Studies Detail How Operating Costs and Grim Statistics Affect Donor Behavior
Donors were more likely to give if they knew all administrative costs were already covered and if an appeal asked them only to support one person, without data about others who were suffering.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
An Unexpected Online Success Offers a Blueprint for Other Nonprofits
A small “ragtag” team with no budget built an impressive audience on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Tumblr in just five years.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Groups Take Differing Approaches to Windfalls
Some spend freely from fattened endowments, while others stick to more stodgy and sustainable giving formulas.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Endowment Performance at Select Nonprofits
Results from a Chronicle survey of nonprofits show wide disparities in investment earnings.
Foundations Struggle to Show Diversity in Hiring Money Managers
Knight’s leader Alberto Ibargüen has made it a priority to increase the number of minority-owned firms that manage the fund’s fortune.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
With Nonprofit Help, Deer Hunters Share Bounty With the Poor
Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry has 130 chapters that work in 26 states to supply food banks.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
Efforts to Outsmart Market Give Ground to Basic Investment Strategies
While rich nonprofits used to do well with hedge funds, private equity, and other alternative investments, groups that invest in stocks are faring better.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Will Philanthropy Bail Out the Next Bankrupt City?
After foundations put more than a half-billion dollars to help Detroit get out of its fiscal crisis, some experts wonder whether other cities will seek the same type of aid.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
In Detroit’s ‘Grand Bargain,’ the Chief of a Local Foundation Was a Key Player
The head of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan was central to making the deal come together.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
A Charity Leader Believes Tech Holds the Key to College for Needy Students
Keith Frome, who helped found College Summit, is now returning to the group to lead it.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor