How to Position Your Nonprofit for the Wealth Transfer
Fundraisers have a lot to consider as they seek estate gifts — including whom to target and how to work with advisers. Here are some tips to make sure your charity is prepared.
By Ben Gose
Contributor
How to Better Include People With Disabilities in Your Hiring Process — and Why Now
Six takeaways from an executive search consultant, including a few key pitfalls to look out for.
By Vincent Robinson
Contributor
As Populism Surges, Can a $3 Billion Foundation Shed Its Elite Image?
Community grant makers are “built for this moment” of division in America, says New York Community Trust’s Amy Freitag. The trust wants to change how it’s perceived by the average New Yorker.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Development Director Is a Hot Job. What You Need to Snag This Position
Fundraisers with their eye on the job should develop their skills building one-on-one relationships with donors and managing people.
By Rasheeda Childress
Contributor
How to Treat Every Donor Like They Matter — and Keep Them
Here are tips to engage small-dollar donors beyond simply asking for gifts, including ways to use AI to make outreach feel more personal.
By Allison Fine
Contributor
Pivoting to Private Donors When Government Funding Isn’t There
The CEO of a social-service nonprofit and two of its major donors discuss how private support funded a key program — and helped win other grants.
By Rasheeda Childress
Contributor
How Nonprofits Are Fundraising Amid ‘Scary, Challenging Time’
After cuts in federal spending, charities are making carefully worded appeals to donors to continue critical programs.
By Rasheeda Childress
Contributor
What Works Now: Rethinking Big Gifts 5 Years After the Pandemic
Three nonprofit leaders share the new ways they’re approaching major-gift fundraising in a post-Covid world — from Zoom-forward fundraising to outside-the-box events.
By M.J. Prest
Contributor
How to Build Strong Relationships With Donors and Keep Them Giving
Nonprofits often lose donors because they don’t thank them well or stay in touch. This collection offers tactics and tips to help you buck that trend and elevate your fundraising.
9 Tips for Thank-Yous That Make Donors Feel Valued
Freedom Dreams in Philanthropy provides a record and a time capsule of Black foundation leaders as the backlash against racial equity reaches the highest levels of government.
By M.J. Prest
Contributor