Leaders Argue That Nonprofits Need Government Aid
With social-service needs looming so large, private aid won’t be able to keep up.
By dan.parks
Contributor
What’s Straining Community Funds Everywhere
They need to step up their game to compete with what feels like countless options available to donors.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Millionaire’s Quest to Donate Estate Raises Questions About Charities Meeting Donors’ Needs
Lowell Smith sent anonymous letters to about two dozen charities, laying out certain fundraising practices and asking the organizations to contact him through an intermediary if they believed they were doing “everything on the list.”
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
A Chance to Play and Build Ties in a Refugee Camp
The Klabu Foundation has opened a sports clubhouse in the Kalobeyei Refugee Settlement in northern Kenya. The goal is to help people form bonds, find purpose, and learn leadership skills.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Crisis Underscores the Need to Diversify Revenue Sources
Nonprofits felt the full weight of the coronavirus’s impact at the height of spring event season, calling into question longstanding patterns of how and when charities fundraise.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
The coronavirus pandemic, and the social and economic damage it leaves in its wake, is laying bare the nonprofit world’s lack of investment in organizations’ operations and their people.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Charities Will Rely More Heavily Than Ever on the Superrich
Both wealthy and middle-class donors are likely to experience economic repercussions from the pandemic but in different ways.
By Maria Di Mento and Eden Stiffman
A Nonprofit Leader Relies on Her Arts Group’s Skills in Facing a Blank Canvas
Amy Thomas, managing director of the Penumbra Theatre Company, says the pandemic is changing everything for her organization — and the nonprofit world.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How Community Funds Can Thrive
Stand for something. Play to your strengths. Communicate who you are.
By MARC GUNTHER
Contributor
Big Changes for Nonprofits That Rely On Volunteers
Social distancing and the heightened dangers Covid-19 poses to older people are likely to disrupt volunteerism in coming months.
By Michael Theis
Contributor