Fundraising
Charity Begins at Home—and That Means Taxes
The nonprofit sector has become infected with the shortsighted, quarter-to-quarter thinking that addles Wall Street.
The nonprofit sector has become infected with the shortsighted, quarter-to-quarter thinking that addles Wall Street.
It is vital that lawmakers continue to use tax policy to encourage charitable giving, especially during times of economic recovery.
So focused on short-term funding for survival, the nonprofit sector is losing its ability to implement innovative solutions to the world’s problems.
How can a funder move beyond wishful thinking and achieve a high yield through fundraising support?
Founder of DonorsChoose.org, an online charity helping students in need, Charles Best talks about how he started the organization and what some of its challenges have been along the way.
Pierre Carpentier, Jean-Michel Lecuyer, & Céline Claverie join for a panel discussion on social innovation and finance; not translated from French to English.
Building trust with your constituents is the closest you can find to a silver bullet for fundraising. But how do you build trust with constituents?
Appeals to caring for the needy are likely to backfire unless advocates acknowledge and avoid inflaming passions that stem from other powerful moral values.
One way to frame efforts to increase charitable giving is to think of it as “changing the coefficients of giving.”
Nonprofits should seek for-profit allies who are interested and invested in their causes—even if they don’t walk into the first meeting with a signed check.