May 2020

Organizations are turning to loans and lines of credit, trying to avoid layoffs, and coming up with strategies to ride out tough times.

An all-volunteer force known as the White Helmets is working to educate Syrians —already devastated by nine years of civil war —about Covid-19.

Across the country, organization are moving fast, sometimes completely changing how they work in a matter of days to aid people hit hard by the pandemic.

Both conservatives and liberals are joining forces for an idea that once got little traction. Now the question is whether the results will persuade donors to keep supporting such efforts for many years to come.

Fundraisers describe what they’re doing to stay connected with constituents and make their case for support — and how donors are responding.

Claudia Medina is head of Enlace Comunitario, a nonprofit in Albuquerque that aids victims of domestic violence in Latino immigrant communities, many of whom are undocumented.

Lance Cheslock leads a Colorado social-service group in an area with a lot if migrant farmworkers, double the national unemployment rate, and few philanthropic or government resources. And that was before the pandemic.

Readers are telling us that nonprofits are moving quickly to change how they work and advance their missions during the pandemic. The Chronicle is reimagining its offerings to help.

Organizations are turning to loans and lines of credit, trying to avoid layoffs, and coming up with strategies to ride out tough times.

Fundraisers describe what they’re doing to stay connected with constituents and make their case for support — and how donors are responding.

Gary Pforzheimer, president of PG Calc, offers advice on when and how to talk about estate gifts during the pandemic.

A mass exodus of nonprofit talent could come amid the health and economic crisis, unless we do more to demonstrate the value we and our communities place on the nonprofit work force.

Foundations and policy makers must provide organizations that serve people of color the resources, power, and access to thrive so they can help sustain progress in this recovery and through the next crisis when it comes, says the leader of the Nonprofit Finance Fund.

Foundations helped rescue Detroit when it was bankrupt. We need to put that idea on steroids to rebuild an America ravaged by Covid-19.