Demand for Abortions Has Outstripped Giving to Abortion Funds

Plus, Blank Foundation is focusing on housing, the environment, and more. Also, to encourage ideological diversity on college campuses, donors need to think bigger (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](. INTERVIEW [Abortion Funds Face Slowdown in Giving a Year After Supreme Court Ruling]( By Eden Stiffman [STORY IMAGE]( Demand for help has outstripped philanthropic giving as more states have restricted abortion rights, says the head of the National Network of Abortion Funds, who talked to the Chronicle about how the group is evolving to meet the needs of the post-Roe era ADVERTISEMENT GRANT MAKING [Blank Foundation, One of the South’s Biggest Philanthropies, Puts Focus on Housing, Environment, and More]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( Billionaire Arthur Blank got his family involved in setting priorities. Mental health and democracy are also getting attention while grants in arts and early-childhood education will be discontinued. OPINION [To Encourage Ideological Diversity on College Campuses, Donors Need to Think Bigger]( By Thomas Gift and Julie Norman [STORY IMAGE]( Rather than writing big checks to their alma maters, philanthropists should use their money to build new universities that embrace nonconformity and divergent political perspectives. GRANTS ROUNDUP [Carbon to Sea Initiative Receives $50 Million to Use the Ocean to Remove Atmospheric Carbon]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Plus, the Anschutz Foundation gave $50 million to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus to improve patient care, and the Open Road Fund will make $50 million in grants to the Black descendants of enslaved Americans. 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Lawyer Roger Worthington pledged $1 million to plant trees largely in wildfire-ravaged areas of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains, but the U.S. Forest Service, which oversaw the work, would not guarantee the saplings would be saved from future loggers. Meanwhile, the service allowed the clearing of dozens of mature ponderosa pines nearby, rebuffing those who tried to step in to buy the trees for conservation and eliminating a type of carbon sink that is in urgent need. Robinson laments that the timber contracts the service uses thwart conservation-minded investors like him by requiring that winning bidders clear the trees instead of leaving the forests intact. ([New York Times]( The Haitian government’s move to close some orphanages has put generous donations from U.S. faith-based groups at stake while nonprofits painstakingly try to reunite the young charges with their families. Haiti has about 750 orphanages housing about 30,000 children, many of whose parents are alive but too poor to care for them. Conditions in many of these homes are abysmal, and a government report several years ago gave 580 orphanages its lowest score. But closing them is fraught: “Government officials have been threatened or forced to go into hiding as owners seek to keep generous donations flowing from abroad,” according to one nonprofit. Meanwhile, organizations work to reunite families in a country with no residential phone directories and where some families have had to flee violence and have no address or digital footprint. 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Editor's Picks BIG DONORS [A $1 Billion Mystery Donor Who Did ‘Trust-Based Philanthropy’ Long Before MacKenzie Scott]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Why grantees of Diana Blank’s Kendeda Fund say she put on a “master class” during her 30 years of big giving. Plus: Why Kendeda [bankrolled operating reserves]( for grantees, and the [eco-friendly “living building”]( inspiring nonprofits. TECHNOLOGY [How Nonprofits Can Avoid A.I. Ethical and Legal Pitfalls]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( One big risk: feeding private information about donors into A.I. tools. If fundraisers want to write a thank-you note using A.I., experts advise stripping all identifying information from the samples they provide. CRIMINAL JUSTICE [Nonprofit Bail Funds, Fueled by a Surge of Funds After George Floyd Protests, Face New Challenges]( By Kay Dervishi [STORY IMAGE]( After receiving $140 million, the funds have experienced both transformative growth and major political backlash OPINION [To Fend Off Threats to Freedom Worldwide, Support Local Economic-Development Nonprofits — Not More Foreign Aid]( By Brad Lips [STORY IMAGE]( Nonprofits that help local economies thrive are doing the work needed to promote individual liberty and counter authoritarianism across the globe. Philanthropy should invest in them rather that pouring more funds into big government programs. OPINION | WHAT WE'VE LEARNED [Federal Food Assistance Cuts Should Spur Charities to Rethink How They Feed Families]( By Dion Dawson [STORY IMAGE]( Last week’s debt deal and the recent end to pandemic-era food programs have left many charities worried about how to feed everyone seeking help. 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