Recent leaps in giving to specific causes in the United States probably don’t represent a net addition to the annual total—which means a lean season for many nonprofits unless foundations step up their game.
How the Internet giant Tencent is using its online platform to help increase charitable giving in China.
To realize their potential, crowdfunding efforts need to engage traditionally excluded communities by emphasizing more than one bottom line.
As funders, providers, and advocates pivot to face a dramatically different funding and political environment, some lessons from history may be instructive.
Why are Silicon Valley’s new philanthropists and community-based organizations struggling to connect?
Why small nonprofits need to measure donor retention rates and build a strong fundraising plan.
By adapting a tool traditionally used for managing financial portfolios, philanthropists can develop a roadmap to giving, where returns are measured in social good rather than in dollars and cents.
Paul Brest, co-director of Stanford PACS, explains why it is important for funders to fund general operating costs for the organizations they choose to support.
Ten ways to better engage high-net-worth women donors, and work with them to effectively invest in women and girls, and other social causes.
It’s difficult to know how—and where—to engage in risky work that may not yield results for a long time. Three lessons can help.
