This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Check out reliable websites Fantastic resources to verify the legitimacy of certain philanthropies are a few sites that keep records of real charities and ones that are more questionable. Probably…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What was simultaneously so wonderful and maddening about every Choose Your Own Adventure book, was that on one hand, it was empowering to have so many options. Choice is good. But on the other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Try skipping the $5 coffees this week and instead spread that back-to-school spirit of excitement that I know, deep down, you remember as an elementary schooler. The charities and organizations below…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You probably know someone who has or has had cancer. Maybe you know several such people. If you want to do something about cancer, there are a lot of avenues…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week, NPQ covered the steady decline in the annual campaign of United Way of the Midlands in Omaha and their accompanying discussion of a concurrent change in their purpose. They say that their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now reported this week that immigrants in the path of Hurricane Harvey were afraid to evacuate to shelters or approach authorities to seek help due to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. many states allow discrimination against LGBTQ people, so it’s legal for many nonprofits to openly discriminate this way. BMP’s Sean Thomas-Breitfield said, “What stands out is that the nonprofit sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When creating our family foundation, we agreed that supporting organizations in building their capacity to engage volunteers would increase their ability to accomplish their missions, and, therefore, their long-term sustainability.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Battalia Winston analyzed the leadership teams of the largest foundations and nonprofits in the United States and found that they, too, suffer from homogeneity. We found, for instance, that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Charities and donors are gearing up for what is becoming the largest response to a disaster since at least Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and is likely to be a years-long,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly one-third of Americans don’t trust charities to spend their donations wisely. But new research by nonprofit evaluator and watchdog Charity Navigator proves such feelings generally unfounded, at least among the largest and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With rivers still rising, and emergency workers still rescuing soaked and frightened people in southeast Texas who have lost nearly all they own, officials counseled patience on Tuesday, warning that…