Foundations
Foundations Can Step Up as Shareholders
Foundations should become more informed and active shareholders in the companies in which they invest their endowment funds.
Todd Cohen
Nonprofit Management
Nonprofits Face Moment of Truth
In light of the weakened economy, nonprofits need to refocus their efforts, take stock of their operations, make tough financial choices, and think big for investing in resources for the future.
Nonprofits
Nonprofits Need to Make Their Case
Nonprofits must speak up and call on state and local governments to give them a greater policymaking voice.
Foundations
Advocacy Funding Pays Off Big
Foundations can generate big impact by investing their charitable dollars in advocacy, community organizing, and civic engagement.
Corporate Philanthropy
Corporate Giving Needs Better Metrics
A new report on corporate philanthropy stresses the need for new reporting metrics among companies in order to make their full impact and value known.
Nonprofits
Nonprofit Sector Needs to Be Better Understood
The nonprofit sector plays an indispensable role in society and the economy, but it is poorly understood and underappreciated.
Foundations
Grantmakers Can Do More than Make Grants
In the midst of a crippling recession, grantmakers and foundations should look to investments that both promise returns and advance their mission.
Fundraising
Recession Pushing Nonprofits Back to Basics
With national charity declining, nonprofits must return their focus to fundraising and giving.
Philanthropy
Haiti Relief Underscores Deeper Needs
The recent Haiti earthquake and relief show that funders are not willing to make the significant investments needed to support nonprofits.
Online Giving
Haiti Relief Shows Digital Giving’s Potential
The massive charitable response to the devastation in Haiti should be a wake-up call for the charitable marketplace.
Nonprofit Management
Charities Missing Out on Digital Giving
Charities and nonprofits should develop digital strategies and plug in.
Nonprofit Management
Nonprofit Innovation Depends on Leadership
Project Hope represents a new business model in the nonprofit sector.
Philanthropy
Real Stories Critical for Giving
A powerful tool to engage givers is storytelling – telling stories about people, the problems they face, and the role philanthropy can play in addressing the symptoms and causes of those problems.
Foundations
Rural Giving Needs to Grow
Rural America is largely off the radar of much of philanthropy.
Nonprofits
Nonprofits Face Big Challenges
Nonprofits
Personally Asking Givers Matters
Philanthropy
Social Change Is Hard Work
Philanthropy
Foundations Need to Act Smarter
Social Innovations
Connecting, Part 1: Giving Sector Needs Media Smarts
Social Innovations
Recession Creating ‘New Normal’ for Giving
Philanthropy
Recession Offers Lessons for Giving Sector
Nonprofits
Time for Nonprofits to Declare Independence
Nonprofits
Resourcefulness Can Boost Nonprofit Advocacy
Nonprofits
Fundraisers Should Get More Respect
Social Innovations
Women, Giving Circles Reshaping Giving Sector
Female givers are making their impact as foundations scramble for donations
Nonprofits
Nonprofits’ Attraction to Stimulus Funds Could Prove Fatal
Chasing government money poses risks to nonprofit innovation
Philanthropy
Giving-sector Should Raise Its Advocacy Voice
The author submits how nonprofits should act as advocates for democracy
Nonprofits
Nonprofits Need to Know Their Givers Better
By focusing and improving how they treat their donors, nonprofits will find a higher giving retention rate.
Philanthropy
Giving Sector Needs to Adapt to the Economic Crisis
Foundations are creatively adjusting to the current economic crisis.
Philanthropy
Giving Sector Should Invest in Social Media
Nonprofits need to invest more time in social media or they will later be playing catch-up.
Philanthropy
Foundations Can Be Smarter Investors
Foundations can do more to address the economic crisis.
Nonprofits
Giving Sector Needs to Get Real
Nonprofits need to do a better job of engaging their givers if they want to continue to receive funding.
Philanthropy
Foundation Hoarding Backfires; Billions Lost
Scared foundations now regret hoarding their grants.