April 4, 2017

Experts urge setting priorities, learning to say “no,” and establishing personal boundaries to keep the job in perspective.

Several for-profit companies are making it easy for nonprofits to connect with A-list celebrities for digital campaigns. But there are pitfalls, and it’s often not clear who benefits the most.

Alec Baldwin, Taylor Swift, Michael Jordan, and others have all given big sums to causes they care about.

Charity leaders and the stars themselves dish about the ins and outs of working with big names to raise big money.

With urban-rural tensions rising, regional spinoffs of Minneapolis’s McKnight Foundation offer a model for partnership between the big city and small towns.

Long hours, travel, and pressure to be “always on” for donors can take a toll on fundraisers. Many nonprofits are putting a priority on helping workers avert burnout. Also, get tips on how you can keep your job from overwhelming your life.

A medical emergency Stan Brock suffered in a remote region of South America inspired the former TV personality to create a nonprofit network of mobile clinics to serve rural areas.

An experiment involving users of Kiva showed that inactive donors who were part of a giving team could often be prodded into contributing if faced with a challenge to help outdo other teams.

The Sobrato Organization built campuses for Apple and other tech giants. Now the family behind the firm is using its fortune to help the region’s low-income families.

American citizens shouldn’t have to help foot the bill for giving that makes it harder for their own voices to be heard.

Charities would have a stronger case to take to lawmakers if they started a national campaign to increase donations — and encouraged people to give from their wealth, not their income.

Conservative foundations have been effective in the policy arena, but they are outgunned financially by their liberal peers and are “sunsetting” at a faster rate.

The Jewish campus nonprofit is plowing grants and donations into better recruitment, higher salaries, and more opportunities for employee education.

Masha Pearl, 32, who heads the Blue Card, has a personal connection to the cause; all four of her grandparents fled Nazi persecution in Eastern Europe.

When a donor you cultivated at a previous charity wants to give to your new nonprofit employer, it can raise serious ethical questions that must be handled with care.