How to Adapt Your Priorities as the Pandemic Subsides
Three nonprofit experts offer advice on how nonprofits can stay relevant and grow, even as needs and priorities change and fundraising strategies are upended.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Is the Nonprofit World Afraid of Feelings?
A personal and emotional connection to a cause, along with a strong sense of urgency, are the most important motivators for giving. Yet fundraisers continue to prioritize data-driven approaches that often discourage people from donating more.
By Asha Curran and Woodrow Rosenbaum
Ford Foundation Hires Senior Program Officer for International Cooperation
Also, the Frist Foundation will promote its vice president of programs to CEO at the end of the year, and the Lemelson Foundation has also chosen its next executive director from within.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Last-Minute Recipe for Year-End Fundraising Success
If you feel unprepared for year-end fundraising, here are steps to take between Halloween and December 31 to engage your board and attract gifts.
By JOAN GARRY
Contributor
As Foundation Assets Balloon, Their Giving Needs to Catch Up — Now
Rather than aiming their fire at donor-advised funds, those concerned about charitable giving should focus on large foundations, flush with stock-market cash, that have failed to match their growing assets with higher rates of nonprofit funding.
By Howard Husock
Contributor
Calif. Law Aims to Make Online Giving Safer for Nonprofits and Donors
Legislation signed by Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this month aims to ensure donors receive accurate information in charitable solicitations and that charities receive donations promptly.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
DataKind Picks Former Microsoft Executive as CEO
Also, Vanguard Charitable has promoted its next president from within, and Neil Barsky, the founder of the Marshall Project, is stepping down.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How a Nonprofit CEO Shows Donors Why They Are Essential
Stephanie Hull, president and CEO of Girls Inc., explains the difference in her experiences with foundations and individual donors, and much more.
Foundations Gave Salary Increases Amid Pandemic, Study Finds
The study also found small increases in diversity at the nation’s grant makers, while a gender salary gap persists.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Fidelity Charitable Selects Its Next President
Also, the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice has a new executive director, and Vanessa Daniel of the Groundswell Fund is stepping down in February.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Ensure People With Disabilities Can Participate Fully in Virtual Events
Organizations that don’t prioritize accommodations for people with disabilities at their events convey the message that they don’t matter.
By LISA SCHOHL
Contributor
Donations to Small Nonprofits Hit Harder by Covid Than Gifts to Larger Ones, Study Shows
Four in 10 nonprofits with annual budgets of less than $500,000 saw a decrease in donations in 2020 compared with 29 percent of larger ones.
By dan.parks
Contributor
If You Want to Hire an Executive Director of Color, Don’t Set Us Up to Fail
Leaders of color shouldn’t be brought in to clean up a nonprofit’s past mistakes or racist actions. The transformation to a more equitable and inclusive organization should be well underway before we walk in the door.
By Sarah Audelo
Contributor
More Donors Made One-Time and Monthly Online Gifts in 2020
Food banks, faith-based organizations and congregations, and public broadcasting posted the biggest growth in revenue from one-time donors.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Formation of New Hunger, Housing, and Civil-Rights Nonprofits Jumped in 2020
Fewer charities were created whose missions involved sports, recreation, arts, and education, according to a Chronicle analysis of preliminary data from the Internal Revenue Service.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Tex. Nonprofit Tackles Lack of Board Diversity in One of America’s Most Diverse Cities
Mando Rayo’s New Philanthropists is building a pipeline of people of color.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects