Do Post-Disaster Crowdfunding Campaigns Exacerbate Social Inequities?
Recent climate crises show GoFundMe campaigns most often help people with robust social networks and the skills and resources to effectively tell their stories.
By Jeremy Snyder
Contributor
How to Hold On to Prospective Donors When Fundraisers Leave: a Conference Debrief
Other hot topics at APRA’s annual meeting: the promise of A.I. and due diligence on donors to prevent reputational damage.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Southern Methodist U. Gets $30 Million for Data Science and Engineering
Also, the Open Society Foundations is giving $107 million to establish the Roma Foundation for Europe, and Unicef received $10 million from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to strengthen maternal and infant health care in the Central African Republic, Haiti, Mali, and Mozambique.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The Donor Pyramid May Be Bad for Giving. Can We Do Better?
It’s a bedrock of fundraising, a staple of textbooks and strategies. But the digital age shows how wrong it might be.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
5 Ways to Tear Down the Donor Pyramid
Fundraisers are breaking from the dominant theory of fundraising and getting results.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
The Push to Get More Big Donors to Give to Fight the Spread of Antisemitism
Nonprofit leaders who fight hate say philanthropy has yet to recognize the threat antisemitism poses to American democracy and society as a whole.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mary and Richard Compton Give $50 Million to a Santa Barbara Hospital
Plus, University of Texas at Austin has landed $50 million for a new environmental studies field station, and MacKenzie Scott gave $10 million to a nonprofit that backs BIPOC-led businesses that provide jobs, training, and support to people who struggle to find employment.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Why All of Us Need to Give to Nonprofit News Outlets
If less than half a percent of all private contributions went to journalism nonprofits, we could replace the loss of local newsrooms and strengthen democracy.
By Brian Eule
Contributor
Hollywood’s Working Class Turns to Nonprofit Funds to Make Ends Meet During the Strike
George and Amal Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, and Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, among others, have pitched in with $1 million donations to groups supporting the writers and crew members.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Fundraisers’ Salaries Rise but Not Enough to Beat Inflation
While salaries grew over all, there is still a 15 percent pay gap between the average salaries for women and men.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Opinion | Restricted Funding Is Stifling Scientific Progress
By moving beyond research funding, philanthropy can encourage scientists to innovate and have a lasting impact outside of the lab, says the chief scientific officer of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund Receives Nearly $60 Million in Donations
Also, the Gray Foundation has awarded $25 million for breast-cancer research at five hospitals and universities, and the Toyota USA Foundation has committed up to $23.5 million for STEM programs at schools in Alabama, Indiana, and Kentucky.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Clinton Global Initiative Will Return to N.Y. With José Andrés, Orlando Bloom, and Matt Damon
The conference will seek commitments to address climate change, health care, gender-based violence, the war in Ukraine, and more.
By Glenn Gamboa
AP Business Writer
Part Stock Fund, Part Donor-Advised Fund: a New Bid for Young Donors
Charity Navigator, one of the biggest nonprofit-rating agencies, is betting it has an answer to a question that vexes many organizations: What might persuade affluent Millennials and Generation Z members to give?
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Pledge $100 Million for Maui Wildfire Recovery
Plus, MacKenzie Scott is continuing to give big to affordable-housing efforts with a $10 million contribution to Homestead Community Land Trust, and University of Mississippi, Ohio Wesleyan, and San Diego State University all landed major gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
By putting the stories of young people front and center, the small public-interest law firm has been a “leading light” in the climate litigation field.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor