Foster-Care Veteran Gets $47.5 Million From Audacious Project to Redesign Child-Welfare System
Sixto Cancel argues that people who have experienced the child-welfare system are the ones to make it better. Now some of America’s biggest philanthropists are betting that he’s right.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
As Technology Use Explodes in Classrooms, Philanthropy Must Help Ensure All Students Benefit
More evidence is needed to gauge whether these tech tools help students succeed. That will require greater donor support for new innovations and large-scale research.
By John Overdeck
Contributor
How Nonprofits Are Using Data to Attract and Retain Members
Several experts joined the Chronicle to discuss how data insight can help organizations recruit, retain, and engage members in their programming.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
To Get Life-Saving Items to Ukraine, We Created Our Own Supply Chain
Nonprofit aid organizations need to consider more creative approaches to addressing the growing humanitarian toll of the war in Ukraine, including how to get food, medicine, and other critical goods to those who are struggling to survive.
By Ariel Zwang
Contributor
As Threats to Abortion Access Grow, Emergency Philanthropic Funding Isn’t Nearly Enough
A new collaborative effort in New Mexico among nonprofits, philanthropy, and government is showing what effective responses to the reproductive health care crisis can look like.
By Judy Wright and Charlene Bencomo
Trust in Science Has Eroded Since the Pandemic Began. How Should Philanthropy Respond?
Both historical mistreatment of people of color and widespread misinformation have diminished confidence in medical science. Grant makers can foster a culture that acknowledges and addresses science’s imperfections.
By Elizabeth Christopherson and Sam Gill
More Kinds of Digital Giving Are Gaining Popularity Globally
A new report looks at digital giving trends in eight countries, including cryptocurrency, contactless giving, donor-advised funds, workplace giving, and impact investing.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
College Fundraisers Need to Think Big, Use Data, and Innovate, Experts Advise
Collecting good information about donors, including their interests, and using artificial intelligence to personalize outreach can keep fundraisers up-to-date as they talk to donors.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
How to Work a Zoom Room: Engaging Donors at Online Events
Nonprofits that hold online events need to be intentional about creating opportunities for participants to get to know one another. “Mingling doesn’t just happen,” says one expert.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
The Risks and Rewards of Sharing Power With Your Community
What does it look like to partner with those whose expertise comes largely from lived experiences? An early-childhood program shows why bringing parents to the decision-making table was critical to its work.
By Mia Halthon and Ira Hillman
2 Years After Jan. 6 Insurrection, Philanthropy Must Help America Envision a Better Future
Donors need to learn to behave like good ancestors. That means instilling a future-oriented mind-set into grant making and imagining a more positive version of the nation and democracy.
By Suzette Brooks Masters
Contributor
How the Columbus Zoo Tests the Fitness of Its Fundraising Program
The nonprofit revved up small-gift donations with a free data-analytics product offered by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Philanthropy Buzzwords 2023: A Window Into Uncertain and Unstable Times
This year’s list reflects a world struggling to address the climate crisis, conflict, and the innovations and dangers posed by technology.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor
Charities favored by cryptophilanthropists are assessing the fallout from a scandal that reinforces skepticism about marrying the alternative currency and charitable giving.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Fundraisers Band Together to Find Practical Solutions to the Giving Crisis
The Donor Participation Project was started as a way for development professionals to explore how changes in fundraising practices could encourage more people to give to nonprofits.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
‘What’s Your Pet’s Nickname?’ Fundraisers Forge Ties to Donors Via Digital Focus Groups, Surveys
An animal-welfare group is among those finding that monthly surveys bring supporters closer.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects