Movement to Spur Renters’ Activism Boosted by Foundation Giving

Plus, learn 10 Steps to find and prioritize prospective donors in a volatile economy, and a $15 million grant will create a program at Texas Woman’s University to recruit and train more women airline pilots 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](. AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Foundations Buoy a New Movement of Renters’ Activism]( By Sara Herschander [STORY IMAGE]( Instead of focusing mainly on ways to help low- and middle-class people buy affordable housing, grant makers are paying for community organizing and advocacy designed to protect renters. Plus: See the rest of our [special report]( on affordable housing. ADVERTISEMENT PROSPECT RESEARCH [10 Steps to Find and Prioritize Prospective Donors in a Volatile Economy]( By Lisa Schohl [STORY IMAGE]( Four seasoned prospect-research professionals share ways to zero in on your best opportunities in 2023 — and strengthen your nonprofit over the long term. GRANTS ROUNDUP [Texas Woman’s U. Receives $15 Million to Recruit and Train More Women Airline Pilots]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, the bank First Horizon has committed $50 million to make grants to nonprofit groups in the southeastern United States, and the InnerScience Research Fund will give up to $10 million to study how meditation may limit the progression of serious illnesses. Webinars [Attract Corporate Support for Your Fundraising Event]( [STORY IMAGE]( In-person events are back, bringing lots of joyful reunions, but rising costs for food, entertainment, and more are a challenge. Securing corporate support for your next gathering is a smart way to defray costs and strengthen ties with corporate donors. Join us for a 75-minute webinar on Thursday, June 8, at 2 p.m. Eastern, to gain insights into the corporate-giving landscape in 2023, which strategies are working now, and why. [Register by June 1 to get the early-bird rate.]( SPONSOR CONTENT | The James Irvine Foundation [Supporting Human Trafficking Survivors with Life-Changing Opportunities]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online Far-right groups are showing up to help after natural disasters before federal agencies make it on the scene, winning over local residents in the process. A decade ago, the Oath Keepers launched “a program aimed at preparing communities for a natural disaster, a civil war, or anything in between,” and since 2017 they have jumped into post-hurricane relief efforts. The organization preaches that citizens will be forced to defend themselves from a violent, tyrannical federal government. In Arizona, a former state vice president for the Oath Keepers, who said he had cut ties with the group but still embraces its mission, has formed a disaster-preparedness nonprofit that teaches members how to resist the all-powerful police state, alongside classes in CPR and emergency radio communications. Their efforts fill a gap created by a lumbering federal response that is unprepared for the increasingly dire effects of climate change. ([Grist]( Homeless shelters are struggling to deal with a catastrophic surge in the number of frail elderly people living on the streets. Seniors are “the fastest-growing group of people who are homeless,” one researcher said, as a generation that came of age during a series of recessions enters old age. Their needs include memory care, assistance with daily-living tasks, and hospice care at the end of their lives. Some shelters are hiring long-term care help and scrambling to open centers better adapted to older clients, who usually need to stay longer than their younger counterparts. One expert said that “the gap in the system” is a Medicaid rule that allows nursing-home benefits only for those unable to care for themselves, a bar that many homeless seniors do not reach. Meanwhile, even subsidized housing costs too much for many homeless seniors, whose numbers will double or triple 2017 levels in some places, one researcher predicts. ([Washington Post]( More News - A Public-Private Model Would End the Foster Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline, Study Suggests ([Los Angeles Times]( - Misconceptions About Its Sex and Gender Research Cost Kinsey Institute Public Funds ([Los Angeles Times](. Plus: Opinion: In Indiana, the Culture Wars Aim at Kinsey — the Heart of Sex Research ([Washington Post]( - Posts Misconstrue Pfizer Grants to Nonprofit Headed by Biden Nominee ([AFP Fact Check]( - San Jose Nonprofit Fistula Foundation Gets Record $15 Million Donation From MacKenzie Scott ([Silicon Valley Business Journal]( - Activist-Chef José Andrés Teams With GWU on a Global Food Institute ([Washington Post]( Arts and Culture - Venus Williams and Artists Are Helping Restore Nina Simone’s Childhood Home ([Los Angeles Times]( - San Diego Museum of Art and Museum of Photographic Arts Announce Merger ([San Diego Union-Tribune]( - Hispanic Society Museum Workers Approved a New Union Contract, Ending a Grueling 2-Month Strike ([Artnet News]( - Mystery of the ‘Wounded Indian’: Who Owns a Statue Once Thought Destroyed? ([Washington Post]( 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 GIVING [LGBTQ+ Nonprofits Get Less Than 1 Percent of All Charitable Giving, Report Finds]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( They bring in less revenue and have fewer assets and expenses, but giving to those groups is growing. OPINION [Philanthropy’s Divisions Reflect America’s Politics — Not Its People]( By Chris Stackaruk [STORY IMAGE]( Nonprofits and foundations have spent weeks debating and deconstructing an essay on pluralism that most Americans wouldn’t bat an eye at. That kind of response raises questions about how the social sector can ever succeed at healing the nation’s divides. 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. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION [Ballmer Group Awards $42.5 Million to Help More Than 100 Black-Led Groups Expand]( By Sara Herschander [STORY IMAGE]( The grants will support organizations that are less than two years old and focused on improving economic mobility. 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. Those investments are still needed to sustain the long-needed public-health infrastructure built during the pandemic — and to prepare the nation for the next health crisis. 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