Daily News Roundup: New Amazon Building Will Include Homeless Shelter
The tech giant will give over part of a structure in its planned office campus in downtown Seattle to a homelessness charity. Also, an Illinois appeals court rules that a public college’s fundraising foundation is subject to open-records laws.
Inside Your Office Spaces: Perks, Quirks, and Mission
We asked about your nonprofit office space, and you responded with details about unusual views, bright paint schemes, animal sightings, kombucha on tap, a former hospital, and one mysterious “hobbit door.”
By cody.switzer
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Houston Tries to Steer ‘Spare Change’ to Homelessness Charity
A City Hall-led campaign encourages people to pass up panhandlers in favor of supporting a charitable housing fund. Also, a look at the state of local nonprofit newsrooms and an accountant’s view of a major New York charity’s fiscal meltdown.
Daily News Roundup: Hacked Records Highlight Conservative Foundation’s Reach
The documents detail the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation’s plans to carry its success promoting conservative causes in Wisconsin to other states. Also, an atheism organization files a court challenge to President Trump’s order on politicking by religious groups.
Daily News Roundup: Gates Critics Question Sway at WHO
Some global-health leaders say the U.N. agency is adopting the agenda of its second-biggest donor, the Gates Foundation. Also, a nonprofit group allied with Missouri’s new governor widens ad attacks on state legislators, and Minnesota’s attorney general targets a national car-donation charity’s spending and fundraising.
United Hospital Fund and Philanthropy Northwest Name New Chiefs
Plus, changes at the top at the Williams Institute, the Cleveland Clinic, and the Heritage Foundation.
By anais.strickland
Contributor
Value of New Donors Is Largely Offset by Loss of Previous Donors, Study Finds
For every $100 organizations gained last year from new contributors or those increasing gifts, they lost $95 through donor attrition and reduced monthly giving.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Women and Minority Investment Managers Get Little Business From Foundations, Study Shows
Despite investment performance that is on par with their peers, women and minority-owned firms control only 1 percent of the $71 trillion in assets managed by the nation’s financial firms, according to a Knight Foundation study.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Jim DeMint Voted Out at Heritage Foundation
The expected move caps several days of internal turmoil at the influential conservative think tank. Also, a Norwegian industrialist promises most of his $2 billion fortune to charity, with a focus on marine conservation.
How to Build a Strong Women’s Philanthropy Program
What it takes to attract female donors to your cause, plus six easy ways to build long-term relationships with women.
By Michele Rebeor
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Embracing Giving as a ‘Child of the Pledge’
Since billionaire businessman and mental-health donor Ted Stanley’s death last year, his son Jonathan has focused on fulfilling his father’s Giving Pledge commitment. Plus, more details on the inflighting at the Heritage Foundation.
Nonprofits are stepping up efforts to help their supporters bring in new donors online. In this special report we give you examples of what’s working, explain the tools you need, and provide guidance on how your charity can get started.
Charities are stepping up efforts to help their supporters raise money from friends. While the amount of money raised is still relatively small, the tactics help nonprofits expand their web of connections to potential donors.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
What Nonprofit Newsrooms Can Teach Charities About Attracting Online Supporters
ProPublica and the Texas Tribune offer practical lessons on building ties with an information-hungry audience.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Facebook and Twitter are important, but the Women’s Marches and other activist campaigns prove that an older form of electronic technology still has power to motivate followers, says Brian Young of Action Network.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Free Tool Helps Nonprofits Draw More Social-Media Fans
Facebook’s CrowdTangle tracks the performance of all an organization’s social-media accounts, and savvy nonprofits can use the data to boost fundraising.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor