of color. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [Nonprofits Struggle as Recession Signs Grow More Pronounced]( By Sara Herschander [STORY IMAGE]( Nonprofits say demand is increasing while donors’ fears about the economy are prompting them to hold back their gifts. PHILANTHROPISTS [What Michael Bloomberg’s Plan to Transfer His Company to Charity Could Mean for Philanthropy]( By Maria Di Mento [STORY IMAGE]( The former New York mayor’s plans to give his $12 billion company to Bloomberg Philanthropies could signal a sea change in how mega-donors give. OPINION [To Help Small Cities Thrive, Invest in the Networkers Who Can Turn Ideas Into Action]( By Stephen Starr [STORY IMAGE]( One group in Dayton, Ohio, is showing why grant makers should consider funding the people who know how to bring together thinkers and doers to make change happen. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [Op-ed on Philanthropic Pluralism Draws Praise and Calls to Aim Higher]( Readers weigh in on a recent essay by philanthropy leaders in support of greater tolerance and respect for diverse views within the field. SPONSOR CONTENT | Independent Sector [Leading by Example: Profound Impacts by Lifting Up a Community]( The outcomes of their efforts were not only institutional changes and legislative wins, but also outcomes that helped shape key community leaders. ADVERTISEMENT RECOMMENDED WEBINAR [Join Our Next Webinar]( — The most successful fundraising shops can segment donors — grouping them according to their areas of interest and their preferred methods of communication. 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