A Challenge to Philanthropy: Find a New Way to Talk About Care Giving
Nonprofits and foundations are rallying to help educators, health workers, and others who support the young, the old, and people with disabilities. But policy changes will come up short unless we stop using a phrase that suggests caring is a natural skill, not a career choice.
By Nat Kendall-Taylor
Contributor
Study Points to Continued Growth in Giving in 2021
New analysis from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project points to an increase in new and retained donors as well as an uneven fundraising landscape skewed by large gifts.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
The ‘Show the Salary’ Campaign Is the Wrong Battle for Achieving Nonprofit Workplace Diversity
Publishing salaries upfront both hurts the ability of organizations to assemble a diverse candidate pool and fails to result in higher salaries for those who receive job offers.
By Vincent Robinson
Contributor
Richard Buery Will Become CEO of Robin Hood in September
Also, the Gary Sinise Foundation has hired a new CEO, and Salil Shetty will be the first vice president for global programs at the Open Society Foundations.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Value of Charitable Deduction for All Americans Still Unclear
Charitable giving was sluggish in 2020, according to “Giving USA,” making it hard to see a clear benefit from the temporary tax provisions allowing Americans to deduct charitable gifts even if they don’t itemize.
By dan.parks and Eden Stiffman
A New Generation of Foundation Leaders Need to Act Like Community Organizers, Not Gatekeepers
The pandemic and racial reckoning have made clear that we need bold foundation executives who see their role as using their money, power, and voices to muster resources to achieve ambitious goals.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Nonprofit Hiring Accelerates in May With 63,000 New Jobs
But nonprofit employment is 6 percent lower than it was before the pandemic hit.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Biden Signals Equity Focus With Appointment of Michael Smith to Lead AmeriCorps
Smith currently is executive director of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. His appointment as CEO of AmeriCorps will require Senate confirmation.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Giving Grew in a Tumultuous Year but Not for All. What’s Ahead in 2021?
Individual giving made up 69 percent of all philanthropy last year, the smallest share “Giving USA” has ever recorded.
By Eden Stiffman and Michael Theis
Nonprofits Need to Embrace Transparency, Even if the Supreme Court Rules to Protect Donor Privacy
Greater financial transparency, made increasingly possible by technological innovation and new social norms, is becoming a hallmark virtue of the 21st century for young people raised on social media and smartphones. Their vision for a more transparent world will become the expectation in the years to come, and they will only trust nonprofits that are open.
By Christina Asquith
Contributor
Verified Voting, a Nonpartisan Electoral-Security Group, Names New CEO
Also, Antony Bugg-Levine will depart the Nonprofit Finance Fund this summer, and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has hired a new executive director.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The 5 Essentials of Successful Collaboration
An overview of new research that reveals the key ingredients in strong collaborations, plus a tool to apply the principles.
By Debi Blizard and Zoë True
Sens. Grassley and King Push Measure to Accelerate DAF and Foundation Giving
Two key U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday designed to spur faster payouts from donor-advised funds and foundations, giving new momentum to an effort that has deeply divided philanthropy.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Crypto, Meet Donor-Advised Funds: a New Way of Giving
A crypto-enthusiast has developed a system that makes it easy for charities to receive digital currencies — and could open the door to new, young, tech-savvy donors.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Most Nonprofits Emerging From Pandemic Wounded but Still Operating
The widespread charity failures that many experts feared did not happen, thanks to stepped-up giving by foundations and individual donors and billions of dollars in government support, according to interviews with charity leaders and a new study from the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Calculating the Cost of Losing High-Performing Fundraisers
How to figure out at what point major-gift fundraisers hit their stride and how to identify top performers.
By David Lively and Naveen Vinukonda