How a Philanthropic Bet on Violence Intervention Is Winning Public Dollars
Privately funded grassroots programs are for the first time getting solid backing from the city, county, and state. Plus, see our entire special report on gun violence and nonprofits.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
How to Strengthen Donor Loyalty? A New Study Says Talk Less, Listen More
A survey of more than 1,000 charity supporters indicates two-way communication is key to long-term commitment.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Digital-Advertising Case Study: A Shift in Spending Leads to Success at Year End
Inside the success of the Parkinson’s Foundation, plus tips for 2022 and adapting to new privacy measures online.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
America’s nonprofits have promised to make their staffs look like America itself. Yet diversity remains elusive in the ranks of top fundraisers at the biggest organizations, despite significant turnover.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Heifer International’s Crypto Move and What It Might Mean for Everyday Donors
As cryptocurrency values plunge and some groups pull back on digital-cash giving programs, the development group doubles down with a crowdfunding platform it believes has lessons for all fundraising.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
How Fundraising Can Bring Americans Back to Giving — if It Changes
Twenty million households have stopped opening their wallets for charity. Nonprofits are at least partly to blame.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
How Mother Jones Defies Fundraising Rules to Build Community and Grow
The scrappy investigative journalism outlet wants donors to feel part of a “high-quality thought partnership.”
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Portrait of the Grant Maker as an Artist
In a 20-year career in grant making, Kresge Foundation president Rip Rapson has done hundreds of drawings to make philanthropy’s complexity clear — to himself and to others.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
9 Ways to Forge Stronger Connections With Supporters
With rates of giving declining, here are tips for how to better engage everyday Americans.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
2021’s Surprisingly Strong Giving …
Even as 2022’s economic uncertainty looms over fundraising forecasts, this much is clear: The pandemic-born surge in charitable giving was bigger than anyone knew. And it stretched into 2021.
By Emily Haynes and Drew Lindsay