Big Dollars for Early Childhood Education

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August 9, 2022

From: Philanthropy Today

Subject: Big Dollars for Early Childhood Education

On the Cover: Toward a More Just Nonprofit World

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Giving

Big Dollars for Little Kids: Early Childhood Education

By Eden Stiffman

Grant makers’ support of early-childhood education is boosting grassroots organizing and bipartisan advocacy — and spurring more government investment.
Opinion

Philanthropy’s Love of Data Must Extend to Underfunded and Frequently Ignored Indigenous People

By Erik Stegman and Carly Bad Heart Bull

Indigenous people are typically reduced to an asterisk in research focused on BIPOC groups. As a result, the needs and aspirations of this population are nearly invisible to grant makers and governments.

Webinars

Today: Tactics to Maximize Results at Year’s End

The key to year-end fundraising in 2022 is staying relevant amid economic woes and a pandemic that won’t end. Join us on demand or live today, August 11, to learn from veteran fundraisers which tactics and messages are working, tips for thanking — and keeping — big and small donors, and smart ways to stay connected so donors will give more at year’s end. Plus, you’ll get advice for using donor data to improve your year-end results. Register now.

NONPROFIT NEWS FROM ELSEWHERE

A young activist in Texas has turned a schoolyard insult from a conservative politician into a $2 million-plus windfall for the cause of abortion rights. In July, Florida congressman Matt Gaetz suggested on Twitter that Olivia Julianna was among the women who, he had quipped in a speech, do not have to worry about abortion rights because no one would want to impregnate them. Julianna, a 19-year-old political strategist at Gen Z for Change, picked up the gauntlet. When she challenged her social-media followers to respond to Gaetz by donating to groups that provide access to abortion and other reproductive-health services, the money poured in. She has said she will divide it up among 50 abortion-rights funds. (Teen Vogue)

More News

The James Irvine Foundation Shows What a Small List of Managers — and a Big Venture Capital Portfolio — Can Achieve (Institutional Investor)
U.S. Open Commits to Fundraising Exhibition Match and $2 Million for Ukraine (New York Times)
Ohio Charities That Received Money From Utility Laud It in $212 Million Rate Hike Case Despite Cost Pressure on Low-Income People They Serve (Cleveland Scene)
Ad Hoc Groups of Arts Workers and Leaders Rescue Art in Ukraine With Foam, Crates, and Cries for Help (New York Times)
Ohio Abortion Clinics and Nonprofits Struggle to Keep Up After Roe v. Wade Was Overturned (Ohio Capital Journal)

Cryptocurrency

The Future of Philanthropy Could Be on the Blockchain (CNET)
Bohemian Noble Family Redefines Modern Aristocracy by Selling NFTs to Preserve and Share a 700-Year-Old Legacy (CNBC)

EDITOR'S PICKS

War in Ukraine

How One Tiny, All-Volunteer Nonprofit Raised $57 Million for Ukraine

By Jim Rendon

Razom for Ukraine has made $3 million in grants to grassroots relief efforts and spent $38 million on its own relief efforts. Chief among them: assembling and shipping tactical medical kits to Ukraine.
Finance and Revenue

Charities That Don’t Embrace Common Financial Norms Tend to Outperform Their Peers

By George Mitchell

Charities that get revenue from many sources, keep fundraising costs low, avoid debt, and skimp on expenses like information technology and office space generally perform worse than those embracing other approaches.
Opinion

The Federal Whiplash on Climate Is a Wake-up Call for Better Grant Making

By Ansje Miller

As the political winds continue to shift on climate change, philanthropy needs to set its sights on organizations that have worked for decades with minimal funding — the environmental justice groups that understand best how to clean up communities and create a healthy planet.
Opinion

Leaders Must Confront Declining Trust in the Nonprofit World — Before It’s Too Late

By Greg Berman

Recent surveys show people are increasingly skeptical of nonprofits’ role and effectiveness — a perception that is reinforced by critiques from activists on the left and right. Halting this trend is critical but will require a willingness to ask hard questions and change some long-held practices.
Drug Use

Safe Injection Sites for Drug Users Are a Tough Sell to Foundations

By Alex Daniels

People are dying in record numbers from overdoses, but grant makers have been tiptoeing around one way to reduce harm from drugs. One nonprofit hopes its lawsuit against the Justice Department will make a difference.