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Giving Analysis
Donors Down, Dollars Flat: Trends in 2024 Set Stage for 2025
New reports detail fundraising woes, but do the crises of the moment represent an opportunity to rebuild the donor base? -
Foundation Giving
Seeking Rapid Response Grants? These Funds Are Offering Help.
Some emergency funds are ramping up and others are winding down as we near the first 100 days of Trump administration cutbacks on federal funds for nonprofits. -
Foundation Giving
Nonprofits Are Struggling. These Emergency Funds Are Offering Help
The philanthropic response to the federal government’s defunding of nonprofits has been sluggish, but emergency funds are starting to emerge. The Chronicle of Philanthropy provides a list. -
Fundraising
How to Treat Every Donor Like They Matter — and Keep Them
Here are tips to engage small-dollar donors beyond simply asking for gifts, including ways to use AI to make outreach feel more personal. -
Donor Relations
9 Tips for Thank-Yous That Make Donors Feel Valued
While love languages have long been a fixture in pop psychology for improving romantic relationships, new science is emerging that learning to speak donors’ love languages forges lasting connections between nonprofits and their supporters. -
Opinion
What Fundraisers Can Learn From Jerry Falwell and the Conservative Movement
The Moral Majority’s long-game strategy offers a framework for fundraisers seeking sustainable success, regardless of their politics. -
Donor Communications
Strengthen Your Donor Communications and Raise More: Here’s How
A collection of advice from experts to help you stay in touch with supporters throughout the year, keep them inspired, and meet revenue goals. -
Fundraising
Build a Smart Outreach Plan to Keep Donors Close — and Meet Revenue Goals
A thoughtful and flexible plan for donor communications is needed more than ever. Here are some creative ideas and key steps to take. -
Opinion
Philanthropy’s 2025 Buzzwords: Concerns About Power Will Dominate the Nonprofit World
From “accelerationism” to “weaponize,” this year’s words reflect who has influence over the people nonprofits serve and the field as a whole. -
Fundraising Research
Want 57% Bigger Gifts? How You Frame the Ask Matters, Research Shows
In an experiment, asking donors to give a unit of charitable good, such as a month of meals for a refugee child, got bigger donations than asking for cash