September 12, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
Lucy Bernholz, a nonprofit consultant, is making predictions for what the nonprofit world will experience in November and December, the two months when giving in America is usually highest because of the holiday season and the approaching conclusion of the tax year.
Donations via mobile phones, the creation of donor-advised funds, and celebrity giving are among the trends she thinks will grow, she writes on her blog, Philanthropy 2173.
Philanthropic tools she expects to fall out of favor include the establishment of foundations, the hiring of philanthropy experts by financial-services companies, and widgets, which are online fund-raising buttons that people can use to raise money on their own blogs, Web sites, or social-networking sites.
What do you think? What predictions do you have for the upcoming “giving season”?
