People Give Less After Daylight Saving Time Switch
After losing an hour of sleep, people are less inclined to help others, research has found.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Volunteers Can Teach the Professionals a Lot About Raising Money — if They Let Them
As donors themselves, volunteer fundraisers understand what makes potential donors tick — and often in ways the professionals don’t. Greater respect for their skills and increased collaboration with development staff are sorely needed.
Critics Charge That Conservative Donors Are Pushing the American Catholic Church to the Right
Sean Fieler dismisses the critique, saying: “The implication somehow that I’m giving money and that’s changing the way the church is behaving in the United States writ large is kind of crazy.”
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Roy and Diana Vagelos Give $175 Million for Physician-Scientist Training at Columbia U.
Also, Mary and Richard Templeton donated $20 million to Southern Methodist University for engineering education and scholarships, and California State University at Fullerton has received a pledge of $4 million for desert-science studies.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Manage Walk-athons and Similar Fundraising Events and Get Participants to Become Big Donors
Making sure the most valuable events get the attention they need, revitalizing or eliminating those not so successful, and considering ethics in storytelling were a few of the topics discussed at a recent Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Tips for Creating a Successful Young Professionals Program
Young professionals may not have a lot of money to donate, but they can offer their time, energy, and ideas. Here’s how several nonprofits in India get young people involved in their work.
By Alex Counts, Sejal Desai and Jay Sehgal
How Leaders Can Help Fundraisers Avoid Burnout
Nonprofit managers should check in with fundraisers early and often and show appreciation for their achievements.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Also, the Citi Foundation has committed $25 million to improve food security worldwide, and Salesforce gave $1 million in unrestricted grants to 10 nonprofit groups with Black leaders.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
NYU’s Stern School of Business Gets a $53.6 Million Commitment for Global Learning
Also, the Heritage Foundation has received a pledge of $25 million to advance its policy goals, and the University of California at Los Angeles received a joint gift of $20 million to establish the Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
For Donors, Wartime Ukraine Aid Creates Blurry Ethical Line
Companies, individuals, and others have been navigating local and international regulations to provide aid and have grappled with similar moral questions about whether to donate to an allied nation’s defense.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Big Gifts to Ukraine Come From Individuals, U.S. Tech Companies, and Businesses With Social Missions
Other support has come from U.S.-based nonprofits like Nova Ukraine and Razom for Ukraine, which went from receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts annually to raising more than $70 million each in cash and in-kind donations since February 2022.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Top 30 Walkathons and Similar Fundraising Events Raised More Than $1 Billion in 2022
They took a tumble during the worst of the pandemic, with steep decreases in the amounts raised, but they’re beginning to thrive again.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Moore Foundation Commits $110 Million for Wildfire Resilience
Also, Ohio State University received $110 million to establish the Center for Software Innovation, and the Open Society Foundations committed $20 million toward the future of social-justice philanthropy in Baltimore even as it plans to close its Open Society Institute-Baltimore affiliate by the end of 2023.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Value of Big Gifts Declines, Report Finds, but ‘Money Is Still There’
Despite the year-over-year decrease in the value of gifts of $10 million or more, the number of those gifts actually increased 3 percent from 2021 to 2022.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
3 Scholars Discuss Giving by the Philanthropy 50’s Top U.S. Donors
Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mike Bloomberg, and Warren Buffett topped the list.
Michael Jordan Celebrates His Birthday With a $10 Million Gift to Make-a-Wish Foundation
Plus, the University of Michigan landed a $50 million donation for its education school, and three other universities received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor