Lessons From Stand-Up Comedy: How a Nonprofit Leader Hones Her Craft
Marnie Webb, CEO of TechSoup, talks about what she’s learned from more than three decades in tech development.
Can AI Make Grant Seeking Easier and Grant Making More Refined?
Some experts think AI could upend the entire process, resulting in a more automated system to bring nonprofits and foundations together.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Can AI Really Support Missions? Some Nonprofits Are Betting It Can
From suicide prevention to frontline casework, AI is becoming a powerful partner in expanding nonprofit capacity.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
How AI Is Changing Fundraising
Groups big and small are finding way to personalize how they ask for money and plumb data of all kinds to connect with donors.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
What Prison Taught Me About Leading in Crisis
YouthBuild Global CEO John Valverde spent 16 years in prison. The experience shaped how he leads a nonprofit through high-stakes, unstable conditions.
By John Valverde
Contributor
Hold Fundraisers Accountable for Their Role in Epstein’s Rise
It is the job of the fundraising team to support, protect, and set standards for elite nonprofit institutions, including protecting faculty from exactly the kind of manipulation that Jeffrey Epstein conducted so smoothly.
By Pradnya Haldipur
Contributor
Tax Changes Drove a DAF Boom. Here’s How to Unlock More Giving.
With DAF assets at an all-time high, experts share proven ways to reach donors and move them to give.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Caught in a Web of DAF Transfers
Donors get a tax deduction for donor-advised fund contributions, but billions of payouts each year are simply recycled to other DAF providers
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
The Power of Pairing Money With Mentorship
With $70 million from MacKenzie Scott, Native Forward Scholars Fund is expanding its successful hands-on program — something that others hoping to grow can learn from.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How High-Touch Expeditions Build a Pipeline of Major Supporters
Experiential philanthropy trips are a growing strategy used by organizations that want to make inroads with midlevel and major donors, who often have the time, money, and interest in participating.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
A Blueprint for Faster Giving: Lessons From My Pop-Up Foundation
A former foundation executive’s grassroots experiment shows what philanthropy can accomplish when it prioritizes urgency and trust over traditional institution‑building.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Trump Posed an Existential Threat. This Nonpartisan Group Pushed Back
The Partnership for Public Service has long worked with Republicans and Democrats to strengthen the federal work force. After Trump’s return to office, it found itself in direct conflict with an administration bent on dismantling the civil service and upending its mission.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor