5 Fundraising Topics You’ll Need to Master in 2017
A roundup of Chronicle coverage featuring the tools you need to tap new funding sources and raise more money than ever before.
Daily News Roundup: $140 Million From Gates Backs Anti-HIV Implant
Also, Bay Area charities face challenges in meeting the demands of Silicon Valley philanthropists, and the IRS eyes land-donation deals structured to give investors big tax breaks.
Daily News Roundup: Boston Charity Chief Got $1.34 Million Pay Boost
Also, major global aid groups weigh in on their priorities and expectations for 2017, and a Washington Post reporter gives an inside account of his investigation of Donald Trump’s philanthropy.
Challenging Sacred Cows and Killing Jargon: Our Most Popular Articles of 2016
In a year full of changes and big questions for nonprofits, Chronicle readers looked for unconventional wisdom and evidence of ideas that work.
Daily News Roundup: Michelle Obama Slur Costs Job for W. Va. Nonprofit Head
Also, Donald Trump tweets a defense of his charitable foundation, and safety-net hospitals brace for financial fallout if the Affordable Care Act is repealed.
Daily News Roundup: Trump Plan to Close Foundation Faces N.Y. Roadblock
Also, the United Way struggles amid major changes in how people give, and a big dialysis charity is accused of favoring patients from clinics that donate to the group.
New Fund Offers Speedy Grants in Response to Trump Victory
Two donor networks teamed up to create a fund designed to quickly distribute money to nonprofits and activists working to protect vulnerable people.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
New Impact-Investment Fund Taps Leading Philanthropists
Reid Hoffman, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Jeff Skoll are among the business titans and giving experts who will advise the Rise Fund on investments’ social returns.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Daily News Roundup: Trumps Drop Charity Auction of Coffee With Ivanka
Also, Catholic Charities of Cleveland uncovers a $1.9 million theft, and the Austrian government plans to give Hitler’s first home to a nonprofit.
Despite Layoffs, Nonprofit Associations Tout Strengths
The Council on Foundations and Independent Sector say they will continue to work to protect the charitable deduction and court the Trump administration.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Bloomberg Looks to Boost Working-Class College Enrollment
Also, how maverick tech investor Peter Thiel’s fellowship program for young entrepreneurs has evolved, and how philanthropist and Education Secretary-designate Betsy Devos fought regulation of charter schools.
Daily News Roundup: Google Parent Gives Staff Holiday Bonus to Charity
Also, San Francisco teams with tech leaders to fund a $30 million program to aid homeless families, and looming tax changes fuel a year-end burst of stock donations.
Daily News Roundup: Dumpster-Diving Samaritans Face Charges in Pa.
The two men were arrested while scouring commercial trash containers for food to give to the homeless. Also, Facebook investors allege collusion in a stock move that aided Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropic ambitions.
Independent Sector Lays Off One-Quarter of Its Staff
Financial pressures and a desire to focus on technology, globalization, and other changes affecting nonprofits led to a major restructuring.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Selling Social Change Requires Borrowing From Business
Nonprofits can’t just wait for people to show up to take advantage of programs that will improve their lives; they need to treat clients as potential buyers.
By Matt Plummer
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Nonprofit Newsrooms Continue to See Surge in Giving
Also, a Christian conservative group gets in a fight with Connecticut’s comptroller over the state’s office charity drive, and two more billionaire donors join “big bet” philanthropy venture Blue Meridian Partners.