Popular Mental-Health Nonprofit at Colleges Is Expanding

Plus, a foundation provides adaptive equipment for disabled athletes; and staff transitions in the social sector. ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. FOUNDATION GIVING [A Mental Health Nonprofit Popular Among Colleges Is Expanding. Has Its Approach Worked?]( By Kay Dervishi [STORY IMAGE]( Twenty-five years ago, a college student took his own life. Now a foundation bearing his name — and based on an Air Force program — is working to improve mental health in hundreds of colleges. ADVERTISEMENT SPORTS AND RECREATION [It Started With Friends Helping a Friend. Now a Group Helps Thousands]( By Yesica Balderrama [STORY IMAGE]( The Challenged Athletes Foundation provides grants to people with physical disabilities, helping pay for adaptive sports equipment, providing training, and assisting with sports competition expenses. TRANSITIONS [Philanthropy Roundtable Promotes Christie Herrera to CEO; Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Will Install New Leader in January]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( Also, the California Association of Nonprofits has named a new CEO, and March for Our Lives promoted its next executive director from within. Webinars [Corporate Grant Seeking in the Current Climate]( [STORY IMAGE]( Corporations gave nearly $30 billion to charities in 2022, but many companies are redefining the focus of their giving. Company structures are changing, and grant makers feel greater pressure to show the impact of their donated dollars. How can nonprofits adjust to these changes and attract corporate support? What do companies seek from nonprofits? Join us on Thursday, October 26, at 2 p.m. Eastern to learn from a highly successful fundraiser and a leader who helps execute Boeing’s philanthropic efforts. [Register today.]( SPONSOR CONTENT | Independent Sector [How Fostering Connections Can Lead to Lower Crime Rates]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online When Olympic gold medal-winner Mary Lou Retton became seriously ill this week, she joined the hundreds of thousands of Americans who each year turn to crowdfunding to pay their medical bills. The campaign for Retton, who her family said was uninsured and had contracted a rare pneumonia, quickly collected $350,000, several times its $50,000 goal. But most campaigns fall short, and 16 percent generate no donations at all. Poor patients have less luck crowdfunding, researchers say, possibly because of a perception they are undeserving of help or because they lack a network of people who can afford to contribute. ([New York Times]( Background from the Chronicle: [A Beginner’s Guide to Crowdfunding]( Joined by major philanthropists, Jews around the world have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Israel in response to the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas. Michael Bloomberg is matching all donations to the country’s Magen David Adom emergency medical service and had given $7.5 million as of Wednesday; the Blackstone Group has announced $7 million in aid; and Israeli philanthropists Julia and Yuri Milner’s foundation has given $5 million to the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Fund for the Victims of Terror. The UJA-Federation of New York alone has raised at least $70 million, including $10 million it culled from its endowment. “This is just the beginning of the fundraising,” the organization’s CEO, Eric Goldstein, said. ([Jerusalem Post]( Plus: To Combat ‘Helplessness,’ Israelis Volunteer to Help People in Need. ([New York Times]( Background from the Chronicle: [For Grant Makers With Programs in Israel, the Attacks Are ‘Deeply Personal’]( More News - Two Who Had Contracts to Run NYC Shelters Charged With Stealing Public Funds ([New York Times]( - UPenn Rejects Apollo CEO Rowan’s Call for Resignations in Antisemitism Fight ([Bloomberg]( - Minnesota High Court Clears Nonprofit Hospitals to Fundraise With Patient Data ([Courthouse News]( - Soros Closes Offices Across $25 Billion Philanthropy Empire ([Bloomberg]( - Bill Gates, 2 Golden Chairs and a Parisian Palace: The Head of The Rockefeller Foundation on the Quest to Vaccinate the World’s Children ([Fortune]( - Background from the Chronicle: [No Apologies: Rajiv Shah Stands By Rockefeller’s Top-Down Approach]( - Opinion: The Charities Hiding in Your 401(K): Public-Benefit Corporations Aim for ‘Social Good,’ But At What Cost to Investors? 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Each news organization gets coaching from the Chronicle about how to report on nonprofits and training on why such coverage matters to readers, listeners, and others. New Grant Opportunities Your Chronicle subscription includes free access to [GrantStation’s]( database of grant opportunities. [Voter turnout]( The Black Futures Lab, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is providing grants up to $250,000 for Black voter organizing innovations. The grants are intended to boost innovative or experimental ideas for how best to engage Black voters to participate civically and to stay engaged in the political process. Proposals must engage a minimum of 2,500 Black male voters, with priority given to proposals that focus on the target states of North Carolina, California, Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia. Programs must be run, managed, and evaluated by Black-led, Black-focused organizations that have a track record of engagement and activation of Black community members. The application deadline is November 1. [Women and girls]( The American Association of University Women’s Community Action Grants provide funding for programs that promote education and equity for women and girls in the United States. General operating support is available to nonprofit organizations. Supported organizations and proposed activities must promote education and equity for women and girls. Grant amounts range from $3,000 to $10,000, and the application deadline is November 15, annually. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Enjoying the newsletter? [Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to nonprofit news and analysis. EDITOR'S PICKS MIDDLE EAST CRISIS [Fear, Rage, and Sorrow: U.S. Nonprofit Leaders Navigate Trauma of Loved Ones, Staff Caught in Israel-Hamas Crossfire]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( The crisis demands intense, pressure-packed effort, yet the horrifying violence is hitting close to home. GRANT MAKERS [A Philanthropy Rebrand Ditches ‘Foundation’ for Being Old and Controlling]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( To appeal to a new generation of donors, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is renaming itself Brooklyn Org. SOCIAL MEDIA [Fees to Return on Facebook and Instagram Donations]( By Phoebe Farag Mikhail [STORY IMAGE]( Meta has covered processing fees for billions given through its platforms. That stops October 31. ADVERTISEMENT RECOMMENDED WEBINAR [Join our next webinar]( — Corporations gave nearly $30 billion to charities in 2022, but the corporate giving landscape is shifting. Many companies are redefining the focus of their giving; company structures are changing, and competition for corporate philanthropic dollars is more intense than ever. Yet there are still opportunities for nonprofits to align with a company’s giving priorities and create synergy. How are nonprofits attracting corporate support in 2023, and what are companies looking for in nonprofit partners? 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