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Plus, why it isn’t surprising that the IRS grants tax-exempt status to extremists, including an Oath Keepers Foundation. Also, Stand Together’s call for philanthropic pluralism rings hollow (letter to the editor) 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 [Biden Economic Adviser Joins Arnold Ventures; Giving Compass Names New CEO]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, the Central Indiana Community Foundation and the Indianapolis Foundation have chosen new leaders to replace Brian Payne, who is retiring after leading both groups for 23 years. 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[Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to nonprofit news and analysis. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online A hacking campaign is using ransomware to demand its victims donate to certain charities. The hacking group, which targets users of the Zimbra online collaboration tool, sends ransom notes decrying inequality and environmental despoilation. It instructs companies to provide proof of a donation “to a nonprofit that we approve of” or send the funds directly to the hackers, who say they will make the donation. Its dark web website says it will target small companies in Russia, the United States, and Europe, except for Ukraine, and vows to go after bigger targets once it is able. “Ransomware is an excellent tool for hacktivists for the same reasons it’s an excellent tool for for-profit extortionists: entry barriers are low, and it has the potential to cause massive disruption,” Brett Callow, a threat analyst with cybersecurity firm Emsisoft, said. ([CyberScoop]( A quarter-century after its founding, the International Justice Mission has become key to the global fight against slavery and exploitation. The organization, which says it has protected more than 10 million vulnerable people from violence, was inspired by founder Gary Haugen’s Christian faith, early-career experience as a human- and civil-rights lawyer, and formative stints abroad. In South Africa, he watched Archbishop Desmond Tutu use the power of his faith to delegitimize the apartheid system, and later, in Rwanda, he saw the limitations of donor aid to protect poor people from “the guys with the machetes.” He set up IJM in 1997 with a tiny staff and a budget of less than $100,000. Today, the nonprofit’s approximately 1,400 “lawyers, criminal investigators, trauma social workers, community organizers, and others” work in 17 countries, supported by a budget of more than $120 million. 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