From the Big Grant to Individual Donations: Baltimore Banner Finds Its Fundraising
The Baltimore Banner wants to attract more individual donors. Asking donors to host events where their friends and colleagues can learn about the organization has helped.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
A Nonprofit Uses Exercise to Build Community and Help People Stay Sober
Founded in 2006, the organization has served more than 500,000 people. Its goal is to reach 10 million in the next five years.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Threats to Nonprofits — and an Opportunity — on Capitol Hill in 2025
A new incentive for giving is one bright spot on a congressional slate filled with peril for philanthropy.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Charities Look Inward After the Election but Are Ready to Fight
Many nonprofits prepare for the resistance even as they confront their own role in Trump’s victory.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Former Chicago Bulls Executive Gives Alma Mater $18 Million
Plus, Vanderbilt’s law school received $10 million to back the study of how law and policy shape women’s experiences and opportunities.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
DAFs, Wall Street, and the Changing Culture of Giving
Altruism is losing ground to greed and self-interest as donations increasingly get structured as personal investments, a new report argues.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Can a Scrappy One-Person Nonprofit Transform in Time?
A tiny anti-gambling group is up against one of the country’s fastest growing industries. It’s trying to grow fast before the odds get even worse.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
With Buffett’s Children Set to Control His Billions, His Hometown of Omaha Could See a Windfall
Warren Buffett’s children are set to become some of the world’s most important philanthropists. Susie Buffett says her foundation will continue to focus on Nebraska.
What Does a Trump Victory Mean for Nonprofits and Donors Focused on Democracy?
The CEO of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund on the long-term, community-based work he says will nurture civic engagement and bolster democracy
Carnegie Science Taps Astrophysicist as Its Next President
Also, Shannon Green will become CEO of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement in February, and the Archstone Foundation has named a new leader.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions