As AI Advances, Candid Cuts Staff, Bets Its Future on Data
As artificial intelligence explodes, nonprofit data provider Candid shifts focus to provide data to AI platforms.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
MacKenzie Scott’s Boldest Year Yet: Fewer Gifts, Massive Checks
Her 2025 giving hit $7.1B, with fewer gifts but far larger checks driving her most ambitious year yet. By pouring resources into repeat partners and global and environmental causes, she’s signaled a new, bolder era for her philanthropy.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
The High Cost of Low Nonprofit Pay
Millions of nonprofit workers don’t make enough to sustain themselves. Experts warn it’s time for boards and funders to stop ignoring the math and start investing in the people behind the mission.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
‘All Gifts Matter and No Gift Is Too Small’
H. Art Taylor, the CEO of the Association for Fundraising Professionals, talks about how he manages his workload and what he does for fun.
A Division of USAID Relaunches as a Nonprofit
The reincarnation of USAID's Development Innovation Ventures is thanks to $48 million raised from two private donors.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Learn how Wendy Young, the president of Kids in Need of Defense and a longtime defender of immigrant children, stays motivated.
New Rating System Grades Foundations by Grant Making Practices, Not Size
The benchmark, developed by the Schott Foundation, gives foundations platinum, gold, silver, and bronze marks.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
45 Arts Nonprofits Join Forces to Buck National Giving Trends
An arts collaborative went from raising $3.8 million in 2021 to $9 million in the 2025 campaign.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
How Unlikely Allies Help One Nonprofit Get Results in a Deep Red State
By staying disciplined and creating broad coalitions, a small criminal justice group has carved out improbable victories in Republican-dominated Alabama
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How a Year of Funding Whiplash Reshaped the Nonprofit Work Force
Hiring plans collapsed, layoffs surged, and applications soared as funding disruptions hit nonprofits in 2025. The result is a more competitive, less stable job market that’s likely to persist this year.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor