Making “Customer-driven Philanthropy” Work

By Anna Pikovsky Auerbach 1

Engaging customers in corporate philanthropy has significant bottom-line potential, but even big brands have struggled with doing it well. Is there a future for consumer-driven philanthropy?

Why Energy Philanthropy Is High-Impact Philanthropy

By Rachel Pritzker & Mike Berkowitz 5

Energy is central to many causes that funders care about, but it is one of the most underappreciated issues in 21st-century philanthropy.

The IRS’s Secret, Successful Low-Income Savings Program

By Timothy Ogden 1

Let’s build on—not try to fix—overwithholding.

The Seven Commandments of Funding

By Kevin Starr 11

Don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger.

Nonprofit Management

How to Build Better Bosses

By Maggie Davies

Four steps organizations can take to strengthen their approach.

Driving Medical Research through Major Giving

By John L. Lehr 2

Nonprofit organizations that invest in fundraising fundamentals can drive major gift donations that lead to transformational change.

Foundations

Express Yourself

By Darren Walker & Alfred Ironside 2

The independence of foundations gives them the unique ability to communicate uncomfortable truths to entrenched power. When it comes to strategic communications, however, there are three things of which every foundation could do more.

Systems Change Should Lift Up Beneficiary Voices

By Peter Long 6

When collaborating on systems transformation, we must include both program beneficiaries and institutional leaders.

Is Excel Making Your Nonprofit Mediocre?

By Curtis Chang 8

Nonprofits need to use more-sophisticated client- and program-tracking platforms to meet the expectations of today’s funders.