Eden Stiffman is a senior writer who reports on nonprofit results, impact, and accountability. She previously led coverage of fundraising and launched the Chronicle’s weekly fundraising newsletter.
Eden started her journalism career covering local news at The Dallas Morning News and has worked as an editor at Stanford Social Innovation Review. She’s a graduate of the University of Michigan in her hometown of Ann Arbor.
Stories by This Author
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Data‘Colliding Crises’ Are Straining Nonprofit Finances
More than a third of respondents in a Nonprofit Finance Fund analysis ended last year with an operating deficit. -
The Trump Agenda
AmeriCorps Cuts Threaten Service Programs and Their Unifying Power, Advocates Warn
The Trump administration intends to dismantle the national service program that fuels the work of big charities like Habitat for Humanity as well as local organizations and faith-based groups. -
The Face of Philanthropy
Helping Exonerees Rebuild Lives After Prison
Stories of the wrongfully incarcerated often have a dramatic arc: A systemic failure of the justice system results in the conviction and imprisonment of someone who didn’t commit a crime. New evidence or investigations lead to exoneration and release. One group is stepping in at that point to provide support. -
Leading
An Outspoken CEO Rises to Defend Nonprofit Sector in Turbulent Times
In her nearly four-month tenure as head of the National Council of Nonprofits, Diane Yentel has joined two lawsuits against the Trump administration and warned against silence and infighting. -
Finance and Revenue
Facing Federal Defunding, Nonprofits Draft Best and Worst Case Budgets
Organizations struggle to plan amid uncertainty about federal funds. As a result, some are crafting multiple spending plans. -
Philanthropists
Meet the Mega-Donors of the Future
Whether self-made or inheritors, they’re serious about giving today and are poised to shape philanthropy in the coming decades. -
Giving
Philanthropy Advising Is a ‘Wild West’ — and Increasingly Influential
As wealth concentrates and more donors look for help starting or expanding their giving, they’re turning to advisors for guidance. One network of advisors helped ultra-wealthy clients give $60 billion in 2024, or about 9 percent of all philanthropy. -
Communications
Fearing Retaliation, Loss of Funding, Many Nonprofits Stay Quiet on Trump
The flood-the-zone strategy coming from the White House has had a chilling effect on nonprofits, according to a new survey from the Communications Network. -
Donors
A New Giving Pledge? Tech Mogul Promises Accelerated Donations
Inspired by MacKenzie Scott and critical of the Buffett-Gates pact, the co-founder of Stack Overflow and Discourse is giving away half his wealth in five years. -
Technology
Job Site Idealist and VolunteerMatch Are Joining Forces
Two nonprofit technology groups that help people find jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities at social impact organizations have announced a merger.
