A Big Deal for Conservation
A group of conservationists, former bankers, and management consultants have imported ideas from Wall Street to create a new way to protect large ecosystems.
Philanthropy & Funding - Most Popular
New and innovative ideas to help nonprofit leaders raise money, and to help funders and donors give more effectively (more)
The Power and Price of Kony-like Campaigns
Personal relationship building and donor development is critical to the longevity of organizations.
Three Steps to More Informed Giving
What we in the philanthropic sector can do to increase informed giving by donors?
“Kony 2012” and Our Capacity to Evaluate Public Charities
The general public and even the media, by and large, simply don’t have the experience, training, or tools to fully evaluate charities’ activities.
Nonprofit Resilience Relies on Smarter Grantmaking: Part 3
A new study examines field-wide grantmaking attitudes and practices.
Nonprofit Resilience Relies on Smarter Grantmaking: Part 2
A new study examines field-wide grantmaking attitudes and practices and how philanthropy can effectively support nonprofits to thrive amid a changing environment.
Nonprofit Resilience Relies on Smarter Grantmaking: Part 1
A new study examines field-wide grantmaking attitudes and practices, and how philanthropy can effectively support nonprofits to thrive amid a changing environment.
Ephemeral Perpetuity? Transforming Endowments Into Annuities
Funders who insist that organizations build endowments dilute those organizations’ efforts to raise annual operating funds.
Can “Giving Days” Strengthen Your Community?
A Case Foundation study explores how a new type of online fundraising event can benefit nonprofits and communities.
Reality Time for Human Service Organizations
The recent collapse of Hull House is a reminder that the tectonic shifts underway in the human service sector cannot be avoided.