Heifer International’s Crypto Move and What It Might Mean for Everyday Donors
As cryptocurrency values plunge and some groups pull back on digital-cash giving programs, the development group doubles down with a crowdfunding platform it believes has lessons for all fundraising.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Charity:water Believes Donors Have More to Give Than Dollars — if You Ask
The nonprofit offers its supporters a host of ways to give as they want.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Will a Money-Back Guarantee Win Over Wealthy Donors? An Antipoverty Effort Aims to Find Out.
The campaign aims to tap two big sources of capital — the wealth of individual philanthropists and impact investments.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Living With Fire: Donors Want to Focus on Reducing Risk, Not on Disaster
Wealthy donors and foundations worried about wildfires are exploring ways to put the focus on resilience and risk reduction instead of disaster response.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Inside 2 Capital Campaigns Upending Big-Donation Traditions
Some nonprofits are attracting big gifts while rethinking relationships with big donors. Plus, read about a <a href="https://sandbox.philanthropy.com/article/big-gifts-only-please-tenn-group-runs-capital-campaign-targeted-solely-at-major-donors">capital campaign targeted solely at major donors</a> and see our special report on <a href="https://sandbox.philanthropy.com/package/a-new-day-in-fundraising-how-donor-relationships-campaigns-and-staffs-are-changing">how donor relationships, campaigns, and staffs are changing</a>.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Is Crypto the Next Big Thing in Fundraising? Ukraine Aid Groups Aim to Find Out
Funding war relief is becoming a test case of how cryptoinvestors work for good — and whether nonprofits fit in their charitable strategies.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Once a Cryptocurrency Novice, Tree-Planting Group Lands Big Digital-Cash Gifts
How the cryptocommunity became a critical part of fundraising at Trees for the Future.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Alarmed by Trend Among the Young to Think Guns Mean Safety, Nonprofit Turns to TikTok Stars
After years of policy research at the Joyce Foundation, Nina Vinik has started a nonprofit that aims to address young Americans’ embrace of gun ownership as protection.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Airbnb’s Nonprofit Makes Resettling Refugees a Core Mission
Airbnb’s philanthropic program, which works to provide emergency temporary housing to the needy, is seen as a model for those working to resettle refugees and a core mission of Airbnb.org, the company’s nonprofit program, which marks its first anniversary Tuesday.
Crypto-Based Digital Art Frenzy Draws in Charities
As collectors try to cash in on nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, nonprofits and donors are auctioning them off, some with huge success, others much less so.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
An Investment Wizard Builds a Nonprofit to Offer Data Solutions for Equity
Where are disparities the greatest? Katie Kalvoda built the nonprofit Advance OC to map out the answers.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
When Covid-19 Hit Neb. Immigrants, a Nonprofit’s New Hire Found New Ways to Connect Them With Help
Eric Garcia-Mendez hit the pavement to help Heartland United Way get pandemic relief and vaccine information to Latino and East African immigrants.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Philanthropy Needs to Rethink How It Supports Efforts to Rebuild Our Nation’s Infrastructure
As Congress debates a potential massive increase in federal infrastructure funding, grant makers should embrace a more expansive view of such projects — one that paves the way toward more equitable and sustainable communities.
By Katy Knight
Contributor
Philanthropy Should Help Create Better Jobs, Not Just Better-Trained Workers
A new foundation-supported effort will promote business models that put worker and societal interests on par with profits — and shift the narrative that retraining low-income workers is the surest path to good jobs.
By Marina Gorbis
Contributor
What Drives Direct Giving and Why It Matters to Nonprofits
Whether the popularity of direct giving is a sign that nonprofits aren’t winning the trust or hearts of some portion of the giving public remains an open question. But it’s critical that nonprofits pay attention and take all kinds of giving seriously — including that which doesn’t pass through formal charitable structures.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
The Pandemic Reveals the Long-Term Impact of Advocacy on a Food Charity
The Common Market has long purchased produce from local farms and sold it to schools and hospitals as a way to get healthy food to people who need it. After Covid hit, the nonprofit overhauled its operation to focus on emergency food aid to individuals.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor