How Nonprofits Can Build Relationships With Financial Professionals
Invite wealth managers, accountants, and other financial professionals to participate in committees and come to your events, preferably with their clients.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Bloomberg Commits $360 Million More to Curb Smoking
Also, the number of private-college presidents pulling down $1 million-plus paychecks rises and a newspaper investigates spending by a San Francisco socialite’s disability charity.
Foundation Chiefs Say They Need to Make Sweeping Changes
In surveys and interviews, grant makers say they need to listen more to the charities they support and the people those charities serve.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Leaders Named for Women’s Sports Foundation and AIDS United
Also, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Princeton University get new fundraisers.
By anais.strickland
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Koch-Backed Nonprofit Shaping Trump Plans for Veterans
Also, a small group of deep-pocketed donors upends medical-research traditions, and a senator calls on the president-elect to strengthen religious charities’ “conscience protection” in hiring.
Flint Water Crisis Proves Mettle of New Foundation Leader
Under the leadership of 37-year-old President Ridgway White, the Mott Foundation provided money to deal with the city’s unsafe water even before a state of emergency had been declared.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Obama Administration Appeals Injunction Blocking Overtime Rule
The Labor Department filed a challenge to a federal-court ruling that halted the planned expansion of time-and-a-half benefits a week before it was to take effect.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Video: Building Blocks for Nonprofit Storytelling
John Trybus, director of the Center for Social Impact Communications at Georgetown University, talks about how charities can craft compelling stories and what they can learn from corporate communications strategies.
By Eden Stiffman and Nidhi Singh
Daily News Roundup: German Couple Donates $127 Million Art Trove
Also, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s education chief talks to The Chronicle of Higher Education about its $45 billion aim to advance the science of learning.
Dashboards: Why Every Organization Should Have One (or More!)
Dashboards can help identify problems quickly and keep everybody on task.
By Andy Kaplan
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Gates-Backed Vaccine Push Rated Most Promising ‘Big Bet’
A top-10 ranking of ambitious social-change efforts also highlighted projects by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the MacArthur and Rockefeller foundations in areas such as energy and criminal justice.
Giving Tuesday Haul Is an Estimated $168 Million
That easily beats the estimated $117 raised last year and far exceeds the $10 million brought in during the first Giving Tuesday in 2012.
By Eden Stiffman and Timothy Sandoval
Find Out What to Expect on Giving Tuesday, and Follow Today’s Trends
Charities got off to an earlier start in fundraising, while companies and foundations grew more aggressive. And everyone is wondering about the election’s impact on year-end appeals.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Patagonia Black Friday Bonanza Aids Green Groups
Also, the ice bucket that started it all goes on display at a Smithsonian philanthropy exhibition, and two founders of Guess jeans ready their art collection for a new Los Angeles museum.
Nonprofits Brace for Big Changes Under Trump Administration
A Republican-controlled White House and Congress means sweeping efforts to overhaul tax laws, redirect spending, and roll back programs important to many charities.
A growing movement finds community foundations in rural and Rust Belt regions with declining populations asking donors to bequeath 5 percent of their estates for their hometowns.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor