Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast

224: How to 10x $ to Build Inclusive Affordable Housing

Micaela Connery, Co-founder of The Kelsey talks about how they use financing and grants to 10x investment in affordably disability housing in San Francisco and San Jose. She also gives her reaction to the $60k per tent that San Francisco paid during the Pandemic. 

 

About Micaela

Micaela co-founded The Kelsey with her cousin Kelsey, who continues to inspire and inform the mission and work today. Micaela has been working on inclusion in communities her entire life. She has seen firsthand the housing crisis facing adults with disabilities and their families. As a research fellow at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, she spent a year studying the issue in detail. The Kelsey exists to turn the challenge of disability housing into the opportunity of inclusive community.

Micaela completed her MPP at Harvard Kennedy School focusing on housing, disability inclusion, and community development. She was a Cheng Fellow at the Harvard Social Innovation and Change Initiative where she worked on designing The Kelsey. In 2017, she received her MBA as a Mitchell Scholar in the Smurfit School at University College Dublin. She’s a proud University of Virginia Wahoo. Prior to The Kelsey, Micaela was the founder and CEO of Unified Theater.

223:(news) Capitol Riot Fundraising & Good Econ Signals For NGOs

Weekly nonprofit news summary from the best sector. 

 

Positive Economic Indicators Welcome News for Nonprofits

Positive economic predictors should be good news for nonprofits after a challenging year, according to experts. GPD, regional economic indicators, unemployment, government spending, and changes in the stock market are all indicators that might predict the fiscal health of nonprofits. While every nonprofit’s revenue stream and expenses are different, a growing economy might be a macro-level predictor of a less-grueling year for the nonprofit sector. 

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Extremists Raise Funds Through Direct Giving

Increasingly, extremist and hate groups are fundraising through direct giving platforms. With a rise in the popularity of direct giving, extremists, Neo-Nazis, and other hate organizations are raising funds with increasingly minimal surveillance. "It's so predictable, and it's never going away," said Megan Squire, a computer science professor at Elon University. A multitude of platforms, including new ones catering to participants of the January 6th U.S. Capitol riots, create an intractable problem that’s difficult to solve. How platforms respond to the direct exchange of money between bad actors should be on the radar of nonprofits seeking to steer clear of controversy and hate.

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Summary

• Fewer than 50 percent of Americans indicate religion is very important
• Extremist groups using pandemic isolation to lure people of all ages, anti-extremism nonprofit says
• Bank of America boosts commitment to racial equity to $1.25 billion
• Foundation Merger Pushes AI, Data Science For NPOs
• 5 Economic Indicators That (Mostly) Point to a Brighter Year for Nonprofits
• Windfall nabs $21M for AI that aids nonprofit fundraising

Feel Good News

• Saturday Night Live NFT will donate proceeds to Stop AAPI Hate

 

 

222:(news) Restrictive Voting, #StopAsianHate, & DAFS

Weekly summary of nonprofit news. 

 

Restrictive Voting Legislation In Georgia Indicative of Larger, Concerning Trend

Last week, Georgia governor Brian Kemp signed into law a restrictive voting bill decried by voting rights advocates and the President alike as “Jim Crow in the 21st century.” The new legislation comes less than three months after Raphael Warnock was elected as the first black U.S. Senator from the state. A legal complaint filed by multiple voter activation and progressive advocacy groups says that the new law levies “unjustifiable burdens disproportionately on the State's minority, young, poor, and disabled citizens.” The Brennan Center for Justice, which tracks restrictive voter laws, counts over 250 restrictive voter laws being pushed through state legislatures. Restrictions to voting could mean the difference between a federal government that prioritizes a fiscal stimulus the size of the American Rescue Plan and one that doesn’t.

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Community Organizations Respond To Increase In AAPI Hate & Violence

A devastating surge in violence and hate crimes targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders has led to a response from community organizations seeking to track and prevent anti-Asian violence. Coalition projects by groups like Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Stop AAPI Hate are working hard to respond to incidents of violence, hate, discrimination, bullying, and other forms of harrassment against the AAPI community. Dozens of rallies across the nation this weekend called for an end to anti-Asian hate, which has seen a surge since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Summary

• COVID-19 and Donor-Advised Funds in 2020: What Do the Numbers Tell Us?
• Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity
• How to Help Combat Anti-Asian Violence
• Congress Could Change Everything (voting rights)| Brennan Center for Justice
• 1 tree-sitter removed from Mountain Valley Protest protest site
• Hawaii man pleads guilty to embezzlement as nonprofit executive, accepting bribe as city coronavirus CARES Act administrator

221: Making sense of Facebook Tracking vs IOS 14

Interview with Meghan Daly, Whole Whale's Paid Social Manager about the changes that will impact digital advertisers on Facebook.  

