Increasing Attention to the Decline in Household Giving to Nonprofits

The number of U.S. households giving financially to charity dropped below 50% for the first time in 2018. The decrease has raised alarm bells across the sector and is prompting efforts to understand and reverse the trend.

Nonprofits Are Questioning Their Use of Facebook

As we learn more about how Facebook is causing harm to civil society, nonprofit organizations are starting to ask themselves a difficult question: should we stop using Facebook?

Innovations in Talent Investment for Individuals, Organizations, and Communities

Nonprofits and foundations are increasingly investing in their talent through options like fellowships, remote work, sabbaticals, and distributed leadership models.

One Health and Animal Protection Philanthropy: A Growing Sub-Sector

As we better understand how our relationships with animals — as sources of food, labor, co-carriers of diseases, etc. — affect our health and theirs, a fast-growing sub-sector is focused on improving outcomes for all.

Reopening Federal Pell Grants for Incarcerated People Means Higher Ed and Funders Can Do More

The reopening of the federal Pell Grant program could launch a new era of higher education for people who are incarcerated.

Nonprofits are Finding New Ways to Get the Data They Need

Nonprofits are taking advantage of new partnerships, tools, and technologies like data philanthropy, predictive analytics, and machine learning to demonstrate impact.

Philanthropy is Increasingly Embroiled in the Culture Wars

Many issues once thought of as areas of common ground, such as public health, have become polarizing topics in the U.S., and philanthropy is increasingly enmeshed in these larger culture wars.

Philanthropy is Entering a New Era of Engagement with Native Communities

Institutional philanthropy is starting to recognize the strengths, challenges, and needs that Indigenous people bring to many of our sector’s most pressing areas of work.

Cryptocurrency and Philanthropy: New Donors and New Questions for Nonprofits

For many nonprofits, the concept of cryptocurrency still feels alien and difficult to grasp. Still, its appeal as a donor vehicle and the new wealth it’s generating are undeniable, pushing savvy nonprofits to keep up.

Donors of Color are Mobilizing for Their Communities – Often at the Forefront of Emerging Trends

Donors of color are leading — or are playing an increasingly visible role in leading — many of the shifts we’re seeing today in the field of philanthropy.