This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you are looking for ways to give back to a local charity and cultivate positive change in your community, then here are three suggestions according to noted philanthropist Johanna Klausen. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Having limited resources, one of the ways I’ve managed to stretch what our organization has for marketing efforts is to partner with another nonprofit and create marketing wins for both…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2020, the philanthropy sector gave relief dollars like never before (though we still need to give more). We dropped unnecessary procedures and restrictions that got in the way of making impact for our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the early 2010s, GiveDirectly gave the poorest households in rural western Kenya big unconditional cash transfers (UCTs), roughly equivalent to a year’s income. A year later, the result was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When a severe winter storm tore through Texas last Monday, Kirby Lynch lost water and power in her RV home in Collin County. The snow came up to her ankles…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past several decades, a number of different critiques of nonprofit work have emerged. Inevitably, these critiques have a strong basis — they identify real and specific issues in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are all far too aware of the historic challenges of 2020. While much has been written about the acute challenges brought on by the pandemic, the shuttering of businesses,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The past year has presented a flurry of devastating challenges for California. Wildfires and the pandemic delivered a one-two punch to the state, with a record-setting 4 million acres burned in 2020 and more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Independent Sector, with the Do Good Institute, announces that the latest value of a volunteer hour is $27.20 – up 7% from the previous year. Estimated from data collected in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Maybe you’ve heard the aphorisms about failure from tech evangelists: Fail up; fail fast; fail often. Failure has become a kind of success, a bragging right on its own. But…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofit organizations continue to play a key role in supporting their members, but in such times, and more than before, they are struggling to maintain their donors, raise more funds…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People are paying more attention to how nonprofits listen to the people they serve. Leading foundations increasingly value nonprofits that have strong feedback practices. They want to support organizations that…