Aug. 1, 2018

Recommended reading for those who are looking to advance in the field.

Fundraisers share their strategies for career advancement and happiness in a field where the rules aren’t always clear.

A top executive at a health-services charity shares the turning points that got her where she is.

Also, Michelle Milford Morse joins the U.N. Foundation to work on women’s issues, and Terry Mazany has been named senior vice president for philanthropy at the $1.1 billion Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.

Don’t give to universities, imagine what the libraries of today are, and be sure to give virtually all your money to organizations that promote the common good.

With new arrivals from Silicon Valley threatening San Francisco’s culture, Andy and Deborah Rappaport mount a rescue with the Minnesota Street Project.

Keys include finding mentors and seizing opportunities to learn.

Fundraisers and experts share advice about how to dig into your fundraising specialty and avoid burnout. Also: new professional-development opportunities.

The path to leadership involves studying nonprofit work beyond fundraising. And: Does the CFRE really matter?

Avoid giving people “time to find reasons why they might not want to give,” says one of the researchers.

Before DMG Foods opened in East Baltimore, many residents lacked access to a healthy, affordable food store.

Nearly all foundation missions will be harmed if the every-decade survey is hampered by low participation among immigrants, cyberattacks, or any in a range of other problems, say foundation leaders Gary Bass, Antonia Hernández, Barbara Picower, and Darren Walker.

Donors who listen, ask good questions, and get out of their offices to learn what nonprofits need will be more effective than those who just impose their own ideas of what matters.

Chinese billionaires Chrissy Luo and Tianqiao Chen focus their giving on the study of the brain, perception, and learning.

Our look at 20,000 foundations identified 49 at which the compensation paid to staff and board members accounted for more than half of the foundations’ charitable grant making.

Mobilisation Lab works with charities around the world to put control over campaigns in the hands of more supporters.

Allow interested employees at all levels and in all departments of the organization to participate, and keep fundraisers involved at all stages.

The institution faced many challenges getting its far-flung operations geared up for the first comprehensive capital campaign since its founding in 1846.

Identifying “personas” can give charities the information they need without spending money on surveys and consultants’ fees. It helped boost one group’s giving 100 percent from one year to the next.

Legal action can rear its ugly head if donors and recipients aren’t clear in their expectations. Experts offer tips on how to avoid problems.