Celebrating a Free-Flowing River
Indigenous youths kayaked the 310-mile length of the Klamath River in a monthlong descent organized by the nonprofit Ríos to Rivers.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
The DEI Dilemma: Double Down or Back Down?
In a year of tests for nonprofit leaders, one of the most challenging decisions is whether to take a public stand for diversity and inclusion.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Mergers Have Become a Lifeline for Nonprofits. Will Foundations Help Cover the Costs?
Charities are looking for strategic partners to survive a rough 2025, and they hope foundations — which have long pushed for consolidation — will help pay for the mergers.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
A New Playbook: How Nonprofits Are Reinventing Themselves
Amid the chaos of 2025, organizations are adapting and innovating to survive. The new approaches might eventually make them stronger.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Philanthropy’s Road Forward: 6 Takeaways From Traveling the U.S. in Precarious Times
Over seven weeks, 22 book tour events, and discussions with thousands of funders, the message was clear: the structures of the past are damaging the sector and must change.
By Dimple Abichandani
Contributor
Adapt or Resist? How to Survive the Threat of Political Litmus Tests for Federal Grants
A new executive order gives presidential appointees the power to reward allies and punish opponents. Here are seven actions nonprofits can take to lessen the blow.
By Matt Watkins
Contributor
Ditch Grand Strategies and Focus on How Change Really Happens
Philanthropy reflexively tries to solve problems with sweeping plans. Instead, fix what matters most to people — from a broken stoplight to education — to set off a chain reaction of community-driven action.
By Richard Harwood
Contributor
Sabbaticals Strengthen Leaders and Nonprofits: Here’s How to Recharge
Five nonprofit heads share insights about their recent sabbaticals. Here are their top tips on how and why to take time to recharge, even during challenging moments — and come back stronger.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The Tax Law’s Big Win for Charities Makes DAF Giving Trickier
It may slow everyday donors’ adoption of DAFs — and lead some DAF donors to alternate between itemizing their taxes and taking the standard deduction.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Big Gifts and the New Tax Law: Boom Now, Bust Later?
High-earners may make big gifts in 2025, but their giving may decline next year.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
8 Things a Mega-Donor Did Right to Engineer a ‘Miracle’
How $160 million from Netscape pioneer Jim Barksdale — a newcomer to social-change philanthropy — helped make schools in his native Mississippi a source of pride, not shame.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Will the New $2,000 Tax Break Bring Back Everyday Donors?
Some experts are optimistic that a deduction for people who don’t itemize can reverse a long-term decline in donors.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
How the Reeve Foundation Tripled Its Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Revenue
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, started by the late Superman actor and his wife, raises more than $1 million a year by coaching volunteers to throw uplifting events on its behalf.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions