Nonprofits Work to Bring Water to the Navajo Nation
DigDeep has installed roughly 1,000 water storage tanks, each of which holds 275 gallons and is refilled monthly at no cost to the homeowner.
Giving Grew in a Tumultuous Year but Not for All. What’s Ahead in 2021?
Individual giving made up 69 percent of all philanthropy last year, the smallest share “Giving USA” has ever recorded.
Embracing Feminism Can Change Philanthropy and Create a More Equitable World
Well-known women philanthropists like MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates are showing what’s possible if we move beyond traditional giving approaches. Now we need to expand their approaches on a large scale.
Providing Clothing to Families Facing Poverty Should Be More Than a Funding Accessory
Those of us in the business of offering free clothes to struggling families receive almost no help from grant makers. But ensuring children have shoes, underwear, and apparel that fits is a basic need worthy of philanthropic support.
How to Jump-Start Individual Giving
Start with your board — and much more advice to help you connect to people with the interest and capacity to make sizable gifts.
Blinded by my class and race privilege, it never occurred to me to probe the organization’s salary structure more closely and provide the support its leaders needed to continue their important work.