California Mayor Uses Speech to Raise Funds for Her Charity
Compton, Calif., Mayor Aja Brown raised eyebrows among local officials by pairing her State of the City address last month with a fundraising gala for a nonprofit she and her husband founded, the Los Angeles Times reports.
N.Y. Hospitals Partner With Nonprofits to Reduce Admissions
Hospitals and social-service charities in New York are joining forces to cut down on costly hospital stays in low-income communities as part of a state Medicaid-reform program, reports Crain’s New York Business.
Seismic Changes Are Ahead for Charities as Americans Age
As the population grows older, charities of all kinds will confront changing needs for services and will need to alter the way they raise money. But few groups are preparing for the inevitable.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Take 2: A Charity Fellowship Program Encourages Second Acts in the Nonprofit World
Encore.org puts older Americans to work for social good with paid fellowships and makes the transition to second acts in nonprofits easier.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Mixed Blessing: Growing Need but New Support
Changes at the Greater Chicago Food Depository illustrate the kinds of issues other nonprofits will likely experience as the nation’s demographics change.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Vie for Boomers’ Planned Gifts
The graying of America spurs nonprofits to hire, hustle, and wield humor to help woo donors.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How a Rise in Dementia Poses Tests for Charities
Lawsuits and other pitfalls await fundraisers who fail to tread cautiously when dealing with older Americans, but there are some easy ways to avoid trouble.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Working With Vulnerable Elderly Donors: Tips for Fundraisers
Be careful how you write fundraising reports, beware of doing personal favors, and more.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
With a new CEO and last year’s Ebola crisis behind it, America’s largest grant maker is taking a more disciplined approach to health care, education, and other causes.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Sue Desmond-Hellmann has a formidable to-do list: lead the charge in wiping out polio and malaria, prevent the spread of AIDS, reduce the number of women who die in childbirth, and slash child-mortality rates.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations