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1 month ago | philanthropy.com | Alex Daniels

Late last year, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced that her giving would come with a new twist: Rather than park her wealth in the stock market with a goal of making a profit, some of it — how much is unclear — would be invested in companies and funds that aim to make societal and environmental improvements, such as reducing wealth disparities and providing more people with homes.

1 month ago | philanthropy.com | Alex Daniels

Debra Hauser’s response to having her nonprofit’s federal funding yanked in the early weeks of the Trump administration was essentially, “You can’t fire me, I quit.”A slate of orders issued by the White House that attempt to extinguish federal support for programs that encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion and deny the rights of transgender people, seemed tailor-made to target Advocates for Youth, where Hauser serves as president.

1 month ago | philanthropy.com | Alex Daniels

Some of the nation’s largest philanthropies have proclaimed a steadfast commitment to programs and grantees following President Trump’s targeting of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. But there is scant evidence any are devoting more money to the cause. And some are pulling out altogether. A decision from the U.S. District Court for the State of Maryland, issued February 21, put on hold the Trump administration’s plan to halt federal contracts to groups promoting DEI.

2 months ago | philanthropy.com | Alex Daniels

One word shot through Beth Gazley’s mind when she heard about a nonprofit coalition’s response to President Trump’s federal funding freeze. “Hallelujah,” thought Gazley, a professor of public affairs at Indiana University, explaining that as executive orders streamed out of the White House during Trump’s first weeks in office, she was uncertain whether nonprofits would fight administration actions that threatened their revenue and mission.

2 months ago | philanthropy.com | Alex Daniels

With a two-paragraph memorandum late last week, President Trump once again had nonprofits bracing for a withdrawal of federal support. In the order, which was quickly criticized by First Amendment advocates, Trump wrote that taxpayers had supported “nongovernmental organizations, many of which are engaged in actions that actively undermine the security, prosperity, and safety of the American people.”It is the policy of the new administration, he wrote, to stop funding such efforts.