How to build a nonprofit that pays for itself
A nonprofit CEO on how to make earned revenue work — without losing your mission.
By Patrick Bardsley
Contributor
Wealthy people are learning to give better. Here’s how.
These low-profile organizations are helping them develop the skills and build the community they need to become effective philanthropists.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Scattering seeds: Two groups push for social-justice giving
Some of the ultra-rich are on board.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Why a Foundation Quadrupled Its Grant Making
Carmen Rojas, CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, on fiduciary duty.
Small events that win big gifts, no gala required
No black tie, no hard ask — just the mission and a room full of supporters. These intimate gatherings can turn newcomers into major donors.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Democracy Funder’s Confession: We May Be Making Things Worse
Philanthropy has spent a decade defending democracy — while the conditions it aims to improve continue to deteriorate. Here's what needs to change.
By Rachel Pritzker
Contributor
How to Increase Pay at Your Nonprofit
Nonprofit leaders who raised staff salaries share how they won over their boards and found the money to make it happen.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Why Progressive Funders Are Now Backing Conservative Groups
Institutional donors gave nearly $1 billion to bridge-building efforts last year, a 36 percent jump. Behind the numbers: a reckoning over whether progressive philanthropy fueled the polarization it set out to fix.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
3 Ways Nonprofit Leaders Can Defuse Political Tensions at Work
Younger staff want to bring their whole selves to work. Leaders need strategies to channel that energy without letting conflict consume the mission.
By Ilana Kaufman
Contributor
Celebrity Giving Is Evolving: Ariana Grande’s Foundation Shows How
Grande's Brighter Days Ahead Foundation is betting that authenticity and structure can turn celebrity giving into something that outlasts the moment.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
How DC Central Kitchen Keeps Expanding While Other Nonprofits Shrink
For nearly four decades, the nonprofit has turned food into a tool for economic mobility — training thousands for careers, feeding up to 17,000 people daily, and building a model nonprofits nationwide now look to replicate.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
Can a $350 Million Gift Change AI’s Trajectory?
Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s mega-gift aims to develop ethically grounded AI leaders and accelerate America’s competitiveness.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor