Fundraising
How to Treat Every Donor Like They Matter — and Keep Them
Here are tips to engage small-dollar donors beyond simply asking for gifts, including ways to use AI to make outreach feel more personal.
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Opinion | Dispatches From the First 100 Days
As Funders Face New Levels of Risk, What Does Bravery Look Like?
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Philanthropy 50
Thomas Golisano Gave $500 Million to 125 Organizations in 2024
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Philanthropy 50
Tracking a Quarter Century of Giving
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Featured Newsletters
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Fundraising Update
How Nonprofits Are Raising Money Amid Federal Funding Cuts
Plus, a look at the philanthropic couple who gave away $767 million last year. -
Philanthropy Today
11 Ways to Make Small Donors Feel Like a Million Bucks
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Philanthropy Today
What Does Bravery Look Like for Funders? (Opinion)
Plus, MacKenzie Scott takes up impact investing; and how to strengthen your donor communications and raise more
Big Philanthropy
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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
The donor backlash and MacKenzie Scott’s no-strings giving didn’t sway the country’s biggest philanthropists. -
Big Philanthropy
Power Couple Giving: The 10-Year Journey of Steve and Connie Ballmer
A yin-yang approach to philanthropy has shaped the Ballmer Group. But the husband-and-wife founders have remained focused on one goal: Improving economic mobility in the U.S.
Opinion
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How to Build a Climate Funding Strategy in the Age of Trump
As federal climate policy is dismantled, grant makers need to end their silence and get to work. -
A Funder Trip to an Alaskan Native Community Shows a Better Way to Measure Impact
Data alone can’t capture the human-centered impact of investments. Here’s a solution. -
Grant Makers Don’t Understand Nonprofits’ A.I. Needs. Here’s How to Change That
These four steps will help foundations support effective and ethical A.I. use among grantees — and their own staffs.
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Advice
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6 Tips to Land a Nonprofit Job for the First Time
Recent layoffs in widely disparate fields where jobs once seemed stable — from the federal government to Walmart headquarters to tech — might be the catalyst for some people to head for the nonprofit world, where they can follow their heart as well as earn a paycheck. -
Pivoting to Private Donors When Government Funding Isn’t There
The CEO of a social-service nonprofit and two of its major donors discuss how private support funded a key program — and helped win other grants. -
How to Build Strong Relationships With Donors and Keep Them Giving
Nonprofits often lose donors because they don’t thank them well or stay in touch. This collection offers tactics and tips to help you buck that trend and elevate your fundraising.
Fundraising
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The Future of Fundraising Is Here
The new crop of fundraisers is questioning everything. Can they reconnect with the donors nonprofits have lost? -
The Donor Revolt May Be Behind Us, but Fundraisers Can Expect Tensions, Dust-Ups
Conflicts between donors and nonprofits become more noticeable in increasingly polarized times. -
Next for DAFs? Accounts as Tools for Regular Folks, Not Just the Wealthy
Donor-advised fund providers aim to make their products as commonplace as college savings and retirement accounts.
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The Commons
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Book Excerpt
Giving Circles, Mutual Aid: Cures for the Loneliness Crisis
With our logic models and impact measures, pursuit of charitable good is no longer a unifying force. Giving circles and mutual aid can restore our power to create belonging for all. -
Communities
Are Nonprofit ‘Trusted Messengers’ More Important Than Ever? A Report From Rural America
Experts brandishing statistics aren’t always trusted in this age of polarization. So in gun-owning communities, advocates are turning to gun owners themselves to stop the increasing rate of rural suicide. -
Data & Research
Polarization’s Chilling Effect on Advocacy
Groups are shying from lobbying and policy work, fearing donor blow back and government retribution, a survey finds.
Technology
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Technology
How to Use A.I. Effectively and Protect Your Organization’s Reputation and Values
Experts say it’s critical for nonprofits to craft guidelines on A.I. use — and they offer advice on how to do it. -
Fundraising
Barking Up the Right Tree: A.I. Helps Tiny Team at Humane Society Win Back Donors
It used the technology to quickly create a campaign written from the perspective of Max and Whiskers, a dog and cat aided by the organization. -
Glossary
Cybersecurity Is Evolving Fast. Here Are Terms You Need to Know
To keep up with advancements, leaders must understand key terms and concepts, from MFA to SSO.
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More News
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Iconiq Impact Pledges $200 Million Through Its Youth Mental Wellbeing Co-Lab
Also, Open Philanthropy promised $120 million through its Abundance and Growth Fund to advance economic development, and the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation gave $10 million to develop precision therapies for Alzheimer’s disease. -
More Than 50 Universities Face Federal Investigations as Part of Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign
Forty-five of those inquiries are focused on colleges’ partnerships with the PhD Project, a nonprofit that helps students from underrepresented groups get degrees in business with the goal of diversifying the business world. -
Billionaire David Duffield Gives Alma Mater $100 Million
Plus, Grove City College received a $70 million bequest, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts landed $10 million, and three other organizations received big gifts from supporters. -
‘Keep Your Money!’ Some Nonprofits Push Back on Federal Funding Freezes; Others Take a Quiet Approach
A few nonprofits are taking aggressive stances toward the Trump administration’s attempts to cancel funding, while others are using more of a discreet, wait-and-see approach. -
Trump Order Would Deny Student Loan Relief to Nonprofit Workers Engaged in ‘Improper’ Activity
The action, which could target those working in immigration and other areas, drew quick backlash, and is almost certain to face legal challenges. -
Even Tech-Savvy Foundations Are Uncertain How to Fund AI
A new study finds just 36 percent of major foundations feel confident assessing the technical feasibility of AI proposals, raising concerns about philanthropy’s response to a rapidly evolving landscape.
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