AmeriCorps Taps a Former Biden Campaign Staffer to Be Chief Program Officer

Plus, volunteers speak on why they serve and why more people don’t. Also, how nonprofits are protecting large swaths of land 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 [AmeriCorps Names Former Biden Campaign Staffer to Serve as Chief Program Officer]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Plus, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation has chosen a new CEO, and the World Resources Institute India has selected its next leader. ADVERTISEMENT VOLUNTEERING [Volunteers Speak on Why They Serve and Why More People Don’t]( By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press [STORY IMAGE]( People who provide eyeglasses to homeless people, work to empower women, support students, and more discuss what drives them to donate their time. ENVIRONMENT [How Nonprofits Are Protecting Large Swaths of Land]( By David Jachowski [STORY IMAGE]( As the human population grows, fewer and fewer places are available to be set aside for conservation, but protecting large areas can restore critical ecological processes like migration and sustain populations of endangered wildlife like bison that need room to roam. 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.]( SPONSOR CONTENT | The James Irvine Foundation [Investing in an Economy of Belonging]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online As unionizing picks up steam among nonprofit employees, it is playing out differently than it does in companies. When workers and managers disagree over values-laden language in a contract, for instance, it can seem a fundamental challenge to an organization’s mission. The act of organizing can also seem like a rejection of the close-knit relationships many leaders of small nonprofits try to cultivate, and nonprofit managers face tighter budget restrictions than most of their private-industry peers. Some of that could change with a trend toward unrestricted giving, and consultants advise nonprofit leaders to voluntarily recognize unions, which are nearly inevitable once organizing has started. “We need to get it out of our heads that when staff want to unionize, it is a sign that we aren’t good employers, that we’ve done something wrong,” said an executive at a nonprofit that voluntarily recognized a union last year. ([New York Times]( Background from the Chronicle: [Here Come the Nonprofit Unions]( International development nonprofit Global Citizen is pushing to increase funding for global climate-mitigation measures and to ease the burden on less wealthy countries. At a summit in New York City this week, the group’s CEO said rich countries still owe $16 billion on a pledge they made in 2009 to provide $100 billion in financing by 2020 to developing countries dealing with the effects of climate change. The group’s new campaign, Power Our Plan, endorses a proposal by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley “to lower interest rates for loans provided to countries and increase the amount of funds available to invest in climate-adaption initiatives and the transition to cleaner energy sources.” The leader of a climate-research nonprofit told the gathering that to enact that agenda, “one of the most powerful levers that individuals can pull is to contribute to advocacy organizations.” ([Associated Press]( More News - Jury Awards Riverside Woman $2.3 Billion in a Sex-Abuse Lawsuit Involving the Mormon Church ([Los Angeles Times]( - Nonprofit Hospital Community Benefit Needs Clarity, GAO Says ([Bloomberg Law]( - New Report Finds Nonprofit Leadership in NYC Metro Area Dominated by White CEOs ([NYN Media]( - Court Unseals Search Warrant Affidavits in Probe of Billionaire Philanthropist T. Denny Sanford ([Associated Press]( - Charter Schools, Still Hotly Debated, Could Expand in N.Y. 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([Artnet News]( Arts and Culture - The Whitney’s Plan to Deaccession an Edward Hopper Sparks Conversations on Museum Ethics ([Art & Object]( - Ellsworth Kelly’s Widower Is Donating Many of His Husband’s Works to Museums Across the Country and Giving Money to Various Causes ([New York Times]( 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. SPONSOR CONTENT | The James Irvine Foundation [The Road to Equality in the Workplace]( An organization on a mission to build a Black worker-led movement that successfully organizes for quality jobs and economic and social mobility. 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