Brigham and Women’s Hospital Gets $100 Million for New Immunology and Inflammation Center

Plus, 4 ways foundations can strengthen nonprofits, and Philanthropy Roundtable protests how an op-ed characterizes its work (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](. GIFTS ROUNDUP [Brigham and Women’s Hospital Lands $100 Million for New Immunology and Inflammation Center]( By Maria Di Mento [STORY IMAGE]( Plus, race-car driver and health care finance expert Ted Giovanis gave Johns Hopkins Medicine $35 million, and Dallas oil mogul Kelcy Warren gave his alma mater, University of Texas at Arlington, $12 million. ADVERTISEMENT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [Philanthropy Roundtable Objects to Characterization of Its Work in Recent Op-Ed]( Critique of recent philanthropic pluralism essay is not an accurate portrayal of group’s focus and mission, says one Roundtable leader. 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[Register today for this free session.]( SPONSOR CONTENT | The James Irvine Foundation [Supporting Human Trafficking Survivors with Life-Changing Opportunities]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online The abrupt departure last year of World Central Kitchen’s CEO had its roots in the nonprofit’s handling of sexual-harassment complaints against one of its directors. Nate Mook stepped down from his post at the nonprofit one month after he fired Tim Kilcoyne, who had been the aid organization’s director of emergency relief. Several employees and volunteers had complained about Kilcoyne harassing them, with the first reports reaching Mook in 2018, well before the aid charity hired its first full-time human resources employee in late 2020. At that time, Mook took Kilcoyne out of operations in disaster locations, but he was soon back on missions. After Kilcoyne’s dismissal, “a subsequent review of WCK’s internal systems and procedures led to Mook’s departure.” An expert on nonprofit management said organizations “often get squeezed” because they lack the infrastructure to create a safe workplace. World Central Kitchen saw huge growth from 2018 through 2022, taking on a staff of about 100 and increasing its revenue from less than $10 million to about $400 million. Mook said he “worked hard to create a safe working space” and that he left because he and the board differed over the role of the CEO. ([Bloomberg]( The descendants of an early 20th-century benefactor of Vermont’s Middlebury College are suing the school for removing the family name from a chapel over their ancestor’s support of eugenics. John Mead, a physician who became governor of Vermont, supported the sterilization of “degenerates and defectives.” Ultimately, the state forcibly sterilized 250 people, for which it recently apologized. In 2021, the college removed the name from its chapel after a committee examined Mead’s role in the affair. Mead’s estate argues that the college is judging him by present-day standards and that its objectives would be better served by, for example, a plaque outside the chapel explaining his troubled legacy. The college disputes that Mead’s gift was predicated on having the family name on the chapel and said on its website that the name “is not consistent with what Middlebury stands for in the 21st century.” Given similar lawsuits elsewhere, an expert said more schools are being careful about gift agreements that could leave them stuck with tainted names on their buildings in the future. 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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 WORK AND CAREERS [Bonuses Can Help Nonprofits Stretch Budgets and Retain Fundraisers]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( Workplace culture plays a crucial role in how well incentive compensation works to draw in potential hires. 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. 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. 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. OPINION [The End of the Covid Health Emergency Must Not Spell the End of Progress Toward Health Equity]( By Amy Pisani [STORY IMAGE]( Philanthropic support helped fill gaps in government funding to ensure coronavirus vaccines and care were available to everyone. 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