 

Simply put, iOS14 is Apple’s most current iPhone operating system. iOS14.5 is an update to this operating system that will include many things (including 200+ new emojis!), but the specific update that’s generating a lot of buzz is the launch of an in-app prompt. This prompt essentially asks users to opt-in and “allow” apps and websites to track their activity. 

Once the update goes live (currently projected for early Spring) this means an iPhone user with the update installed will open up an app like Facebook, for example, and see the following prompt: 

Source: Apple

If a user opts into tracking, nothing really changes. But if a user opts-out, it will change how advertising giants like Facebook are then able to collect and utilize that user data. This means it will also change whether you, as a Facebook advertiser, have access to that data. 

220: How Issue Voter is shifting the focus

George Weiner interviews Maria Yuan, the CEO and Founder of Issue Voter. Issue Voter is an online service that according to their site helps people:

"Track your rep's activity. We tell you how your rep voted, how often your representative agrees with you, and whether or not they’ve attended a vote.

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Act on issues that don’t make headlines. We don’t only tell you about what is breaking the news; we check for updates every hour to make sure you have the latest information.

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About Maria

Maria Yuan is passionate about fixing significant, systemic problems by leveraging creativity and determination to achieve world-changing results and impact. Prior to IssueVoter, Maria's policy and political experience includes passing a bill as a constituent, working for a Representative, and managing and winning one of the most targeted races in Iowa - an open seat in a swing district. Maria's professional experience also includes investment banking, strategy, corporate development, recruiting, social enterprise, and consulting. Maria's writing has appeared in Real Clear Politics, The Hill, and Huffington Post, and she has spoken at conferences, companies, and universities across the U.S. about civic engagement. Maria currently serves on the Bridge Alliance Board of Directors and Keep Families Giving Foundation Advisory Board and has served on the boards of Gibney Dance, The University of Texas Co-Op, and Friends of the Children New York. Maria earned degrees from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and The University of Texas at Austin.

219: (news) NYC and ICE need to spend millions for nonprofit support

Weekly NonprofitNewsfeed.com summary with hosts Nick Azulay and Kariesha Martinez from digital marketing agency WholeWhale.com.

 

NYC Owes Homeless Nonprofits Millions In Unpaid Invoices The City of New York owes its homeless nonprofit organizations over $150 million in unpaid invoices, according to a survey of homeless shelter operators. Catherine Trapani, the executive director at Homeless Services United, the umbrella organization that represents shelter operators, says “there needs to be a recognition of just how on the precipice of a system’s failure we are.” The crisis comes as the city faces its own struggles with cash flow due to the pandemic. Read more ➝   ICE Signs $86.9 Million Contract With Nonprofit To House Migrant Families U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has signed an $86.9 million contract to house migrant families at the border. The contract is with Texas-based nonprofit Endeavors, and will provide up to 1,200 beds as a short-term housing solution for families not turned away at the border. Nonprofits again prove that they are the last stop-gap for providing critical services during crises. Read more ➝

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✅ The Summary... Having trouble reading these articles with popups? Use the Feedly Boards linked at the bottom to quickly go through curated articles. Amy Klobuchar and Other Democrats Push $50 Billion Aid Package for Nonprofits Increased PPP Eligibility for Larger Nonprofits Jesuits pledge to raise $100 million to atone for slave labor, sales Federal support has shored up nonprofits during the coronavirus pandemic, but many groups are still struggling Bill Ackman donates stock worth $1.34 billion to charity

 

 

218: (news) $1B Stimulus for AmeriCorps + Rise in Giving Trend

Nonprofit News for the week of 3/15 summarized by Kariesha and Nick from WholeWhale.com.

 

2020 Saw 10% Jump In Giving
According to the Quarterly Fundraising Report, nonprofit fundraising was up 10% overall in 2020 compared to 2019. While this represents the highest volume of donations in 5 years, donor retention continues to drop (approximately by 4%), even after new donors are acquired or re-activated. A decline in retained, repeat donors is a trend the industry must be aware of in 2021.

