Why Track Giving? Because Nonprofits Need Money to Do Their Work
Those who say “Giving USA’s” focus on nonprofit giving is too narrow miss a critical point: To sustain these organizations, individual donations count most.
By Phil Buchanan
Contributor
To Help Nonprofits as Omicron Surges, Foundations Should Maintain and Expand New Giving Approaches
Nonprofit leaders and staffs are exhausted from two years of continuing crises. Philanthropies need to respond by doubling down on the more equitable and less burdensome grant-making practices put in place early in the pandemic.
By Ellie Buteau and Phil Buchanan
Putting ‘New Power’ to Work in Philanthropy
A rich and deeply researched new book expertly delineates the fundamental shift in how people get things done in a hyperconnected world, offering lessons every foundation and nonprofit leader should heed.
By Phil Buchanan
Contributor
5 Ways Foundations Can Get Results in a Time of Upheaval
Taking more risks, talking about failure, and listening to grantees are perhaps more important than popular ideas like impact investing and focusing on evaluation.
By Phil Buchanan
Contributor
Think Giving to Groups That Support Nonprofits Is a Waste? You’re Wrong.
It’s wrong to think investing in organizations that serve nonprofits takes away from groups that provide direct services; it helps them do a better job of doing good.
By Phil Buchanan and Jacob Harold
5 Issues Foundations Must Confront to Stay Relevant
As criticism of philanthropy mounts, grant makers must rethink how to spend their endowments and work with grantees — and with one another.
By Phil Buchanan
Contributor