How Some Fundraisers Are Using ChatGPT Technology to Do Their Jobs Better
The chatbot can automate mundane, time-consuming tasks like writing social-media posts, drafting thank-you notes to donors, and completing grant applications.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Online Giving Declined Slightly in 2022, but Monthly Giving Was a Bright Spot, Report Finds
The drop in online giving masks the turbulence of the year for individual nonprofits — with some performing well but others experiencing sharp declines. Recurring donors gave more money over all than those offering one-time gifts, highlighting a path nonprofits seeking to boost retention might want to follow.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Nonprofits Talk A.I., Personalization, and Privacy at Technology Conference
At the first in-person gathering since 2019, nonprofits showed great interest in emerging technologies but said their top priority was more basic: getting their systems to talk to each other.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
As Technology Use Explodes in Classrooms, Philanthropy Must Help Ensure All Students Benefit
More evidence is needed to gauge whether these tech tools help students succeed. That will require greater donor support for new innovations and large-scale research.
By John Overdeck
Contributor
How Nonprofits Are Using Data to Attract and Retain Members
Several experts joined the Chronicle to discuss how data insight can help organizations recruit, retain, and engage members in their programming.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Lloyd Morrisett’s Philanthropic Legacy Is Bigger Than Big Bird
The man who co-created “Sesame Street” also presided for decades over a foundation that has left a lasting mark on the entire field of communications and mass media.
By Lee D. Mitgang
Contributor
Experts Offer Advice on Creating Livestream Fundraising Event
Livestreams can bring in big sums. The gaming fundraising event Extra Life, for example, has raised more than $100 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals since 2008. Plus: Read how livestreamers are upping their game to raise money for charity.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Nonprofit Registry Launches New Dot-Giving Domain to Help Charities Raise Money
The new domain can be used by charities to complement their main site and make fundraising more efficient or by individuals to create sites to solicit gifts for charities or by corporations to highlight their social-responsibility programs.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Livestreamers Up Their Games to Help Charities Raise Funds
Raising money for charity using livestreaming isn’t entirely new, but this genre has upped its game, with streamers raising $1.4 million for nonprofits. Find out how it’s done and if this might be a good fit for your group.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
The emergence of text generating artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT could significantly change philanthropy — for better or worse.
By Daniel Hadley
Contributor
Philanthropy Buzzwords 2023: A Window Into Uncertain and Unstable Times
This year’s list reflects a world struggling to address the climate crisis, conflict, and the innovations and dangers posed by technology.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor
Nonprofits Consider Leaving Twitter Over Platform’s Uncertain Future
Some organizations have paused or reduced both advertising and communications over concerns about the changes that have occurred in the weeks since Elon Musk bought Twitter.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Charities favored by cryptophilanthropists are assessing the fallout from a scandal that reinforces skepticism about marrying the alternative currency and charitable giving.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Companies Seek to Jump-Start Donations From Everyday Donors as Year-End Giving Season Arrives
Companies often used to rely on partnerships with big nonprofits, but today many of them typically allow customers to make gifts to any organization that has received charity status from the IRS.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Major Federal Funding to Close the Digital Divide Won’t Succeed Without Philanthropic Support
Digital inequity touches nearly every issue grant makers care about. Yet connecting marginalize people has remained an elusive goal for decades. New government investments totaling $42 billion have the potential to finally change that picture but will require targeted donor dollars to reach their potential.
By Lynette Bell and Larry Irving
Digital-Advertising Case Study: A Shift in Spending Leads to Success at Year End
Inside the success of the Parkinson’s Foundation, plus tips for 2022 and adapting to new privacy measures online.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor