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
Updates on 5 Key Gates Foundation Programs
The foundation’s plans for nutrition, higher education, early-childhood learning, and other efforts.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Donors Likely to Give Less if They Stand to Benefit
A university study found that millionaires tend to be more generous when a gift is an act of pure charity.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Have Museum — Will Travel: Bringing Artwork to the People
Three museums are installing replicas of iconic paintings around their cities to the surprise and delight of residents.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
‘We Didn’t Come Over on the Mayflower’: Uniting 2 Worlds
The New York financier Oscar Tang and his wife, Agnes Hsu-Tang, are motivated by their identity as Chinese-Americans.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Wooing Wealthy Donors With an ‘IPO Road Show’
An entrepreneur debuts a business-style worldwide tour to pitch nonprofits to the newly wealthy.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
With Money So Tight, We Need to Get Rid of Poor-Performing Charities
As the number of needy people grows and government aid is tougher to get, it’s time to accredit charities and seek more feedback from clients and others about who deserves to keep tax-exempt status.
By IRWIN STOOLMACHER
Contributor
How to Rebuild Philanthropy’s Ability to Change the World
Despite recent improvements in the practice of philanthropy, restricted grants, weak boards, and short-term thinking continue to hold back greater progress, says the founder of Social Venture Partners International.
By Paul Shoemaker
Contributor