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
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
65 Percent of Colleges Raised Less in 2020 Than 2019, Survey Finds
Paltry giving by major donors and fewer overall supporters were the main cause of this decline, according to findings from a new survey of 104 U.S. and Canadian colleges conducted by researchers with the higher-education consulting firm EAB.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Growth in Pooled Funds, Spurred by Racial-Justice Protests and the Pandemic, Could Last
Over the past year dozens of new funds and collaborative fundraising campaigns have sprung up to support groups working to end white supremacy, respond to those hurt by the pandemic, and safeguard the voting process.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Midsize Charities Sidelined by Changes to Paycheck Protection Program
Hundreds of nonprofits that received a PPP loan in the first round are now trying to figure out how — if at all — they can get federal funds from the second round of the stimulus now that they exceed the loan program’s employee cap.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Why You Need a Long-Term Fundraising Plan: 7 Compelling Reasons
While fundraising plans are always a good idea, they can be especially helpful during challenging times like these as nonprofits grapple with Covid-19 and the recession set in motion by the pandemic.
By MEGAN CONTAKES
Contributor
Nonprofits Lost 50,000 Jobs in December
Nonprofits shed an estimated 50,760 jobs in December, a “striking reversal” of what had been months of slow-but-steady job growth among nonprofits, according to a new report from Johns Hopkins University. As a result, nonprofits employed nearly 930,000 fewer workers in December than they did in…
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Nonprofit Advocates See Hope for Legislation on Tax Deductions and More
Nonprofit advocates are optimistic that the Biden administration and new leaders in the Senate will extend a law allowing all taxpayers to itemize their charitable deductions, and perhaps other policy changes helpful to nonprofits.
By dan.parks and MICHAEL THEIS
Nonprofits Would Be Eligible for New Federal Aid Under Biden Stimulus Plan
The measure also contains numerous provisions that would relieve the burden on nonprofits crushed by soaring demand from Americans in need of food, housing, and other basic necessities.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Charity Navigator’s New “Impact Score” Tells Us Little About a Nonprofit’s True Value
Attempts to quantify success based primarily on return on financial investment, ignore the complexities of nonprofits’ work and their impact on the communities they serve.
By Liz Dozier and Lisa Pilar Cowan
Investors Trust the Companies They Support. Here’s How Grant Makers Can Do the Same.
Providing support that helps nonprofits improve their management and finances and removing requirements that divert attention from crucial missions is especially important in the pandemic and social upheaval now challenging nonprofits.
By Andrea Levere and Dan Nissenbaum
For These Colleges, MacKenzie Scott’s Hundreds of Millions in Gifts Mean ‘the Space to Dream’
Unexpected emails and phone calls brought word of seven- and eight-figure donations to community colleges, tribal institutions, and minority-serving campuses — a rarity in higher education.
By Lindsay Ellis
Contributor
Nonprofits Win Extended Charitable Deductions and Paycheck Protection Loans in Stimulus Bill
However, the loans in the new $900 billion measure that Congress is poised to enact would come with narrower eligibility criteria than in the previous stimulus law.
By dan.parks and MICHAEL THEIS
Community Foundations Wrestle Over Whether to Accept Government Help
With Congress negotiating a renewal of the Paycheck Protection Program, debate may rise anew within community foundation over whether their pursuit of the loans would siphon funds from service-providing nonprofits.
By Alex Daniels and Michael Theis
Nonprofits Coming Up Short So Far in Congressional Stimulus Negotiations
Expanded access to charitable deductions, state aid that helps nonprofits, and loans to keep charity workers on the job are failing to gain traction, nonprofit advocates say.
By Alex Daniels and Michael Theis
A Newly Hot Approach on Loans Seeks to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Philanthropists and companies are pouring money and fresh ideas into community-development financial institutions.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor