Opinion
The Tax Bill Is a Warning to the Nonprofit Sector: Reform or Face the Consequences
Wealthy foundations and nonprofits need to change their ways — not scare the rest of the field into submission.
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5 Ways to Take Monthly Giving to the Next Level
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Government and Legislation
Tax Bill Takes Shot at the Largest Foundations and Universities
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Young Fundraisers Are Shaking Up the Field
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Monthly Giving in Turbulent Times
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Explore Our New Podcast on Leading Well
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Listen Now: Smart Solutions to Hire and Retain Top Talent
Nonprofit executives Jordan Shenker and Keena Friday share tips on how to recruit and keep great staff members. While nonprofits can’t always compete with corporate salaries, they can offer other perks and opportunities to entice strong candidates, such as professional development, family-friendly policies, and workplaces where everyone feels valued.
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Interactive
America’s Biggest Donors — the 25th Anniversary of Our Annual Philanthropy 50
Search or browse this year’s list of America’s biggest donors and all the past lists going back to 2000. You can sort by name, amount donated, source of wealth, location, and top cause. -
Philanthropy 50
America’s Mega-Donors Stuck to Their Giving Strategies in 2024
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Big Philanthropists
Melinda French Gates Is Just Getting Started
Since last spring, when she left the Gates Foundation, she’s written another book and announced a billion dollars in new funding — discovering creative ways to support women and inspiring more of them to give.
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Is Bill Gates’s Long Goodbye a Win for Trust-Based Philanthropy?
The foundation’s planned closure marks the end of the once-celebrated era of expert-driven giving. -
What an Andrew Carnegie ‘Interview’ Reveals About Philanthropy’s Sins — and How to Move Beyond Them
A ‘podcast appearance’ by the father of modern philanthropy exposes the urgent need to let go of his teachings. -
Federal Public Health Funding May Soon Evaporate. Here’s How Philanthropy Should Prepare
While grant makers can’t make up the budget shortfall, they can coordinate fast, local action when federal help falls short.
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Advice
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5 Ways to Take Monthly Giving to the Next Level
As economic worries grow amid federal funding cuts and threats of a potential recession, monthly giving can provide stability for your nonprofit by creating a predictable and dependable revenue stream. -
Skilled Government Workers Are Job Hunting. Here’s How to Meet Them.
People with the experience, knowledge, and connections ideal for serving the missions of nonprofits are among the vast number of federal employees who have lost their jobs this year. But how to find them? And how to attract them to your nonprofit? -
7 Ways to Earn Foundations’ Trust and Win General Operating Support
Three experts explain how to get to know foundation program officers and best position your nonprofit to secure flexible funding.
Fundraising
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GoFundMe Expands Its Nonprofit Offerings — and Lets Groups See Who Is Raising Money for Them
The company purchased the fundraising platform Classy three years ago and has integrated the two services into GoFundMePro. -
Online Giving Is Sliding Amid Turmoil. Should Fundraisers Retreat or Go Big?
Digital donations are dropping in the wake of the president’s tariffs. Experts weigh in on whether charities should back off appeals or push ahead with ambitious campaigns. -
Listen Now: Two CEOs on How to Get Boards to Help With Fundraising and More
Board members can make a big difference to fundraising and fiscal planning, especially in today’s economic turbulence. Hear from two experienced leaders about the best ways to get the board involved.
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The Commons
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Advice
You Need Conservatives. Here’s How to Engage Them in Your Mission
Insights and tips from a conservative who believes nonprofits will fail in their mission if they muster support only from people who think — and vote — like they do. -
The Trump Agenda
AmeriCorps Cuts Threaten Service Programs and Their Unifying Power, Advocates Warn
The Trump administration intends to dismantle the national service program that fuels the work of big charities like Habitat for Humanity as well as local organizations and faith-based groups. -
Commons in Conversation
‘Taking Action With Your Neighbors’: Inside a $30 Million Funder Collaborative
A conversation with two leaders of a national effort to strengthen democracy by improving life in rural communities.
Technology
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How Data Subpoenas and Online Harassment Are Silencing Many Nonprofits
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How to Keep Your Nonprofit and Its Data Secure
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How Philanthropy Built, Lost, and Could Reclaim the A.I. Race
Philanthropy helped build artificial intelligence as a nonprofit research field. But as costs soar and corporations take over, donors and grantees are struggling to stay relevant.
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Abigail Disney Urges Donors to Be Braver About Giving
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Houston Couple Gives $150 Million to Launch Pediatric Cancer Center
Plus, Georgetown University received $25 million for its nursing school, and the National Constitution Center got a $15 million donation to celebrate the founding of the United States, and the donor is loaning a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution and a document that led to the creation of the U.S. Bill of Rights. -
Community Lenders Fear Tightening of Credit With Trump Cuts
President Trump’s proposed budget eliminates much of the federal CDFI Fund, which since 1994 has enabled community development nonprofits to support millions of small businesses and housing efforts. Smaller borrowers are most at risk. -
House Republicans Look to Help Trump Strip Tax-Exempt Status of Nonprofits He Says Support Terrorism
Some nonprofits say it’s an arbitrary standard to financially punish charities that advocate for issues that don’t align with his agenda. -
Melinda French Gates Reflects on Legacy of Gates Foundation
The true measure of success, she says, will come years after the grant maker shuts down, in how lives will have changed as a result of its work. -
N.Y. Couple Gives $125 Million to Help Israeli Medical Students
Plus, USC Shoah Foundation landed $30 million to endow the Holocaust remembrance organization’s efforts to collect and preserve thousands of Holocaust survivor testimonies from around the world, and the Library of Congress received $20 million to purchase a rare 17th century viola for its collection.
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