Engaging Your Board During Covid-19: A Virtual Forum
Two experts talk about how to communicate the help you need, protect equity efforts when making tough choices, engage trustees in fundraising, and more.
By Lisa Schohl
Contributor
How the Posse Foundation Is Serving Students and Alumni During the Pandemic (Podcast)
Deborah Bial also discusses the how the crisis will affect nonprofit workplaces and the need for diverse leadership.
A Rural Leader Responds to the Crisis in an Area That Has Long Struggled With Poverty
Lance Cheslock leads a Colorado social-service group in an area with a lot if migrant farmworkers, double the national unemployment rate, and few philanthropic or government resources. And that was before the pandemic.
Phil Buchanan also discusses why foundations should give more now.
Next Week’s GivingTuesdayNow Plans to Show People How They Can Help in a Time of Suffering
The flash fundraising event aims to galvanize a response that reminds people of the importance of nonprofits and brings people together in a moment of social isolation.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Writer
How 4-H Turned Its Largest Fundraising Dinner Into a Virtual Event
Because the national council’s expenses were lower, the group met its net fundraising goal. Just as important, it found a way to connect with corporate supporters and attract some new donors.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Writer
Here’s How Nonprofits Can Get Americans to Fight the Racism Laid Bare by Covid-19
Research shows that talking about race, shared values, and solutions can help change minds and policy.
By April Callen
Contributor
What Nonprofits Need to Do to Survive (Podcast)
John MacIntosh, managing director of Seachange Capital Partners, a nonprofit merchant bank, discusses why large nonprofits may be less financially resilient.
How Charity Navigator Is Evolving During the Covid-19 Crisis (Podcast)
Michael Thatcher says the organization developed a new rating system that will go live in July.
Community Groups Step Up to Meet New Needs, Despite Their Own Financial Challenges
Across the country, organization are moving fast, sometimes completely changing how they work in a matter of days to aid people hit hard by the pandemic.
By Jim Rendon
Director, Fellowship Program and Impact Journalism
Coronavirus Diaries: How One Leader Works to Protect Vulnerable Clients and Her Employees
Claudia Medina is head of Enlace Comunitario, a nonprofit in Albuquerque that aids victims of domestic violence in Latino immigrant communities, many of whom are undocumented.
Aspen Institute CEO Talks About a New Social Contract (Podcast)
Dan Porterfield also talks about everyday people who are stepping up to make a difference as new challenges arise due to Covid-19.
How Covid-19 Will Affect Social Change (Podcast)
Anne Marie Burgoyne of the Emerson Collective says nonprofits’ experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic will lead to stronger service provision and more social innovation and tech enablement.
They Witness Deaths Daily: Now Comes Covid-19
An all-volunteer force known as the White Helmets is working to educate Syrians —already devastated by nine years of civil war —about Covid-19.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Healing America After Covid-19 Through National Service
An expanded service corps could give the jobless a way to help hard-hit nonprofits and communities recover — and unite a divided nation.
By Shirley Sagawa
Contributor
Coronavirus Diaries: How One Leader Is Managing During a Crisis With No Road Map
Alison Singer is co-founder and president of the Autism Science Foundation, which promotes awareness of autism-spectrum disorders and funds research on their cause and treatment.