Nonprofit Trends

Climate funding surged 20% in 2023, outpacing the overall growth in global philanthropic giving for the first time since 2020, according to ClimateWorks Foundation’s 2024 Funding Trends Report. This fifth edition…

The Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy today released its sixth annual Women & Girls Index (WGI), the only systematically generated, comprehensive index…

Did you donate to charity in the past, but no longer do so? If the answer is yes, you’re not alone. For the second year in a row, the philanthropy…

Millions displaced by global conflicts. Communities reeling from unseasonably strong natural disasters. Lives upended due to healthcare inequalities. Navigating modern giving can be challenging. In the middle of these crises are established nonprofits,…

U.S. donors gave $3.6 billion on GivingTuesday 2024, an increase from the past two years, according to estimates from the nonprofit GivingTuesday. The Tuesday after Thanksgiving, now known as GivingTuesday,…

American households are not the only ones who have been hurt by inflation. Local nonprofits have taken a hit as well, making Giving Tuesday an important opportunity to sustain local…

As grantmaking organizations increasingly explore how AI tools can transform the way we work in civil society, the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) recently released results from a global survey…

While change is inevitable in most pursuits, managing it well in the practice of family philanthropy can be particularly complicated as so much of philanthropy is deeply personal. National Forum…

An online survey about the future of philanthropy conducted by The Harris Poll of more than 2,000 U.S. adults on behalf of Vanguard Charitable, a leading nonprofit and sponsor of…

In early November, The Chronicle of Philanthropy published The New Generation of Foundation Leaders is Younger and More Diverse, noting, “Philanthropy is undergoing what some are calling a sea change…

The 2024 Donor-Advised Fund Report, the most comprehensive review of the state of donor-advised fund (DAF) philanthropy in the U.S., details the value of DAF grantmaking to charitable organizations essentially remained flat year-over-year…

It’s an irony that becomes all the more cruel as the election nears. Over the past decade or so, a philanthropy movement has emerged, with billions in funding, to strengthen democracy.…