Tue.Jun 17, 2025

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To Protect Grantees, Invest Conservatively: A Financial Strategy to Buck the 'Big Beautiful Bill'

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A proposed new tax on foundation earnings should push foundations to align endowment investments with mission — and help grantees survive. By Clara Miller and David Morse Getty Images A proposed new tax on foundation earnings should push foundations to align endowment investments with mission — and help grantees survive.

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Universal Charitable Deduction Could Become Permanent Under Senate Proposal

NonProfit PRO

The Senate released its updates for "The One Big Beautiful Bill." Here are some of the changes that would most affect nonprofits.

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Word Jumble: When Nonprofits Talk Fancy, America Tunes Out

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Our language is packed with elite-sounding jargon. It is ineffective — and dangerous — amid today's heightened distrust of institutions and growing hostility to the sector. By Matt Watkins Getty Images/iStockphoto Our language is packed with elite-sounding jargon. It is ineffective — and dangerous — amid today's heightened distrust of institutions and growing hostility to the sector.

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Study: 69% Worry About Their Information Being Hacked When First Donating to a Charity

NonProfit PRO

A BBB Give.org survey found most people worried about the security of their personal information when they thought about giving to a nonprofit for the first time.

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Interactive Webinar: Recurring Giving Events That Keep on Giving

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement

There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how

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‘Colliding Crises' Are Straining Nonprofit Finances

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

More than a third of respondents in a Nonprofit Finance Fund analysis ended last year with an operating deficit. By Eden Stiffman Getty Images/iStock photo More than a third of respondents in a Nonprofit Finance Fund analysis ended last year with an operating deficit, the highest percentage since 2009.

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What to know about seeking foundation grants right now

Candid

This year is proving to be a deeply challenging time for nearly all nonprofits, and the situation is particularly urgent for organizations that abruptly lost their federal funding. In a recent Candid webinar, Funding Beyond Federal: How to Diversify Funding to Ensure Stability in Uncertain Times , we asked participants to share one word to describe how the current funding environment felt, and the top three responses stood out loud and clear: “scary,” “chaotic,” “uncertain.

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Philanthropy Must Accelerate Spending and Broaden Collaboration

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By John Palfrey Nonprofits are facing a crisis, and many in the charitable sector are fearful. As government funding for social good is slashed, even if temporarily, it will have waterfall effects for years to come. Meanwhile, our freedoms to give, to invest, and to speak freely—freedoms that are foundational to our democratic society—are under assault.

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Listen Now: Navigating Leadership Challenges

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Drawing from a long career in philanthropy, Barron Segar discusses the important role leaders play as a steady hand during challenging times.

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How Can Our Nonprofit Afford the affnetz Platform with a Tight Budget?

Affnetz

Donor Management and Engagement / By affnetz How Can Our Nonprofit Afford the affnetz Platform with a Tight Budget? The affnetz team has spent decades in the industry, and we understand budget issues. Consider these points: – Affnetz replaces multiple, standalone software applications you are already paying for. – The integrated affnetz SaaS platform delivers countless operational efficiencies. – Affnetz can enhance revenue in multiple ways, which, combined with process efficiencies, could turn

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How to Transform Strategic Planning for Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Credit: UCCS Karmer Family Library on Flickr Social justice organizations are becoming frustrated with strategic planning. As consultants Jara Dean-Coffey and Jill Casey noted in their recent paper “Strategy for Now,” published at The Foundation Review : “Amid growing desires to integrate and embody practices aligned with equity, emergence, and complexity, concepts and points of view that dominate business continue to lead conversations about strategy formation in philanthropy and nonprofits.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Affnetz Can Help Improve Nonprofit Stakeholder Engagement

Affnetz

Stakeholder Database CRM / By affnetz Affnetz Can Help Improve Nonprofit Stakeholder Engagement! In a survey of Nonprofit organizations respondents reported: Only 43% of donors made repeat gifts in the following year. Also, in our experience, less than 30% of volunteers return to serve year over year. Fundraising effectiveness and volunteer operations success mean nurturing relationships with Stakeholders to keep them coming back.

