Best of 2022: “A cultural shift.” Nonprofits see lasting changes — some subtle, some seismic — coming out of the pandemic

...Johnson said he’s looking ahead to a post-pandemic world, and cautions against funding the shiny new thing at the expense of more traditional programming.

“The corporations, I would say, seem to be funding more diversity, equity-related issues that are important to the community. But my fear is sometimes when these things happen there’s a shift in terms of funding (away from) legacy programs that have been impactful in our community over the years,” he said. “Sometimes there’s this fight between the traditional work that has been taking place and these new things that are arising. How do you balance and support holistically both of those without pitting groups against each other? I see some of that happening almost every day in Madison.”...