21 Books to Help You Climb the Career Ladder
Recommended reading for those who are looking to advance in the field.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Nonprofit Grocery Aims to Boost Healthy Eating
Before DMG Foods opened in East Baltimore, many residents lacked access to a healthy, affordable food store.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
7 Career Lessons From a Veteran Fundraiser
A top executive at a health-services charity shares the turning points that got her where she is.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
How to Get to the Executive Suite
The path to leadership involves studying nonprofit work beyond fundraising. And: Does the CFRE really matter?
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Getting Over the Midcareer Hump
Fundraisers and experts share advice about how to dig into your fundraising specialty and avoid burnout. Also: new professional-development opportunities.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
How to Launch Your Fundraising Career
Keys include finding mentors and seizing opportunities to learn.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
The Tech Philanthropists Who Love Art
With new arrivals from Silicon Valley threatening San Francisco’s culture, Andy and Deborah Rappaport mount a rescue with the Minnesota Street Project.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
In Search of the Secret to Happiness
Chinese billionaires Chrissy Luo and Tianqiao Chen focus their giving on the study of the brain, perception, and learning.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
What Andrew Carnegie Would Tell Jeff Bezos About Where to Give
Don’t give to universities, imagine what the libraries of today are, and be sure to give virtually all your money to organizations that promote the common good.
By Richard LeBaron
Contributor
PolicyLink, Center for Community Change Promote New Leaders
Also, Michelle Milford Morse joins the U.N. Foundation to work on women’s issues, and Terry Mazany has been named senior vice president for philanthropy at the $1.1 billion Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Can Create Dysfunction at Charities. Here’s a Solution.
Donors who listen, ask good questions, and get out of their offices to learn what nonprofits need will be more effective than those who just impose their own ideas of what matters.
By HAL HARVEY
Contributor
Every Person Counts: Why the Census Must Be Rescued
Nearly all foundation missions will be harmed if the every-decade survey is hampered by low participation among immigrants, cyberattacks, or any in a range of other problems, say foundation leaders Gary Bass, Antonia Hernández, Barbara Picower, and Darren Walker.
Surprise! More People Give If They Don’t See the Pitch Coming
Avoid giving people “time to find reasons why they might not want to give,” says one of the researchers.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
When Salaries Are Bigger Than Grants
Our look at 20,000 foundations identified 49 at which the compensation paid to staff and board members accounted for more than half of the foundations’ charitable grant making.
By Peter Olsen-Phillips and Megan O’Neil
A Group Born at Greenpeace Spreads Ideas About Grass-Roots Advocacy
Mobilisation Lab works with charities around the world to put control over campaigns in the hands of more supporters.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
5 Steps to Stronger Advocacy Campaigns
Allow interested employees at all levels and in all departments of the organization to participate, and keep fundraisers involved at all stages.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor