Half of Donors Would Give More if Charities Made Their Online Experience Easier, Study Says
Disaster relief is top of mind for donors ahead of the year-end giving season, according to a new survey by Classy, the online fundraising company. But the upcoming midterm elections could reset priorities for one in four donors.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Test Site Launched to Make State Charity Registration Easier
The goal of the new effort is to make it possible for charities and professional fundraisers to use one online system to apply to raise money in multiple states.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Soros Heir Is Offering Nonprofits Free Online-Giving Tools. Really.
Jonathan Soros and his wife, Jennifer, want to save nonprofits money on a key fundraising expense. If their effort gains traction, it could force other software providers to lower their prices.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
New GlobalGiving CEO Plans to Push More Aid to Local Humanitarian Groups
Alix Guerrier will take over from Mari Kuraishi, who will become the next president of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Airbnb to Help People Displaced by Hurricane Florence Find Places to Stay
The company has activated its “response tool” so hosts can open their homes to people who have been evacuated and relief workers. Plus, St. John’s College has a philanthropy-centered plan to cut tuition; the president of Texas Tech talks about the loss of a $10 million gift; tech entrepreneurs are trying to make money while helping people do things like make down payments on new homes; and much more about big donors, philanthropy and government, and cultural groups.
Facebook processed more than $45 million in gifts during 2017’s event — about 15 percent of the total share of estimated contributions.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
‘Alexa, Make a Donation.’ Digital Assistants Might Be the Next Big Thing in Fundraising.
‘Alexa Donations’ offers people a convenient new tool for donations. How will charities use it?
By Timothy Sandoval
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: Federal Grants to Care for Detained Kids Soar
Health and Human Service grants for providing shelter, foster care, and other services jumped from $74.5 million in 2007 to $958 million in 2017. In other articles, early ventures could shape the new federal “opportunity zone” program, which gives tax breaks to poor neighborhoods; the leader of a conservative group that says it aims to expose scientific fraud faces allegations of financial mismanagement and faked documents; and other news about innovation, big philanthropists, the arts, and more.
What A.I. Means for Doing Good
Technologies being tested today could transform nonprofits. But what happens when charity loses some of its human element?
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Charities Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Boost Impact
Advanced technology is helping nonprofits track endangered animals, fight sex trafficking, and reunite refugees after years of separation.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Daily News Roundup: MacArthur Foundation to Fund Immigration Projects
Plus, Charles Koch Foundation steps up support for news media; tech donors’ big donations haven’t paid off for San Francisco schools; public radio explores potential of fundraising through Alexa; Metropolitan Museum in New York sees higher attendance despite fee hike; unequal pay dispute roils Boston Symphony; Colonial Williamsburg Foundation receives rare painting; and more.
Daily News Roundup: Judge Urges Trump to Settle Foundation Lawsuit
The judge said the president’s nonprofit should try to reach an agreement with the New York attorney general to dissolve. In other articles, the Templeton Prize this year is going to the King of Jordan for promoting cooperation among Muslims with different traditions; the San Diego Foundation has dismissed its CEO; a $25 million donation will go toward creating artificial intelligence to treat heart disease; and much more on immigration and arts and culture and politics, government, and nonprofits.
Daily News Roundup: Zuckerberg and Sandberg Give to Unite Immigrant Families
The pair gave to an online drive by former Facebook employees raising money for a Texas nonprofit. In other articles, a look at what would happen if university endowments invested only in funds with diverse hiring practices; how the Koch brothers are fighting public-transit plans; and more about big philanthropy and other news.
Daily News Roundup: $50 Million Gift to Cincinnati Zoo
In other articles, the former chairman of Wells Fargo is giving $20 million to DePauw University; the Gates Foundation is starting a nonprofit biotech in Boston; a little-known conservative Midwestern couple is wielding big influence in philanthropy; “design thinking” can help nonprofits with fundraising; how to get narcissists to give to charity; and other articles about legal news and investing and opinion and much more.
Podcast: Nonprofit Code.org Hopes to Inspire Kids to Learn Computer Science
Code.org trains teachers to teach computer science, even if they have no background in the subject.