Individual Giving
Fatal Flaw
After a disaster, donors to relief funds pay more attention to the death toll than to the needs of survivors.
Tag: Donors
Fundraising
The New Nonprofit IPO
A unique funding model goes beyond donations and offers funders a tangible stake in organizations they support.
Foundations
Think You Know Private Foundations? Think Again.
The investment and giving behavior of many private foundations differs from that of the mega-foundations; and it matters that we know.
Philanthropy & Funding
Giving That Gets Engagement
A look at growing engagement in #GivingTuesday and common themes that emerged during the 8-week Giving That Gets Results series.
Philanthropy
Philanthropy Predictions 2014
Highlights from the fifth-annual industry forecast, Blueprint 2014: Philanthropy and the Social Economy.
Philanthropy
The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.
Philanthropy
Inventing and Reinventing a Philanthropy Model in India
Deval Sanghavi, head of the venture philanthropy fund Dasra, describes his work testing and building new platforms for giving in India.
Technology & Design
Libraries as Laboratories
In Accra, Ghana, social entrepreneurs are working to reinvent the public library for the 21st century.
Fundraising
The Science of Donor Connection
A state-of-the-art database gives nonprofit leaders a tool for building relationships with potential funders.
Individual Giving
Don’t Just Aggregate Funds, Unleash Them!
Raising money is just part of the social change equation—an interview with Helen LaKelly Hunt and Emily Nielsen Jones of Women Moving Millions.