Year-End Fundraising
How Inflation, Economy Could Impact Your GivingTuesday
Charities are trying to make the most of the event by lengthening its duration, teaming up with colleagues, and changing how they talk about giving.
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Letters to the Editor
The Nursing Shortage Isn’t Only About Burnout
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Opinion
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Removing the Tax Exemption for Religious Congregations Is the Wrong Move for Our Polarized Nation
Recent suggestions to reconsider the tax deduction for religion contributions fail to appreciate the unmeasurable but critical benefits these organizations bring to a divided society in which connecting with others is increasingly illusive. -
Good News for Local News as More Nonprofit Outlets Show What’s Possible
Local journalism is coming back to life in many communities thanks to increased giving from foundations and individual donors. But the success of these nonprofit newsrooms is far from guaranteed and will depend on continuing philanthropic support. -
The Midterms Show Why Philanthropy Needs to Help Build a Pipeline of Young Progressive Candidates
Donors on the left shouldn’t wait for the next election cycle to give nonprofits the resources they need to train and nurture new political talent — and to catch up with far better financed organizations on the right.
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Philanthropy This Week
Inflation’s Impact on GivingTuesday; Nonprofits Urged to Push Agendas in Congress
Plus, MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropy had all the benefits and none of the downsides nonprofit worried about. Also, why nonprofits are sticking with crypto despite the Sam Bankman-Fried scandal -
Philanthropy Today
Gates Foundation to Devote $7 Billion to Health, Gender Equality, and Farming in Africa
Plus Ben Jealous will next lead the Sierra Club, and People for the American Way has chosen its new CEO from within. Also, how MacKenzie Scott’s giving has affected grantees (podcast) -
Philanthropy Today
Nonprofits Stick With Cryptocurrency Despite FTX Scandal
Plus, GivingTuesday has become a day charities can’t afford to sit out, and nonprofits are urged to move fast to push their agendas in Congress
The Philanthropy 50
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Our Annual Philanthropy 50: Top Donors Returned to Pre-Pandemic Causes in 2021
Despite the continuing Covid threat and racial-justice problems, the nation’s wealthiest donors have largely returned to old standbys — handing out big sums to universities, medicine, and their own foundations. But there are exceptions and some interesting new faces. -
Why a Young Billionaire Who Led Trip to Space Gave $125 Million to Children’s Hospital
When Jared Isaacman led the first all-civilian trip to space, he and his wife, Monica, donated $125 million to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital — and encouraged others to give as well. -
The 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.
Advice
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Two CEOs Share Insights on Leading in Challenging Times
Barron Segar, president and CEO of the World Food Program USA, and Anne Aslett, CEO of the Elton John AIDS Foundation discuss how they’ve been guiding their organizations through a host of recent crises, from threats of famine to recession fears, and share insights on fundraising, talent management, and planning amid uncertainty. -
A Grant Makers Association and a Center for Nonprofits Merged: Here’s What They Learned
Mississippi’s association of grant makers and its center for nonprofits joined forces to form the Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy. The new group is founded on the premise that nonprofits and grant makers have shared goals. The new leader shares lessons from the merger. -
The Great Nonprofit Leadership Turnover
As nonprofits struggle with high levels of staff turnover and fierce competition for leaders, a group of experts joined the Chronicle to discuss how to train and retain chief executives and how to cope with the so-called Great Resignation.
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Nonprofits Urged to Move Fast to Push Their Agendas in Congress
An influx of new lawmakers means the best chance for action on the charitable deduction and other issues nonprofits care about is during the next few weeks, when the old Congress will be moving through legislation, advocates say. But it’s also crucial to start educating new lawmakers who don’t understand how nonprofits and foundations work, they said. -
FTX Scandal Gives Cryptophilanthropy a Black Eye, but Nonprofits Raising Digital Cash Stay the Course
Charities favored by cryptophilanthropists are assessing the fallout from a scandal that reinforces skepticism about marrying the alternative currency and charitable giving. -
Google.org Awards $10 Million to Feeding America to Bolster Food Banks
Also, the Perot Foundation and the Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. Foundation gave $50 million to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to endow a dual-degree program for physician-scientists, and the Rockefeller Foundation has awarded $11 million to promote Indigenous farming practices to safeguard the global food system from the effects of climate change. -
Donors Added $73 Billion to Their Donor-Advised Funds Last Year. More Than $243 Billion Is Now Available to Flow to Charity.
Some $46 billion flowed to working charities last year, and now more money is available even as the stock market has been on a rollercoaster and could dampen charitable giving. -
MacKenzie Scott’s Donations Boosted Beneficiaries and Avoided the Pitfalls Some Feared, New Study Says
Worry that the gifts would lead other donors to pull back their support or that small groups wouldn’t be able to handle the money were largely unfounded. Plus: MacKenzie Scott’s Giving Total Is Now Over $13 Billion -
MacKenzie Scott’s Giving Total Is Now Over $13 Billion
Scott released names of more than 1,200 charities that she supported with big gifts over the past seven months.
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