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How to Use AI Without Compromising Your Sustainability Values

How to Use AI Without Compromising Your Sustainability Values

Experts explain how nonprofits and individuals can reduce the environmental impact of AI.

How DC Central Kitchen Keeps Expanding While Other Nonprofits Shrink

How DC Central Kitchen Keeps Expanding While Other Nonprofits Shrink

For nearly four decades, the nonprofit has turned food into a tool for economic mobility — training thousands for careers, feeding up to 17,000 people daily, and building a model nonprofits nationwide now look to replicate.

‘We Make a Point of Celebrating When People Try, Not Just When They Win’

‘We Make a Point of Celebrating When People Try, Not Just When They Win’

Curt Ellis, the CEO and co-founder of FoodCorps, on how he overcomes challenges.

Nonprofits Seek a Unifying Tone in the Partisan Air of the 250th

Nonprofits Seek a Unifying Tone in the Partisan Air of the 250th

The private sector's unifying ambitions have been met with a mixed response, complicated by an uneasy national mood.

Aid Is On the Way After Venezuela’s Earthquakes, but It’s Not Clear How Quickly

Aid Is On the Way After Venezuela’s Earthquakes, but It’s Not Clear How Quickly

Serious damage to airports, hospitals, and other essential infrastructure is impeding the delivery of aid.

Nonprofit Leaders Have Some Blunt Advice for Their Funders

Nonprofit Leaders Have Some Blunt Advice for Their Funders

The James Irvine Foundation asked five veteran nonprofit leaders what philanthropy gets wrong. They didn’t hold back.

Points of Light to Unveil New Strategy to Ignite a Volunteerism Boom

Points of Light to Unveil New Strategy to Ignite a Volunteerism Boom

It is the first phase of a $100 million plan to double the number of U.S. volunteers to 150 million by 2035.

Anthropic Announces Program to Teach Nonprofits to Use AI More Effectively

Anthropic Announces Program to Teach Nonprofits to Use AI More Effectively

Claude Corps, named for the company's popular AI chatbot, will hire and embed 1,000 fellows trained in the use of Claude at a wide range of organizations for a year.

Turning Challenges Into Programming Innovations

Turning Challenges Into Programming Innovations

Some charities are collaborating with other nonprofits, while others are using their heft to muscle into new territory.

Celebrating Wins and Scheduling Rest

Celebrating Wins and Scheduling Rest

How a nonprofit founder gets it all done.

People protest Les Wexner outside the Wexner Center for the Arts on the campus of Ohio State University on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 in Columbus, Ohio.

Why Removing a Problematic Donor’s Name Is Harder Than It Looks

Colleges have moved slowly amid calls to remove the names of donors who enabled Jeffrey Epstein from campus buildings.

U.S. Nonprofit Sector Is Pushing Back Against an ‘Authoritarian Playbook’

U.S. Nonprofit Sector Is Pushing Back Against an ‘Authoritarian Playbook’

Many nonprofits have been surprisingly successful responding to government attacks on their freedom to operate.

Nearly 90 Percent of Nonprofit Leaders Worry About Burnout

Nearly 90 Percent of Nonprofit Leaders Worry About Burnout

Spiking need, unstable funding, and chaotic policies are causing workers to feel overwhelmed.

Nonprofits That Forge Partnerships Survive Crises Better, Study Finds 

Nonprofits That Forge Partnerships Survive Crises Better, Study Finds 

It isn't about having more partners but the right partners.

Mergers Can Save Nonprofits. Here’s How to Get One Right.

Mergers Can Save Nonprofits. Here’s How to Get One Right.

A practical guide to knowing when a merger makes sense, finding the right partner, and navigating the road ahead together.

Arthur M. Blank Foundation President Fay Twersky Set to Retire

Arthur M. Blank Foundation President Fay Twersky Set to Retire

Twersky shepherded the Blank family through a period of accelerating and rethinking some of its grant making.