How to Ensure the Consultants You Hire Help — Rather than Harm — Your Nonprofit
Consultants’ assumptions about what constitutes success could exacerbate the problems nonprofits aim to solve. These three steps can help.
By Leah Reisman
Contributor
An Open Letter to MacKenzie Scott: Six Steps to Ensure Your For-Profit Investments Do the Most Good
Launching a successful impact investment program isn’t easy, as Scott may find. These strategies can help.
By Antony Bugg-Levine
Contributor
Foundations, Trump, and Religious Conservatives
Coalitions that aim to counter what they see as the President’s authoritarianism are overlooking key potential partners: faith-driven Trump supporters.
By Diana Aviv and Allison K. Ralph
Civil Society Isn’t Prepared for Trump’s Attacks. Here Are Steps to Take Now
Trivial lawsuits and endless audits can quickly hinder nonprofits’ ability to operate. Foundations should ready their defenses.
Remembering Michael Bailin: Philanthropy’s Best Supporter — and Critic
A trailblazing leader, Bailin spent his career questioning the field’s methods — and pushing it to do better.
By Nancy Roob and Marc Freedman
The ‘Nonprofit Killer Bill’ Seems Scary — but Current Law Is Worse
While widely seen as a threat to civil society, HR 9495 actually gives nonprofits more power to fight back than the existing law.
By Darryll K. Jones
Contributor
As Trump Takes Office, Philanthropy Should Adopt a Pandemic-Like Crisis Response
Lessons learned in 2020 can serve the field well as it faces another period of uncertainty and upheaval, writes Lisa Pilar Cowan in the first in a series of dispatches on Trump’s initial 100 days in office.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
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.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor
Lessons from Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger on the Dangers of Ideological Rigidity
Purity tests, whether in music or the social-change world, stifle creativity and impede progress.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
Your Secret Weapon in These Divisive Times? Fundraisers
They have the skills to break through polarization and build bridges to donors with a wide range of views — exactly what organizations need as the new administration takes office and red-blue tensions simmer.
By Jason Lewis
Contributor