Business CEOs and Investment Fund Team Up to Steer DAF Dollars to Covid Response
A new fund is trying to steer impact investors and donor-advised-fund account holders to support efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Charity Navigator Vastly Expands Number of Groups Rated, Still Relying Mainly On Overhead Measures
Some 150,000 more nonprofits are now rated; the watchdog says it will soon do more to account for a nonprofit’s impact, innovation, and diversity efforts.
By dan.parks
Contributor
New ‘Quick Start’ Guide Helps Grant Makers Establish Emergency Funding Programs
The Covid-19 pandemic and the racial-justice protests present serious challenges for grant makers who want to help. There are opportunities to make a difference.
By dan.parks
Contributor
New ‘Quick Start’ Guide Helps Grant Makers Establish Emergency Funding Programs
The Covid-19 pandemic and the racial-justice protests present serious challenges for grant makers who want to help. There are opportunities to make a difference.
By dan.parks
Contributor
With Donations Down, Nonprofits Need to Do a Better Job of Managing Their Endowments
To survive the pandemic, nonprofits with endowments need to make sure these funds are performing as well as they can be and evaluate whether smarter financial strategies should be put in place, say two professors at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
By Egor Matveyev and Andrew W. Lo
Giving to Faith-Based Nonprofits Likely to Hold Steady or Increase, Survey Says
Eighty-five percent of people who gave at least $1,000 in 2018 or 2019 to a faith-based nonprofit say they expect to give the same amount or more this year as they did last year, according to a new survey.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Senate Stimulus Bill Would Expand Loan for Charities but Omit Other Nonprofit Priorities
Under the legislation, a second round of Paycheck Protection Program loans would be limited to nonprofits with 300 or fewer employees. The bill offers no changes to current law on charitable deductions or foundation payout requirements.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Nonprofit Finances on the Brink
With looming government cuts and uncertainty over how long the pandemic will last, charities’ budgets are stretched tight. Some organizations won’t make it, and many others are likely to shrink.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Despite the Down Economy, Some Nonprofits Aim to Grow
The nonprofit sector as a whole may be struggling, but plenty of ambitious organizations still want to expand — and some are succeeding.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Despite the Down Economy, Some Nonprofits Aim to Grow
The nonprofit sector as a whole may be struggling, but plenty of ambitious organizations still want to expand — and some are succeeding.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Black Philanthropy Month Organizers Hope Current Crisis Will Spur a Burst of Giving
The coronavirus pandemic and this spring’s racial justice uprisings might inspire more donations and investments to black-led nonprofits and entrepreneurs during this year’s event, organizers say.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Some Nonprofits Hail Paycheck Protection Program as a ‘Savior’; Others See Layoffs Continue
Some groups have hired back workers or reopened programs. For others, the benefits have been fleeting.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Religious Groups and Schools Got the Most PPP Loans
The Chronicle of Philanthropy analyzed the data for 42,462 organizations that received loans of $150,000 to $10 million.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
New Report Offers 4 Scenarios for How Covid and the Economy’s Fall Will Reshape the Nonprofit World
As many as 40 percent of charities could be wiped out, according to one forecast — but grant makers and nonprofits could also seize new ways to advance their missions.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Report Projects 22,000 Nonprofits Will Fail Due to Coronavirus
That median estimate produced by Candid represents a failure rate of 7 percent.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Report Projects 22,000 Nonprofits Will Fail Due to Coronavirus
That median estimate produced by Candid represents a failure rate of 7 percent.
By dan.parks
Contributor