Can you give more?
The MacArthur Foundation will increase their giving, alongside other philanthropics, in response to federal cut backs and freezes.
Freedom Together Foundation, formerly called the JPB Foundation, also announced that it would double its grantmaking to 10% of its endowment in response to the Trump administration’s policies.
Deepak Bhargava, the foundation’s president, wrote in a letter that the current moment reminds him of the AIDS crisis, when activists pushed the government to find a cure and changed the place of LGBTQ+ people in society.
“The movement made a way out of no way. That can happen again, as it has so many times throughout American history,” Bhargava wrote. “There is a dispiriting tide of fear right now, and I’m disappointed by how few leaders and institutions are stepping up. But my own experience and our shared history teaches us a hopeful lesson: courage is contagious.”
Source: ABC News
Non-profit organizations are hurting. Some, like Greenpeace, are under direct attract.
I get no less than six pleas a day via text, email, or mail ( I don’t answer the house line or there would be more ) asking for donations. I feel overwhelmed. Plus, I’m no philanthropist tho that is one of my heart’s desires should I win the lottery.
Note to self: play the lottery!
So, I’ve chosen three organizations that match my interests and perceived social-environmental justice needs to which I contribute monthly: The Audubon Society, The League of Conservation Voters, and The American Civil Liberties Union. Mind you, these are small donations. Very small. But it’s what I can do. And, it is through these organizations that I stay informed and take their recommended actions, especially in the form of emailing members of congres.
Can “We the People” uphold ourselves and our values in spite of federal upheaval? I will do what I can do.
What can you do?
Namaste,
d
PS: Thanks to @blum.bsky.social Andrew Blum, for bringing this heartening news to my attention.
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