Daily News Roundup: Eric Trump Charity Remakes Board and Changes Name
The president’s son is no longer on the board of the former Eric Trump Foundation, now called Curetivity. Also, looks at nonprofits developing artificial intelligence for social good and challenges faced by foundations that opt to spend down and close.
Daily News Roundup: Responses to Bezos Giving Tweet at 42,000 and Counting
Experts liken the Amazon founder’s approach to philanthropy to his disruption of the retail industry. Also, Susan G. Komen Arizona is shutting its doors, and the Girl Scouts adds an achievement badge in cybersecurity.
Fundraiser Salaries Have Barely Budged This Decade, Report Says
While 71 percent of people who raise money for charities got pay hikes last year, indicating continued demand for talent, median wages in the field have largely stayed flat, according to the latest survey by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
How to Make Socioeconomic Diversity a Priority in Your Board Search
Finding qualified board members who come from different economic backgrounds takes time, thoughtfulness, and strategy
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Daily News Roundup: Staff Walkout Roils Colo. Art Museum
Former employees allege abusive labor practices at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, which said the charges were investigated and refuted. Also, the Barr Foundation expands its board beyond its inner circle, and a planned-giving consultant offers advice on how nonprofits and financial advisers can cooperate.
How to Shape Your Fundraising to Reach Donors of Different Ages
Fundraisers and researchers discuss how to keep aging donors in the fold while also appealing to millennials and Gen Xers.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Tight Ga. House Race Resurrects Komen-Planned Parenthood Flap
The Democratic candidate in the bellwether special election is highlighting his GOP rival’s role as a Susan G. Komen executive when the cancer charity briefly cut off grants to Planned Parenthood. Also, commentaries on the implications of megagiving and Jeff Bezos’s philanthropic plans.
Expertise in Program Assessment Lacking at Nonprofits and Foundations, Survey Says
Nonprofits lack the knowledge needed to assess the results of their work, program officers say, and the foundations that fund them aren’t much better at it.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Calif. to Counter Trump Health Cuts With $20 Million for Clinics
The state grant program aims to shore up community and Planned Parenthood clinics facing potental shortfalls. Plus, a philanthropy consultant critiques Jeff Bezos’s Twitter call for giving advice, and New York State shuts down a cancer charity investigators say was effectively run by a commercial fundraiser.
Daily News Roundup: Congressional Ballgame Raises $1 Million for D.C. Charities
Proceeds from the annual benefit more than doubled last year’s total as ticket sales skyrocketed in the wake of the gun attack on Republican lawmakers at a practice field. Also, Illinois nonprofits lose a round in court in their battle to secure state payments held up by a budget impasse.
Tenement Museum and New York Academy of Medicine Get New Leaders
Plus, Audubon Louisiana brings in a new top executive and the Central Park Conservancy’s CEO announces plans to step down.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
Jeff Bezos Says Helping the Neediest Now May Be Where His Philanthropy Goes
The Amazon founder has thus far given small sums relative to his wealth, but today he signaled that could be about to change.
By Alex Daniels and Maria Di Mento
Daily News Roundup: Congressional Charity Ballgame to Go On
Lawmakers will take the field as scheduled tonight to raise money for D.C. charities, despite Wednesday’s gun attack on a Republican congressional baseball team at a pregame practice. Also, Harvard’s president announces her exit, and San Diego takes the crown in Charity Navigator’s ranking of big-city nonprofit communities.
Essential Advice for Nonprofit Chief Executives
A collection of resources to help CEOs lead their organizations to success.
Strategic Planning in a Nutshell: 4 Key Steps
Asking and answering four questions about your organization’s mission and goals will help you determine where it can have the most impact and how it can effect change — the essence of a strategic plan.
By PAUL JELLINEK
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Sandy Hook Charity Drops Megyn Kelly Over Alex Jones Interview
Also, plans to overhaul the health-care system could set the stage for faster growth of crowdfunding websites, and how better marketing could draw more donations to help Syrian refugees.