Words in Action: 4 Videos Inspired by the FrameWorks Institute’s Work
Climate change, addiction treatment, and equity in education funding are among the causes the nonprofit communications think tank has studied. Here are some examples of how its findings are being used to advance public understanding of complex issues.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Podcast: How Smaller Nonprofits Can Draw More Planned Gifts
This month’s episode of Fundraising Fundamentals offers tips for small and midsized organizations on building a planned-giving program.
By TONY MARTIGNETTI
Contributor
Pro-Charters Group Offers $100,000 for John Oliver Takedown
The nonprofit Center for Education Reform is soliciting video rebuttals to a critical segment about charter schools on the comedian’s satiric TV show Last Week Tonight, The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet education blog writes.
Mass. Charter-School Campaign Funded by Secretive Nonprofits
A ballot initiative to expand charter schools in Massachusetts is being funded in part by nonprofits that do not have to disclose their donors, highlighting the difficulty states face in tracking political money that flows through tax-exempt “social-welfare” groups, The Boston Globe writes.
Marketing Agency Puts ‘Clickbait’ to Work for Charities
RXM Creative’s Clickbait for Good project aims to use the familiar practice of luring internet users to websites with sensational and provocative headlines to help nonprofits promote causes and draw donations, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Wounded Warrior Sticks With Accounting Rules That Drew Fire
New documents suggest the organization is doing little to satisfy critics who complain that it inflates program spending and understates administrative expenses.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
1 in 3 Charities Ignores Online Queries From Donors, Says Study
Twenty-seven percent of the organizations surveyed also disabled Facebook Messenger, according to a new report by two fundraising consulting companies.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
International Aid Groups Get Most Media Attention of Nonprofit Causes, Study Says
Organizations that work to address poverty in the United States saw the least coverage. January was the weakest month for news about nonprofits.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Nonprofit Fla. College Has Telemarketing Army, Suit Claims
A lawsuit against Keiser University alleges the newly nonprofit institution employs 350 telemarketers to machine-call prospective students, potentially giving ammunition to critics who contend Keiser remains an essentially commercial enterprise, according to BuzzFeed News.
World Vision Donor Learns Story Behind His ‘Sponsored Child’
The New York Times looks at the intersection of a global aid charity, an individual contributor, and a Palestinian village in a human-interest story that grew out of a reporter’s chance encounter at the Sydney airport.
Foundations Ask Public for Messages of Hope in Major Newspaper Buy
Presidents of the grant-making organizations want to counteract the “feelings of sorrow and discord” resulting from recent killings of both unarmed African-American citizens and police officers.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Tumblr Key in Planned Parenthood Arm’s Centenary Campaign
The reproductive-health group’s New York chapter is putting the microblogging site at the center of a 100th-anniversary advertising campaign that does not shy away from the abortion issue, writes The New York Times.
Website Helps Nonprofits Use Movies and TV Shows to Promote Causes
A group called And ... Action links charities with the film industry on social issues.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Black Nonprofit Leaders Share Grief in Wake of Police Shootings
Just hours before five police officers were gunned down in the streets of Dallas, black foundation and charity leaders across the country picked up their phones to share their grief following the second killing of a black man by police this week.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Data Plus Dance Produces Record Season for Boston Ballet
The 53-year-old troupe is crediting data- and digital-driven improvements to its ticketing and marketing techniques for record revenues and its best attendance figures in more than a decade, writes The Boston Globe.
Charity Leader’s Blog Offers ‘Reality Check’ on Philanthropy
Fast Company profiles Vu Le, who celebrates charity work while skewering its absurdities and inequities in his irreverent blog “Nonprofit With Balls.”