Advice

Charities are legally permitted to lobby more than their leaders may realize. A law professor tells you how.

Fundraisers have a lot to consider as they seek estate gifts — including whom to target and how to work with advisers. Here are some tips to make sure your charity is prepared.

Fundraisers with their eye on the job should develop their skills building one-on-one relationships with donors and managing people.

Here are tips to engage small-dollar donors beyond simply asking for gifts, including ways to use AI to make outreach feel more personal.

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.

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.

After cuts in federal spending, charities are making carefully worded appeals to donors to continue critical programs.

Three nonprofit leaders share the new ways they’re approaching major-gift fundraising in a post-Covid world — from Zoom-forward fundraising to outside-the-box events.

While love languages have long been a fixture in pop psychology for improving romantic relationships, new science is emerging that learning to speak donors’ love languages forges lasting connections between nonprofits and their supporters.

Nonprofit leaders share advice on how to demonstrate leadership potential, impress your boss, and advance your career.