Ballmer Group Names First National Director of Housing
Also, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has named its first woman president and CEO, and the CEO of the George Gund Foundation will retire at the end of the year.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
As Attacks on Reproductive Rights Grow, Philanthropy Needs to Step Up Support for a Counternarrative
Well-funded abortion disinformation campaigns have become a basis for increasingly restrictive state laws. Grant makers should join forces with a cadre of scrappy nonprofits to fight back.
By Nina Sachdev
Contributor
To Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy, Philanthropy Must Get Over Its Religion Hesitancy
Congregations and faith-based nonprofits are an untapped resource for persuading more people to get vaccines, but they need much greater philanthropic support.
By EBOO PATEL and Robert P. Jones
Potent New Fundraising Tools Shouldn’t Be Abandoned When the Covid Crisis Ends
Technological innovations embraced out of necessity during the pandemic helped nonprofits reach more donors and opened up possibilities for more effective fundraising in the future.
By Lisa Hartsock and Kate Fassett
Philanthropic giving can never match the power and purse strings of the federal government to address centuries of systemic racism. But we can insist that the Biden administration and Congress rise to the task.
By John H. Jackson
Contributor
United Way Worldwide Names Board Member Neeraj Mehta as Interim CEO
He replaces Brian Gallagher, who recently announced he would resign following an investigation that found the organization should improve its workplace culture, morale, and procedures regarding discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Kaboom Promotes From Within to Pick Its New CEO
Also, the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties has a new president and CEO, and Beth deHamel, who was recently interim CEO at Mercy Corps, has joined the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Nonprofit Job Growth Was Flat in January
Nonprofit job growth was sluggish in January, adding only 5,158 jobs since December, according to a new analysis from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Grant Makers Use $3 Billion in Bond Offerings to Pump More to Charities
The California Endowment is among the latest entrants taking advantage of historically low interest rates to spend more now on grantees’ urgent needs.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Covid-19 Has Reshaped Big-Gift Fundraising: Let’s Hope It Lasts
A nonprofit head shares insights into how Covid-19 altered major-gift fundraising in some very positive ways.
By Abby Falik
Contributor
It’s Not Advice My Grantees Need. They Need My Access to Power and Money.
Too often financial supporters think they are helping by making recommendations to people who already know how to carry out nonprofit missions. Let’s focus on what we have to give that truly matters.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Wes Moore to Leave Robin Hood; New America Hires Chief Transformation Officer
Plus, Ilyse Hogue to step down as president of Naral Pro-Choice America, and Nick Donohue will depart the Nellie Mae Education Foundation at the end of the year after 14 years as its CEO.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
What to Know About 3 Charity Monitoring Groups
Get a quick overview of some of the best-known charity-monitoring organizations.
By Margie Fleming Glennon
Chief Content Officer
Former Leader of Disaster Nonprofit Says He Was Fired Over Diversity Efforts
A lawsuit pending in a U.S. District Court claims that Gregory Forrester, former CEO of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, was terminated after he pushed to direct more help toward smaller organizations led by people of color.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
In the Covid Era, Nonprofits Have No Choice but to Go Online
Nonprofits will face intense competition, staffing challenges, and new pressures from grant makers and donors as they are forced to accelerate their shift to a digital world.
By John MacIntosh
Contributor
The organization last week released an internal investigation urging changes in workplace procedures but said it did not find major wrongdoing.
By Emily Haynes and dan.parks