Only a few hundred nonprofits, estimates say, are set up to accept Bitcoin and other digital assets. Now is the time for organizations to decide whether, and how, they’ll start accepting such donations.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Going Live: How Nonprofits Are Reaching Younger Donors by Streaming Games Online
Live online video can be effective for raising money and telling stories, and more big charities are getting in the game, nonprofit fundraisers say.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Google Will Award $25 Million for A.I. for Social Good
Any organization can apply for money, as well as coaching and other advice on how to expand projects that harness this fast-growing type of technology.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Here’s How Some Nonprofits Plan to Raise Money on Giving Tuesday
Matching gifts, a daylong email barrage, and other good ideas show up in fundraising strategies for nonprofits on the annual day devoted to philanthropy.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Michael Bloomberg Commits $1.8 Billion to Johns Hopkins: Updated News Roundup
Updated: The record-breaking gift will go to the Johns Hopkins University for financial aid so any student, regardless of family income, can attend the institution. Plus: AbbVie will give $55 million to groups that help low-income students succeed in school. Plus, the IRS says gift and estate tax limits will be higher in 2019; three people are under arrest for a GoFundMe campaign based on a fabricated story, which raised $400,000; a company launched by Bono’s daughter has created a tool to make donating and social activism simpler; Tennessee’s education commissioner will become head of a national education charity; and more news and articles.
Fighting Poverty With Fingerprint Technology (Podcast)
Toby Norman, co-founder of Simprints, explains how the organization’s biometric fingerprint technology is increasing the effectiveness and transparency of delivering aid.
How Fast Forward Helps Nonprofits Use Technology to Solve Big Problems (Podcast)
Shannon Farley, co-founder and executive director of Fast Forward, describes how her organization dives into problems that were previously untouched by technology, including police violence and connecting veterans with suicide resources.
Live Online Videos Have Raised $80 Million Through One Company in 2018
Some experts predict live video fundraising online will grow in the coming years, even if it’s only a small slice of giving today.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Half of Donors Would Give More if Charities Made Their Online Experience Easier, Study Says
Disaster relief is top of mind for donors ahead of the year-end giving season, according to a new survey by Classy, the online fundraising company. But the upcoming midterm elections could reset priorities for one in four donors.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Test Site Launched to Make State Charity Registration Easier
The goal of the new effort is to make it possible for charities and professional fundraisers to use one online system to apply to raise money in multiple states.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Soros Heir Is Offering Nonprofits Free Online-Giving Tools. Really.
Jonathan Soros and his wife, Jennifer, want to save nonprofits money on a key fundraising expense. If their effort gains traction, it could force other software providers to lower their prices.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
New GlobalGiving CEO Plans to Push More Aid to Local Humanitarian Groups
Alix Guerrier will take over from Mari Kuraishi, who will become the next president of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Airbnb to Help People Displaced by Hurricane Florence Find Places to Stay
The company has activated its “response tool” so hosts can open their homes to people who have been evacuated and relief workers. Plus, St. John’s College has a philanthropy-centered plan to cut tuition; the president of Texas Tech talks about the loss of a $10 million gift; tech entrepreneurs are trying to make money while helping people do things like make down payments on new homes; and much more about big donors, philanthropy and government, and cultural groups.
Facebook processed more than $45 million in gifts during 2017’s event — about 15 percent of the total share of estimated contributions.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
‘Alexa, Make a Donation.’ Digital Assistants Might Be the Next Big Thing in Fundraising.
‘Alexa Donations’ offers people a convenient new tool for donations. How will charities use it?
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Fidelity’s New Female Chief Is Intensely Private — and a Big Philanthropist
A generous but anonymous supporter of charities, Abby Johnson aims to remake the finanial services company she took over from her father. Also, museums seek to cultivate more curators of color; it’s harder than you think to return tainted donations; and storm-ravaged Puerto Rico gets water relief from an unlikely duo.