June 2020

Technology has helped charities scrambling to raise money and provide services in a suddenly altered world — in ways that could last for decades.

Job searching during the pandemic raises new questions for organizations and candidates alike.

Major-gift fundraising is usually a high-touch endeavor, but because of the pandemic, fundraisers are turning to digital tools to interact with wealthy prospects.

As Adam Meyerson leaves Philanthropy Roundtable this week, he says donors must play a vital role in preparing for the next pandemic, but he bemoans the “alarming decline” in household giving.

More grant makers are appointing senior-level people to focus exclusively on ways to help share power and promote diversity and inclusion.

Nonprofits have been hit hard by the pandemic and the resulting economic crisis. Mental-health experts offer advice on how to relax and when to seek help.

At big groups like Oxfam America and Doctors Without Borders USA, face-to-face fundraising has been an established way to recruit new monthly donors. Even with opportunities to raise money by phone, these charities still have an extraordinary amount of ground to make up, industry leaders say.

The Navajo & Hopi Families Covid-19 Relief Fund has raised millions for food distribution, supplies to make masks, and other efforts.

New research shows that well-meaning efforts have not closed disparities. We need grant makers to do more to help nonprofits run by people of color build sustained support to meet the challenges ahead.

Health professionals are donating their time, revealing what’s best about our country’s generous spirit and what’s worst about our ill-prepared and ungenerous federal government.

Natural disasters often lead communities to create better versions of themselves. Philanthropy can help that happen during the Covid-19 crisis by following a path similar to other successful disaster-recovery efforts.