Here’s the latest Chronicle reporting and advice to help your nonprofit adapt and innovate in response to Covid-19, protect your employees, and adapt your fundraising strategy as the economic and health crisis deepens. Learn from your peers who are developing solutions, how foundations are changing to meet unprecedented need, and from leaders in the field who offer their views on what to do now.
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Opinion
Philanthropy Can Do a Lot to Help Hard-Hit Small Businesses and Nonprofits (Opinion)
The businesses and nonprofits that will suffer the most are small and often rooted in neighborhoods with large numbers of people of color. Foundation and endowment capital could make a big difference in their survival. -
TechnologyNonprofit Tech Firm Offers Covid Impact Tracker to Boost Giving and Volunteering
The data is gathered directly from local nonprofits, which enter information about canceled fundraising events and program-revenue disruptions. -
Finance and Revenue
How One Social-Justice Organization Diversified Its Revenue
When its views clashed with those held by grant makers, leaders focused on fundraising events, individual giving, and more to keep growing. -
The Face of Philanthropy
They Witness Deaths Daily: Now Comes Covid-19
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. -
Coronavirus Diaries
How One Leader Is Managing During a Crisis With No Road Map
Alison Singer is co-founder and president of the Autism Science Foundation, which promotes awareness of autism-spectrum disorders and funds research on their cause and treatment. -
Grant Making
Nonprofit Takes Entrepreneurial Approach to Making Local Journalism Viable Again
As the economic plunge caused by the coronavirus decimates local newsrooms, a new venture is providing money, coaching, and other resources to build a flourishing network of nonprofit newsrooms across the country. -
Opinion
How Board Members Can Do the Most Good in the Pandemic (Opinion)
The toll on nonprofits will cause layoffs and closures, but steady leadership from the board can avert the worst situations. Here are steps to take now. -
Ask an Expert
Ask an Expert: Eligibility for Federal Stimulus Funds and the New Charitable Deduction
Do big endowments disqualify nonprofits from the Paycheck Protection Program? Are stimulus funds available only to groups whose revenue has dropped? We got answers to readers’ questions from the leader of an advocacy group for nonprofits and two fundraising consultants. -
Tool Kit
Chronicle Advice on How to Respond to Covid-19
Chronicle resources to help your nonprofit adapt its policies and operations, keep donors close despite social distancing, and continue serving the community during difficult times. -
Government and Regulation
How to Apply for Stimulus Benefits
Nonprofits are scrambling to make the most of the $2 trillion stimulus law, so the Chronicle gathered a panel of experts in a virtual forum to help you navigate the complex web of benefits available for your charity. -
Virtual Forum
Fundraisers Urged to Seize Opportunities During Current Crisis
The new stimulus law provides some fresh openings for raising money during tough times, according to Peter Fissinger, CEO of Campbell & Company and a panelist at a recent Chronicle online briefing. -
Technology
Nonprofit Tech Outfits Offer Solutions During Pandemic
For issues relating to health care, education, counseling, and more, nonprofits that specialize in tech solutions are finding ways to adapt and serve new needs. -
Podcast
How Sesame Workshop Helps Children, Families, and Caregivers Cope During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Podcast)
The nonprofit has created a free resource that provides a variety of tools to help children and families manage stressful situations, address emotional needs, and provide playful learning opportunities. -
Help in the Pandemic
Webinars and Other Events to Help You Deal With Covid-19 (April 13-17)
Our weekly listing of information and education events from nonprofit groups across the country. -
Management and Leadership
Facing Financial Stress, Nonprofits Lay Off Workers
Experts say there are less severe alternatives to consider when cutting personnel costs, but if groups need to let people go, they should be smart about the choices they make. -
Q&A
Arguing for the Importance of the Arts During a Public-Health Crisis (Q&A)
Robin Bronk, CEO of the Creative Coalition, talks about the group’s efforts during the pandemic and what it’s been like working from home in New Rochelle, N.Y., the country’s first coronavirus containment zone. -
Opinion
Nonprofits Are Leading the Way in the Fight Against Covid-19 (Opinion)
Fueled by philanthropists, nonprofits are more nimble and more attuned to demands to protect the public than government. To continue that role, they will need to heed lessons from 9/11 and other national emergencies. -
Direct Marketing and Appeals
Charities Adjust Mailings to Address Pandemic Response
As nonprofits assess how the spread of Covid-19 is affecting their mission and their finances, many are facing a difficult decision: to mail or not to mail. -
Opinion
What Philanthropy Can Do Now to Promote Education Equity After the Pandemic (Opinion)
As we learn what technology can do — and what it can’t — to improve learning, we can ensure that precious education dollars are spent in ways that do the most for the neediest youngsters. -
Podcast
United Way Worldwide CEO Discusses Changes in the Nonprofit World Due to Covid-19 (Podcast)
Brian Gallagher says there will be an increase in partnership between digital-based organizations and longstanding nonprofits. -
Q&A
An International Aid Group Gears Up for Covid-19
Mercy Corps is preparing for the possibility of significant outbreaks in the countries where it works. At the same time, it has seen a drop in monthly donors because of the economic crisis. -
Volunteering
Coronavirus Forces Large-Scale Volunteer Fundraising Events to Innovate
Some health charities that rely on mass fundraising activities to raise money for research are canceling their spring events. Some are finding ways to rally supporters virtually, while others fear the crisis will prevent them from reaching revenue goals. -
Grant Making
Foundations Adopt Policies to Move More Money Faster
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing grant makers to do things differently. Some in philanthropy hope the changes stick long after the current crises ends. -
Opinion
A Priority on Consistency for a Nonprofit’s Clients
Nicole Lynn Lewis, CEO of Generation Hope, which supports teen parents pursuing college degrees and their young children, says it’s important for people to understand the impact Covid is having on the families her group serves. -
Advice
3 Ways We Can (and Must) Help Small Nonprofits Now
The helpers need our help, says columnist Joan Garry, as she urges support for local charities. -
Advocacy
Pandemic Shines a Spotlight on Some Causes
Advocates for sick leave, the homeless, and hungry kids are suddenly getting renewed attention in their push for change. -
Corporate Giving
Companies Change Giving and Volunteer Efforts in Wake of Coronavirus
Businesses are looking for new ways to offer pro bono services that help struggling businesses. Plus they are protecting their workers’ health by cutting back direct volunteer efforts. But it is unclear whether corporate generosity will continue as the economy tumbles. -
Grant Making
Top Foundations Unite to Give Charities More Freedom Over Grants
A group that includes Ford made the move quickly so nonprofits can focus on services and remain financially stable amid the coronavirus scare. -
News
How One Group That Serves the Homeless Is Responding to the Crisis
Miriam’s Kitchen in Washington, D.C., has canceled its volunteer program and moved its feeding program outside to allow for social distancing. The changes have been costly. -
Opinion
How to Help the Most Vulnerable Through the Pandemic (Opinion)
The coronavirus will take a greater toll on people who were marginalized before the crisis started. It isn’t too late for the nonprofit world to do something about it.
