Philanthropy Roundtable’s CEO, Elise Westhoff, Is Departing

Plus, grant makers are supporting affordable housing to further other causes 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](. EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP [Philanthropy Roundtable CEO Elise Westhoff Is Stepping Down]( By Jim Rendon [STORY IMAGE]( She says she wants to focus more on her family and that her efforts as CEO to raise the group’s public profile through sometimes controversial opinion articles and public appearances have appealed to the values that the group’s members share. ADVERTISEMENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Grant Makers Support Affordable Housing to Further Many Other Causes]( By Eden Stiffman [STORY IMAGE]( Donors and foundations that seek to improve education, health, and economic opportunity are backing solutions to fix the housing crisis. 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The largely government-funded SRI International, founded in 1946 as the Stanford Research Institute, did the initial research and experimentation that would lead to voice-recognition software such as Apple’s Siri, the computer mouse, and “even the underpinnings of the internet.” With $400 million in annual revenue, its work includes robotics, artificial intelligence, space technologies, and health research. SRI builds and licenses technologies to outside companies or spins them off entirely. Its robotics division alone has produced seven companies over the past decade. ([San Francisco Chronicle]( As pandemic-era restrictions on migrant border-crossings are set to end this week, nonprofits in Denver are already seeing their shelters fill up. Last week, nearly 700 migrants arrived in the city, compared with about 20 to 30 daily in April. The director of one migrant-services nonprofit said the group had spent about $100,000 over six days and will probably burn through a state grant that it’s relying on. Meanwhile, Denver is slated to receive less than $1 million of the $332.5 million from a federal emergency food and shelter program. The shelter director said she is reluctant to follow new federal guidance to help only those migrants who have been processed by U.S. immigration officials. “I think getting into what their status is, is a no. ... They just want to eat. They want shelter,” she said. 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Editor's Picks ARTS AND CULTURE [Race, Shakespeare, and a Theater’s Fight to Survive]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s artistic director — the first person of color in the role — departs amid criticism that her plan to save the American theater drove away donors and patrons. Supporters say bias and racism marred her tenure. ADVICE [How Some Fundraisers Are Using ChatGPT Technology to Do Their Jobs Better]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( The chatbot can automate mundane, time-consuming tasks like writing social-media posts, drafting thank-you notes to donors, and completing grant applications. INDIVIDUAL GIVING [Online Giving Declined Slightly in 2022, but Monthly Giving Was a Bright Spot, Report Finds]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( The drop in online giving masks the turbulence of the year for individual nonprofits — with some performing well but others experiencing sharp declines. Recurring donors gave more money over all than those offering one-time gifts, highlighting a path nonprofits seeking to boost retention might want to follow. OPINION [To Effectively Support Democracy, Donors Need to Support Workers’ Rights]( By Pamela Shifman and Shekar Narasimhan [STORY IMAGE]( Investing in workplace organizing is one of the surest ways to build a thriving and inclusive American democracy — and disrupt movements that fuel division and dysfunction. 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. 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