5 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Make Research More Equitable
Here’s how nonprofits can incorporate the views and experiences of research subjects, whose firsthand experience can often lead to better solutions.
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Safe, Welcoming, and Within Budget: Planning Secure Events
Use these low-cost security tactics to protect your guests at galas, luncheons, and other donor-focused events.
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Big-Donor Giving Slows; What It Means for Year-End Campaigns
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Are Funders Doing Enough to Help Beleaguered Nonprofits?
A new survey from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds that 87 percent of foundations surveyed said they have seen increased demand for funding since January.
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Solutions
Stop Writing Vision Statements. Do This Instead.
There's a difference between a vision statement and a vision story. One sits in your annual report. The other transforms lives.
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Contributor
Use Behavioral Science to Nudge Donors, Spur More Gifts
By Rasheeda Childress
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Opinion
A Bipartisan Plan to Raise the Foundation Payout Rate
A modest 1 or 2 percent increase could significantly benefit the nonprofit sector.
By Craig Kennedy
Contributor
How to Recruit and Lead Staff Who Truly Know Your Community
Staff with lived experience can strengthen your organization — if you hire and support them well.
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Op-Ed Mischaracterizes Conservatives and Their Role in Nonprofits
The author perpetuates a dangerous “us vs. them” mentality that only deepens divides.
Philanthropy 50
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Only 19 individuals, couples, and families on the 2024 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans appear on this year’s Philanthropy 50 list. That could be a sign that many of the wealthiest people in America aren’t big givers. But there are important caveats: Some billionaires don’t regularly…
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