Mark Independence Day by Bolstering America’s Nonprofit Innovators
The government and donors should support efforts by charities to design and test solutions, then look to state and federal agencies to spread approaches that work.
By David M. Schizer
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Millennials Get 27 Messages From Nonprofits a Week, Report Says
People 65 and older say they get 15 emails and mail pieces each week, according to a study of 1,000 donors.
By Timothy Sandoval
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Podcast: 6 Steps to Social Movements That Change Hearts and Minds
It’s at the grass roots where monumental change begins to take shape, says Leslie Crutchfield of Georgetown University.
How Foundations Can Help Small Groups Do More Good
A rigorous study of efforts to help small, young nonprofits grow found that focusing on measurement and encouraging peer learning were crucial to improving the quality of services provided.
By Danielle Scaturro
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Stop Wasting Charity Donations: Don’t Let Bullying Continue at Nonprofits
The clear message from the scandal at one of the nation’s biggest foundations should be that all nonprofits need to get rid of abusive leaders so workers can focus all their energy on doing good.
By Rebecca Dupras
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A Plan to Make Puerto Rico More Resilient Involves ‘All in Society’
The extraordinarily high death toll in the wake of the storm due to a lack of electricity, health care, and safe drinking water makes the need to reimagine long-term disaster recovery all the more urgent.
By Xavier de Souza Briggs
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With a Supreme Court Vacancy, It’s Time for Foundations to Act
Party-line blockades of judicial nominations have become commonplace, threatening a basic part of how our democracy is supposed to work. Philanthropy can draw attention to the looming threat and nurture solutions.
By Luke Freedman
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Nonprofits See Cloudy Giving Forecast, but the Facts Suggest Sunshine
There are plenty of reasons to doubt the dark spin charity leaders have put on last year’s growth in donations and their pessimism about the outlook for 2018, giving experts Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky write.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
How Philanthropy Can Support Young LGBTQ Leaders of Social Movements
People with different racial, sexual, and gender identities are often the driving force behind some of today’s prominent causes, including the #NeverAgain movement against gun violence.
An Urgent Call for Philanthropy to Take a New Tack on Foreign Aid
Foundations and donors can help communities become resilient and self-sufficient so they no longer rely on assistance from the world’s most prosperous governments.
By Kristin Lord
Contributor