Executive Leadership
Me and My Shadow: A Peer Learning Model Helps Leaders Grow
5 key lessons from an experiment in professional development for high-level executives.
Fundraising
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Donor-Advised Funds
7 Smart Tips to Reach DAF Donors — and Raise More
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Next-Gen Donors
Don’t Ignore Next-Gen as the Wealth Transfer Begins
Executive Leadership
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Podcast | Nonprofits Now: Leading Today
Listen Now: Lessons in Leadership From Women of Color
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Podcast | Nonprofits Now: Leading Today
Listen Now: Two CEOs on How to Get Boards to Help With Fundraising and More
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Podcast | Nonprofits Now: Leading Today
Listen Now: Steps Leaders Can Take Today to Bridge Divides
Technology
Toolkits and Collections
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Tool Kit | Donor Relations
How to Build Strong Relationships With Donors and Keep Them Giving
Careers
Communications
All Advice
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Advice
Know Your Rights: How Much Can Tax-Exempt Groups Speak Out?
Charities are legally permitted to lobby more than their leaders may realize. A law professor tells you how. -
Planned Giving
How to Position Your Nonprofit for the Wealth Transfer
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. -
Fundraising Careers
Development Director Is a Hot Job. What You Need to Snag This Position
Fundraisers with their eye on the job should develop their skills building one-on-one relationships with donors and managing people. -
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. -
Careers
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. -
Fundraising
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. -
Fundraising
How Nonprofits Are Fundraising Amid ‘Scary, Challenging Time’
After cuts in federal spending, charities are making carefully worded appeals to donors to continue critical programs. -
Fundraising
What Works Now: Rethinking Big Gifts 5 Years After the Pandemic
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. -
Donor Relations
9 Tips for Thank-Yous That Make Donors Feel Valued
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. -
Careers
Smart Ways to Show You’re Ready for a Promotion — and a Few Things to Avoid
Nonprofit leaders share advice on how to demonstrate leadership potential, impress your boss, and advance your career.