CARES loans approved on first-come basis, philanthropy’s Matrix moment, smoke & mirrors in some COVID corporate giving, & more!

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Another Foundation Doubles its Grants Budget, Another Call Issued for Philanthropy to Step Up

The Libra Foundation’s commitment to double its regular grantmaking budget for the year, easing requirements significantly, amplifies the call for others to do the same.

**Philanthropy, Meet Our Matrix Moment: Which Pill Will You Choose?**

As philanthropy meets its Matrix moment in this pandemic crisis, will it take the blue pill and remain in ignorance, or take the red pill and open its eyes to systemic inequality?

On Your Mark, Get Set, Loans! Nonprofits Scramble to Apply for CARES Cash

It is important to get your materials ready and identify a lender if you are planning on applying for a paycheck protection loan.

COVID-Related Corporate Giving May Include Some Smoke and Mirrors

When you look closely at what corporations are doing in response to the COVID crisis, all may not be as it first appears.

Early Release Initiatives Should Be a Priority as Curve Continues its Climb

Some are still forced by circumstance to live in congregate sites like detention centers, and jails, which means early release by death or design for the incarcerated and staff.

The Open-and-Shut Case of Liberty University

The decision to bring students back to campus after spring break in defiance of the COVID-19 crisis drew some conflict—as long as it lasted.

Essential but Disposable: Frontline, Online, and on Strike

Government officials and citizens alike may call them “heroes,” but many grocery workers went on strike this week for better pay and conditions.

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