Annual Donor Communication Plan to Boost Year-End Results
Build up to holiday giving all year long with this sample 12-month communications plan.
By LISA SCHOHL
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Fidelity’s New Female Chief Is Intensely Private — and a Big Philanthropist
A generous but anonymous supporter of charities, Abby Johnson aims to remake the finanial services company she took over from her father. Also, museums seek to cultivate more curators of color; it’s harder than you think to return tainted donations; and storm-ravaged Puerto Rico gets water relief from an unlikely duo.
Daily News Roundup: Judge Invalidates Ruling on Anonymous Gifts to ‘Dark-Money’ Groups
The Federal Election Commission’s regulation “blatantly undercuts the congressional goal of fully disclosing the sources of money flowing into federal political campaigns,” the judge wrote. In other articles, LeBron James’s funding of a public school is a departure from most suuch celebrity gifts, which usually go to charters; and local aid workers make less than their international counterparts, even though their jobs can be riskier. Plus, more news about taxes, sexual harassment, and the arts.
Daily News Roundup: U. of Michigan Donor’s Family Reaps Benefits From University Investments
An alumnus helped support a trip to Paris for the football team after the university had invested $100 million in his son’s private-equity funds. In other articles, an assistant to a pastor of an iconic evangelical church outside Chicago says he sexually harassed her; a religious group is facing protests and lawsuits over its work with migrants and foster children; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: DAF Loophole Lets Billionaires Slash Taxes
People who give to donor-advised funds are rewarded for good intensions, but critics see opportunities for abuse. Another article on DAFs says cryptocurrency may account for a surge in assets at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Plus, read about a shelter worker who has been charged with molesting eight migrant children; a hedge-fund billionaire who is spending big on veterans but drawing criticism; and other articles on big gifts, corporate philanthropy, and more.
Podcast: Nonprofit Creates Maps to Aid in Relief Efforts Around the World
The work of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team is available on an open platform and includes areas that previously had not been mapped.
Daily News Roundup: Nonprofits Hope Rebooted Silicon Valley Fund Will Focus on Local Needs
As the Silicon Valley Community Foundation searches for new leaders after a harassment scandal, nonprofits urge a local focus on poverty, health, transportation, and the environment. In other articles, Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to repeal part of the GOP tax plan that affected nonprofits; an opera director steps down amid harassment allegations; and more articles about social innovation, fundraising, giving, and the arts.
March for Our Lives Movement Sparks Broader Foundation Response to Gun Violence
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students are traveling the country registering young people to vote, supported in part by grant makers that are also backing gun research, youth organizing, and other efforts aimed at reducing gun violence.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Amid Rumors of Sex Abuse, Cardinal McCarrick Was Prolific Fundraiser
He raised millions to relieve poverty and support immigration. In other articles, a Chicago shelter accused of mistreating migrant children, said an internal investigation found no such evidence; Clinton group deal has slashed the price of an HIV test considered the gold standard, giving aid groups hope; a school district in the Houston area has accepted donations of guns, ammunition, and weapons for its security staff; plus more news and features.
Daily News Roundup: Trump Administration May Bypass Congress to Grant Big Tax Cut for the Rich
The Treasury Department is looking into whether to use regulatory powers to let taxpayers adjust the initial value of an asset based on inflation. In other articles, a charity with a troubling track record has become the largest provider of foster homes for unaccompanied minors; a report by the British parliament says the aid sector is guilty of “complacency verging on complicity” in the sex-abuse scandal; and much more about where tech titans are giving, other big philanthropy, and news.
Nonprofit Grocery Aims to Boost Healthy Eating
Before DMG Foods opened in East Baltimore, many residents lacked access to a healthy, affordable food store.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Every Person Counts: Why the Census Must Be Rescued
Nearly all foundation missions will be harmed if the every-decade survey is hampered by low participation among immigrants, cyberattacks, or any in a range of other problems, say foundation leaders Gary Bass, Antonia Hernández, Barbara Picower, and Darren Walker.
Daily News Roundup: Catholic Cardinal Resigns Amid Sex-Abuse Allegations
Pope Francis has effectively taken away Theodore McCarrick’s title even before church officials have investigated the accusations. In other articles, Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster William Preucil has been suspended amid sexual-misconduct allegations; last year’s tax-cut law included an act that allows rich investors and businesses to erase their tax obligations by pouring big sums into poor communities; plus other articles on donor-advised funds, conductor salaries, and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Sexual Harassment Is Rife Among Classical Musicians
More than 50 artists share their ordeals with harassment and assault at all levels of the profession — occurring in dressing rooms, during one-on-one lessons, and even in the wings during performances. In other articles, Catholic hospitals are shaping health care in rural America; an HIV program Trump aims to cut wins high praise from researchers and health officials; and more articles about giving and other news.
Podcast: How the Bush Daughters Advance Global Health Care Through Fellowships
Global Health Corps, founded by the daughters of former President George W. Bush, provides fellowships for young, diverse people in areas of the world with limited access to health care.
Daily News Roundup: Silicon Valley Nonprofits Are Having to Learn New Ways to Attract Local Donors
Charities are finding ways to be “incubators” and “disrupters,” not just provide services, to get the attention of the millionaires and billionaires in the tech industry. In other articles, some of the big stories about EPA chief Scott Pruit’s alleged misconduct came to light because of a Freedom of Information Act request from the Sierra Club; more corporate CEOs are taking stands on social issues; and other articles about the IRS’s donor-disclosure decision and about big giving.