Listen to Foundation Leaders and Issue Experts Live From ComNet16
The Chronicle of Philanthropy will stream all five keynote sessions from the Communications Network’s annual meeting September 29 and 30, featuring Kellogg Foundation CEO La June Montgomery Tabron, New York Times columnist Charles Blow, and other nonprofit leaders and social commentators.
Thank-You Notes That Look Handwritten Inspire Donors to Give Again
How one nonprofit brought back 440 lapsed donors and boosted revenue after taking a new approach to acknowledgments.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Study Finds Jump in No-Strings Giving to Arts Groups
Fundraising efficiency is rising at cultural organizations, according to a report by the National Center for Arts Research.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
A Tool to Plan a Compelling Nonprofit Video
Creating videos is more work than you might think. Here’s a guide to planning ahead to produce a great video and make the best use of it.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Roger Ailes’s Alma Mater Returns 2007 Gift
Plus, Donald Trump’s campaign responds to critical media coverage of his giving record and a communications consultant dissects the Wounded Warrior Project’s crisis management.
Nonprofits Fret as Clinton Foundation Plans to Transfer Programs
Foundation President Donna Shalala said she and colleagues are laboring program by program to ensure continuity of services and financial support from donors where possible.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
How a Family Foundation Shaped an Urgent National Issue
Through a fellowship program, a family foundation and a communications firm prepared pain experts to raise awareness about ways to better manage chronic pain.
By CAROL SCHADELBAUER
Contributor
A Jewish Federation Courts Support From Secular Gen Xers
The Associated finds that meeting the needs of post-boomers, who are less likely than their elders to practice a religion, has helped the nearly century-old group plant seeds for the future.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
A Conservation Group Gives Gen X Donors the Data They Want
Panthera makes changes in how it communicates with big donors to satisfy their desire for results — and adjusts to their preference for restricted giving.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Words in Action: 4 Videos Inspired by the FrameWorks Institute’s Work
Climate change, addiction treatment, and equity in education funding are among the causes the nonprofit communications think tank has studied. Here are some examples of how its findings are being used to advance public understanding of complex issues.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Podcast: How Smaller Nonprofits Can Draw More Planned Gifts
This month’s episode of Fundraising Fundamentals offers tips for small and midsized organizations on building a planned-giving program.
By TONY MARTIGNETTI
Contributor
Pro-Charters Group Offers $100,000 for John Oliver Takedown
The nonprofit Center for Education Reform is soliciting video rebuttals to a critical segment about charter schools on the comedian’s satiric TV show Last Week Tonight, The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet education blog writes.
Mass. Charter-School Campaign Funded by Secretive Nonprofits
A ballot initiative to expand charter schools in Massachusetts is being funded in part by nonprofits that do not have to disclose their donors, highlighting the difficulty states face in tracking political money that flows through tax-exempt “social-welfare” groups, The Boston Globe writes.
Marketing Agency Puts ‘Clickbait’ to Work for Charities
RXM Creative’s Clickbait for Good project aims to use the familiar practice of luring internet users to websites with sensational and provocative headlines to help nonprofits promote causes and draw donations, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Wounded Warrior Sticks With Accounting Rules That Drew Fire
New documents suggest the organization is doing little to satisfy critics who complain that it inflates program spending and understates administrative expenses.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
1 in 3 Charities Ignores Online Queries From Donors, Says Study
Twenty-seven percent of the organizations surveyed also disabled Facebook Messenger, according to a new report by two fundraising consulting companies.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor