November 2023
The Chronicle of Philanthropy Volume 36, Issue 1COVER STORY
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Data and ResearchChronicle’s Exclusive Survey Finds Skittish Donors and Fundraisers Searching for a New Normal
Most fundraisers said they expect their groups to raise enough money to meet their goals this year, but there’s a deep sense of unease about the economy.
HIGHLIGHTS
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New Normal
After Pandemic Windfalls, Fundraisers Are Getting Real About How Much Money They Can Raise
Fundraisers face the challenge of helping leaders and boards understand how much money organizations can reasonably expect to bring in. -
Advice
Competition for Donors Is High; How to Stand Out in the Crowd
Fundraisers aim to find — and engage — the donors who rate the organization’s work most important among the groups they support.
FEATURES
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Foundations
No Apologies: Rajiv Shah Stands by Rockefeller’s Top-Down Approach
Even as MacKenzie Scott and the Ford Foundation popularize unrestricted giving, the Rockefeller Foundation maintains an experts-know-best approach to grant making. -
Foundation Giving
Rockefeller’s Rajiv Shah: Highest Paid CEO Among Big Foundations
His management style has sown discontent among some, but he also has admirers. -
Leading
No Longer Lonely at the Top: A Growing Number of Nonprofits Hire Co-CEOs
Shared leadership helps organizations find the skills they need and can be an answer to candidates’ demand for greater work-life balance. -
Leading
Inside a Leadership Transition That Included 2 Years as Co-CEOs
New Profit founder, Vanessa Kirsch, and her successor, Tulaine Montgomery, say shared leadership requires careful planning and frank conversations. -
Leading
Co-CEOs and Board Members Offer Hard-Won Advice on Shared Leadership
It’s important that co-CEOs trust each other and that organizations plan carefully before they appoint joint leaders. -
Big Gifts
Can a Grant-Making Competition Stop Rich Donors From Getting Cold Feet?
In 2019, Lever for Change spun off from the MacArthur Foundation as a separate organization with an eye-popping goal: to drive $1 billion in philanthropic funding over four years to promising nonprofits.
DEPARTMENTS
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The Face of Philanthropy
Shining a Light on Contemporary Latinx Artists
Every year, the US Latinx Art Forum awards fellowships to 15 visual artists of Latin American or Caribbean descent who live and work in the United States, bringing them greater visibility. -
Online Fundraising
9 Simple Ways to Raise More Online — and Reach Year-End Goals
Find social-media influencers in your nonprofit’s network, enlist trustees to help kickstart and promote campaigns, and more tips from experts. -
Why They Give
Billionaire Bernie Marcus to Rich People: Get Off Your Rear Ends and Do Something Good
The 94-year-old Home Depot co-founder has donated roughly $2 billion so far, including big bets in Atlanta. -
Interview
How A.I. Could Hurt Your Cause: A Veteran Tech Watchdog Explains
Artificial intelligence’s proliferating risks, and why tech policy is now social-justice policy.
OPINION
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Opinion
It’s Open Season on Civil Rights. Philanthropy Must Not Retreat.
As a new Supreme Court session begins today, an onslaught of lawsuits will use the affirmative-action decision to try to chip away at other rights. Donors should prepare to fight back and recommit to funding racial justice. -
Opinion
Ibram X. Kendi’s Antiracism Center Is Struggling. Donors Share Some of the Blame.
If grant makers want to strengthen the racial-justice movement, they need to admit when things go wrong and ensure that better planning and accountability are in place the next time. -
Opinion
I’m a White Male Elite Who Wanted to Fight for Racial Justice. Here’s What I Got Wrong.
Garrett Neiman was taught that leading and controlling institutions was the best way for a privileged man like him to have an impact. The social sector has taught him otherwise.
