Data & Research
What We Know — and Don’t Know — About the Nonprofit Layoff Crisis
As federal budget cuts ripple through an uncertain economy, at least 23,000 documented, full-time positions have been eliminated since Inauguration Day.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
A $200 Million Endowment Focused on Black Americans Is Taking Shape
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Philanthropy Today
Nonprofit Layoffs: What We Don’t Know
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Nonprofit Adviser
8 Tips to Engage Your Board in a Capital Campaign
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Philanthropy Today
Opinion: Will the Tax Bill Help — or Hurt — Giving?
Plus, bouncing back after a $300 million funding cut; and tips for better grant seeking
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Explore Our New Podcast on Leading Well
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LISTEN NOW: Barbara Kingsolver on How Urban and Rural America Became Enemies
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LISTEN NOW: Reid Hoffman’s $10 Million Contest to Restore Trust in Institutions
Introducing our Commons in Conversation podcast! The LinkedIn co-founder joins Lever for Change’s Cecilia Conrad to talk about his open call to lift up new ideas — and attract funding — for reforms of government, the media, higher education, and more.
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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 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.
Opinion
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The Tax Bill Will Upend Corporate Giving. Here’s How to Prepare
To soften the blow of new tax rules, companies and nonprofits must rethink how they work together. -
After Avoiding New Taxes, Here’s How Philanthropy Can Prepare for the Right’s Next Attacks
To survive future scrutiny, foundations need to reform how and where they give. -
‘I Know What It Feels Like to Lead While Funders Quietly Slip Away’
Grant makers promised to support trans nonprofits. Where are they now?
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Advice
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With Federal Funding Slashed, This Nonprofit Aims to Reinvent Itself
About half of Jumpstart’s funding came from AmeriCorps, support the Trump administration recently cut. -
8 Ways Your Board Can Drive Momentum in a Capital Campaign
Tap into your board members’ skills and strengths to make the most of their participation in a multiyear fundraising drive. -
Tips and Advice for Better Grant Seeking
Key concepts and advice to help organizations win grants from foundations.
Fundraising
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8 Ways Your Board Can Drive Momentum in a Capital Campaign
Tap into your board members’ skills and strengths to make the most of their participation in a multiyear fundraising drive. -
The DAF Ask That Led Donors to Double Their Gifts
When supporters were persuaded to give using their donor-advised fund, they gave the same or more 85 percent of the time, new research finds. -
Luciana Bonifacio: A Fundraiser Working With Other Nonprofits to Seek Private Gifts
The chief development officer of Save the Children is in pivot mode from government to private philanthropy.
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The Commons
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Interview
LISTEN NOW: Barbara Kingsolver on How Urban and Rural America Became Enemies
A conversation with the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author on Appalachia, her own nonprofit work, and how philanthropy can better serve the region. -
Civil Resistance vs. Pluralism
In Defense of Noisy, Disruptive Movements
Efforts to pursue common ground with MAGA members aim to muzzle advocates for our most vulnerable. Yet history is filled with illustrations of how direct action is essential to social change. -
Opinion
Word Jumble: When Nonprofits Talk Fancy, America Tunes Out
Our language is packed with elite-sounding jargon. It is ineffective — and dangerous — amid today’s heightened distrust of institutions and growing hostility to the sector.
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Technology
How Common Sense Media Is Fighting for Kids in the Age of AI
Support from big grant makers, an eye for earned revenue, and a CEO who both courts and critiques tech leaders have helped to fuel the group’s success. -
Fundraising
Can GoFundMe’s New DAF Tool Supercharge Charitable Giving?
Giving Funds are GoFundMe’s latest in a flurry of product rollouts with the goal of moving stagnant U.S. charitable contributions beyond the 2% GDP mark where totals have long hovered. -
Technology
5 Key Findings From Our Nonprofit Technology Survey
The Chronicle of Philanthropy survey reveals a sector at a crossroads, where organizations that can afford to modernize are pulling ahead, while those that can’t fear being left behind.
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IRS Opens Door for Churches to Endorse Political Candidates
Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue Service said in a recent filing. -
St. Jude Children’s Hospital’s Fundraising Organization Selects New CEO
The group, which is in the midst of a global expansion, chose Ike Anand, the organization’s chief operating officer since 2020, who previously worked at travel-tech firm Expedia. -
Former Librarian of Congress, Fired by Trump, Vows to Improve Public Information in New Mellon Role
Her new position as a senior fellow at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation places her back at the center of the very debates over American culture that surrounded her dismissal. -
Foundation Leaders Increase Payouts and Defend Philanthropy’s First Amendment Rights
Tonya Allen, Deepak Bhargava, and John Palfrey are united in their determination to give according to their values. -
Tyler TerMeer: An Equity Champion Uniting Groups to Withstand Administration Attacks
The San Francisco AIDS Foundation chief is finding commonalities and building bridges among organizations with different missions. -
Nonoko Sato: A Leader Helping Nonprofits Plan for Uncertainty
The CEO of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits is helping nonprofits raise revenue, be good employers, and build strong boards.
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