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Americorps Receives $1 Billion Influx of Stimulus

The Biden Administration’s new stimulus relief bill includes a $1 billion increase in funding to AmeriCorps, the nation’s national service program. The extra funding is applauded by nonprofit sector advocates and proponents of national service, which has seen increased public support particularly from Congressional Democrats over the past several years.

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The Summary...
> $1B Stimulus for AmeriCorps
> Church Funding Lagged Other Nonprofits In 2020
> The Met Considers Selling Its Art To Stave Off Financial Shortfall : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
> Jack Dorsey will convert NFT tweet auction proceeds to bitcoin and donate them to charity
> Baltimore Sun deal sets up major test for nonprofit news model
> A NEEDED BOOST: Paycheck protection loans aid nonprofits hit hard by COVID-19

217: Managing Cash Flow Through Crisis - GrowthForce

Kariesha Martinez interviews Stephen King, CEO and President of GrowthForce. They discuss how to manage cashflow in crisis with their 5-Step Framework.

Managing Cash Flow Through Times of Crisis - Having successfully navigated five recessions as an entrepreneur and fundraiser, Stephen knows how to read the numbers to make data-driven decisions - and this unique vantage point has helped him develop a framework for getting through a recession.

216:(news) $61k for a tent and what $1.9T stimulus means for nonprofits

Whole Whale discusses current nonprofit news from NonprofitNewsFeed.com

 

$1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Passes With Expansion Of Unemployment Benefits And PPP
The Biden administration’s new COVID Relief bill has passed the House and Senate, clearing the way for approval of an expansive new bill designed to expand unemployment benefits, the federal PPP, as well as support for vaccine distribution and fiscal relief for states. This critical piece of legislation expands the definition around non-profit entities entitled to PPP loan assistance, while providing additional protections and relief around housing, paid leave, and access to healthcare.
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 Why Is San Francisco Paying $61k For Tents For People Who Are Homeless?
The city of San Francisco is paying upwards of $61k to provide a tent for folks experiencing homelessness. The tent shelters, provided by the city in response to the threat of COVID-19 exposure and increasing pressure to address systemic homelessness, are not eligible for federal reimbursement, and come at a time when the city is facing increasing budget deficits.Read more ➝ 

215:(news) Are billionaire gifts really gifts, and how nonprofits may be the future of news.

WholeWhale.com Hosts Kariesha and Nick discuss the week in nonprofits to kick off March. 

 

CEO Calls Billionaire Philanthropy A ‘PR Scam.’

Dan Price, founder and CEO of credit-card payment company Gravity Payments, says that billionaire philanthropists who donate lots of money in return for glowing reviews and good press is “one of capitalism’s biggest PR scams.” In Washington state, billionaires pay 3% of their income on taxes while the poor pay 18%, says Price. In response to a proposed wealth tax, Price adds that “the amount [billionaires] donate is a fraction of what they would pay if their tax rates were in line with the working class.” Read more ➝

 Newsrooms Around The Country Are Turning To A Nonprofit Model

News organizations across the country are embracing a nonprofit model at an increasing rate, according to the Institute for Nonprofit News, a consortium of nonprofit journalism organizations. The organization had a record 28% in membership growth last year. While the IRS is reportedly hesitant to categorize news organizations as commercial entities, “we have to subsidize reporting if we want democracy to survive," according to Elizabeth Green, the CEO and co-founder of the non-profit local news company Chalkbeat.Read more ➝

✅ The Summary... A Burgeoning Food Justice Movement Rises in Black America Stimulus Bill Would Make Some Large Nonprofits Eligible for Forgivable Loans Report: Pandemic's impact on nonprofits not as bad as projected Prince Harry & Meghan Markle‘s nonprofit website gets a MAJOR makeover after duo ditches royal roles forever Nonprofit newsroom dissolves over allegations directed at founder

🙋‍♀️ Opinions & Resources Nonprofits Survived 2020 — What’s Next?How to accept Bitcoin and other crypto donations White development colleagues, we need to talk about fundraiser fragility 7 Community Outreach Ideas for Nonprofits in 2021 How to Download High-Quality Photos from Instagram

😍 Feel-good stories from the Sector... College-dropout-turned-UPS-executive Calvin Tyler Jr donates $20 million to Morgan State University Pittsburgh nonprofit rescuing puppies from Texas after devastating storms Nonprofit takes 94-year-old WWII veteran on a flight around Mesa in WWII-era plane Cancer survivor named to SpaceX flight promoting St. Jude hospital – Spaceflight Now

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