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In recent years, Tulsa, Okla., has become one of the most welcoming places in America for immigrants and refugees. With significant help from local funders and nonprofits — from the family foundation of a billionaire to the YWCA Tulsa — it built infrastructure to help newcomers find their place in the community and economy, focusing on civic engagement, economic development, education, health and public safety. Amid President-elect Donald Trump’s calls to deport undocumented immigrants, and high-profile harassment of refugees and migrants in places like Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colo., the city’s leaders — Democrats and Republicans — embrace newcomers as vital to the area’s health and prosperity. Senior writer Drew Lindsay reports for #TheCommons: https://lnkd.in/gwKZqh3k George Kaiser Family Foundation

BREAKING: The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday that would give the U.S. Department of the Treasury unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents. https://lnkd.in/g6UScttT This article is part of a partnership the Chronicle has forged with The Conversation U.S. and The Associated Press to expand coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits.

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?? Live now: The latest from The Commons! ?? “The Wall” that has long been promised for the southern border may soon go up. But we look at one city that sees immigrants and refugees as good for its growth and economy. Kristi Eaton’s report from Tulsa, Okla., examines the work of nonprofits — from a billionaire’s foundation to a small food program started by a Mexican immigrant — to help newcomers find jobs, community, and the means to thrive. A national expert told Kristi: “Tulsa is really a resourceful and creative place.” ? POST-THANKSGIVING SPECIAL EVENT ? PBS special correspondent Judy Woodruff?joins The Commons in Conversation series on LinkedIn to talk about how nonprofits and philanthropy are trying to address America’s divisions. Woodruff has been reporting on the country’s fractures for her series “America at Crossroads.” ?? Join the conversation on Wednesday, December 4 at 12:30 pm ET! The event is free on LinkedIn. ?? Registration is required.

How can nonprofits and philanthropy help America come together after the election? And how can you navigate any political fallout at holiday family gatherings? Author and nonprofit leader Monica Guzman will answer these questions when she joins Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Andrew Simon here on LinkedIn for The Commons in Conversation on Wednesday, December 18, at 12:30 p.m. ?? The event is free. Registration required. ?? https://lnkd.in/en6xaQ94 Guzman, the founder and CEO of Reclaim Curiosity, is the author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. She is also a senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels, a nonprofit working to depolarize America, and host of A Braver Way, a podcast to help people bridge political divides in their everyday lives. #TheCommons

When DeAngela Burns-Wallace took the top job at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation last year, one of her first tasks as a was to get staff members to talk to one another. Since 2020, the Kansas City grant maker’s employees had dwindled from 115 to 84. Morale, the board informed her, was dragging. Staff members across program areas didn’t have a clue what their colleagues were working on, and a lack of trust in leadership permeated the building. To bridge the foundation’s siloed programs, Burns-Wallace has restructured her staff, combining them into one “impact team.” Staffers are now asked to take a holistic view of the foundation’s efforts and assess how its grants to nonprofits and collaborations can improve life in the city. Read Alex Daniels profile of Burns-Wallace: https://lnkd.in/eZG-5a5P #Leadership #Foundations #Philanthropy #GrantMakers

The J.B. Hunt Foundation pledged $100 million to the University of Arkansas to establish the Land of Opportunity Scholarship, which will offer tuition support to low-income students from Arkansas. https://lnkd.in/ePmdXy-w J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

Nonprofits across the country are facing difficult financial straits that have led to hiring freezes, program cuts, layoffs, and in some cases, closures. The financial picture can shift quickly with little warning, leaving nonprofits too little time to raise the funds they need. In a survey in Minnesota, 79 percent of nonprofits said they expected to experience financial distress in the next 12 months, up from 47 percent in 2022. “We’re absolutely seeing more challenges for the nonprofit sector around financial distress, and the financial sustainability of organizations, along with a rising demand for services,” says Nonoko Sato, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits. “We are getting calls from organizations that are about to close their doors very quickly.” Jim Rendon reports: https://lnkd.in/e99BMV5h

More than 150 charities have voiced opposition to a bill that could jeopardize the tax-exempt status of any charity deemed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury secretary to be supporting terrorism. Proponents say the bill is designed to punish nonprofits that support terrorist organizations. But the ACLU, Oxfam America and many other nonprofits fear that as president, Donald Trump might misuse the power by going after protesters and ideological opponents. Ben Gose reports: https://lnkd.in/eH8jsHR9

Bill Clinton jokes that he felt lost when he first returned to private life in 2001, after his two terms as president, because people no longer played “Hail to the Chief” when he walked into a room. But what he found — chronicled in his new book, Citizen: My Life After the White House, published Tuesday by Knopf —was that philanthropy has allowed him to continue making changes in the world to help others. The former president discussed the Clinton Global Initiative, his efforts to raise money after disasters like Hurricane Katrina, and the need for continued aid to Haiti. https://lnkd.in/ee9k3H6E This article is part of a partnership the Chronicle has forged with The Conversation U.S. and The Associated Press to expand coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits.