How to Pick Best Social-Media Outlets for Reaching a Charity’s Goals
Twitter reaches influencers and minorities, while Pinterest is best for attracting women and Facebook is great for reaching baby boomers, experts say.
By Cassie J. Moore
Contributor
Choose the Social-Media Networks That Fit Your Charity’s Mission
Knowing who uses what platforms and for what purposes can make outreach to supporters much more efficient.
By Cassie J. Moore
Contributor
LinkedIn Lists Opportunities for Skilled Volunteers
The social network has created a new Volunteer Marketplace, which features service opportunities offered by BoardSource, Taproot Foundation, VolunteerMatch, and other organizations that aggregate such positions.
By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE
New App Will Aid Allocation of Goods After Disasters
The app will let nonprofits working in disaster areas request the items they need at different stages of a disaster.
By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE
Knight Awards Grants to Support Use of Data to Improve Health
Public Laboratory, an environmental-science nonprofit, received a $350,000 grant for its project to provide low-cost environmental monitoring tools.
By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE
A Nonprofit Trendsetter Becomes 4th CEO in 4 Years at Tides
Kriss Deiglmeier, the fourth CEO in four years, will work to help attract new partners to the fund’s efforts to steer money and other support to progressive causes.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
News Briefs for February 13, 2014
College Endowments Rose Nearly 12% in 2013 After Barely Growing in 2012 College endowments rebounded in the 2013 fiscal year, returning an average of 11.7 percent, according to a benchmark survey. The figure was in stark contrast with 2012, when investment returns were minus-0.3 percent. The annual…
Investing in Fundraisers Who Cultivate Big Donors Pays Off, Studies Find
Survey results show that spending money to attract and retain good fundraisers really does pay off.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
New Website Offers Look at Grant Makers and Anonymous Reviews
The site includes news items, blogs, tips, and detailed and colorful profiles of program officers, technology philanthropists, Wall Street donors, and more.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Nonprofits and Those Who Support Them Should Talk Openly About Finances
Financial health is often the last thing nonprofit leaders want to talk about, but without that conversation, supporters miss a chance to structure funding in a way that does the most long-term good.
By Peter Kramer
Contributor
Advice on Keeping an Open Mind When Starting on a Design Project
A designer explains why exploring the unfamiliar can result in more effective Web and print designs.
By MATTHEW SCHARPNICK
Contributor
Arts Consortium’s New Chief Seeks to Blend Culture With City Planning
Jamie Bennett, the new head of ArtPlace America, realized in college he was happier advancing the arts than performing and has spent his career in government and nonprofit jobs that allow him to do that.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Ambitious Drives to Curb Poverty
How charities and states are faring in achieving their goals.
White House Operative Takes Policy Expertise to Broad Foundation
Bruce Reed, former chief of staff for Vice President Joe Biden, says that despite his long career in public service, he’s no novice when it comes to understanding the work of philanthropies.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
Charities Benefit From Ad Agencies’ 24-Hour Creativity Marathons
The idea behind CreateAthon, in which ad executives donate services to charities in a 24-hour blitz, is turning into a national charity to extend its reach.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
These eight nonprofit leaders are poised to make strides in tackling the gender gap in technology jobs, spreading better ways to evaluate charity work and use data, and more.
By CODY SWITZER, NICOLE WALLACE and Doug Donovan