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Taking Payout Strategy a Step Further

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jacob Harold Nonprofits sometimes complain that United States-based foundations treat the government’s 5 percent payout requirement as "a ceiling, not a floor." Lawmakers designed the policy to allow space for strategic flexibility, but 5 percent payout settled as a norm. Over time, that norm has hardened into a mental block that has capped ambition and constrained impact.

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Top 10 Renewable Energy Nonprofits Leading Climate Action in 2025

Donorbox Nonprofit

Did you know that wind and solar power generation are set to surpass nuclear power generation by 2026? While there is a notable uptick in clean energy adoption among first-world countries and emerging markets, there is still a lot of progress to be made – and renewable energy nonprofits are leading the charge. In this […] The post Top 10 Renewable Energy Nonprofits Leading Climate Action in 2025 appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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A Looser Hold on Perpetuity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Michelle Morales In a moment of dramatic threat to our work and our communities, giving must be driven by the needs of the moment—not by the performance of our assets. If we in the philanthropic sector are committed to giving our partners the support they need, we cannot cleave to a traditional 5 percent payout. In many ways, the threat we face now is unprecedented: The current US administration has shown it will wield funding and nonprofit tax status as weapons of compliance against everyone

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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Nonprofit Navel-Gazing Syndrome [Nonprofit Diseases]

Jeff Brooks

Does your newsletter (and/or website) contain any of the following things? News about back-office staff. Photo of well-heeled donor presenting a giant check to your organization. Lots of statistics the demonstrate your organization’s excellence. Articles with the sole purpose of “educating” donors. If you answered yes to any of these, your organization may suffer from Nonprofit Navel-Gazing Syndrome (NPNGS).

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Local Leaders Are Driving Systems Change. Philanthropy Must Follow.

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Olivia Leland Across the globe, humanity is facing a convergence of challenges, including rising inequality, shrinking civic space, climate instability, and growing anti-rights movements. These challenges are deepening just as foreign assistance declines and international commitments waver. While the scale and nature of these disruptions have led some global funders to pause, think, and reassess their strategies, the local leaders Co-Impact partners with across Africa, Asia, and Latin America

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Skills Required to Become a Professional Research Paper Writer

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Skills Required to Become a Professional Research Paper Writer Writing a strong research paper isn’t easy. It takes time, thought, and a lot of patience. A good research paper writer knows how to ask the right questions, read carefully, and explain ideas clearly. But this doesn’t happen overnight. It takes practice and skill-building. Research writing is often part of school life.

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In Defense of Philanthropic Freedom

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Brian Hooks In the spring of 2023, I joined five others to write an article for the Chronicle of Philanthropy urging the sector to reaffirm its commitment to pluralism. The authors all led significant philanthropic organizations and came from different perspectives. We saw a need for the sector to steel itself against threats from political polarization that were dividing and destroying other institutions in society.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Make Your Board Retreat Outcomes Stick with “Ownership”

Bloomerang

Ah, the board retreat. A magical time when board members gather to dive into strategic discussions, unleash big ideas, and nod sagely at visionary plans. You laugh, you brainstorm, you may even awkwardly roleplay. By the end, you’ve covered walls with stickies and flipchart paper, deepened your culture, and high-fived over fresh possibilities. And then… nothing.

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Asian Philanthropy Can and Must Lead From Within

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Naina Subberwal Batra Asian philanthropists are increasingly concerned about the ripple effects of shrinking global aid. In addition to the striking financial clawback and restructuring of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the United Kingdom , France, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, and other major donors have announced significant reductions in aid, citing fiscal pressures and shifting geopolitical priorities.

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The Tide is Surging: The No King Protests and the Beginning of the End of Fascism in the US

Non Profit AF

search expand Skip to content Nonprofit AF Exploring the fun and frustrations of nonprofit work Menu Home About BOOK!! Contact/FAQ Shop Speaking Support NAF! Advertise Report Crappy Funders The Tide is Surging: The No King Protests and the Beginning of the End of Fascism in the US Posted on June 17, 2025 June 17, 2025 by Vu [Image description: Protestors on the streets of Seattle, holding various signs, including ones that say “Defend Democracy,” “When cruelty becomes normal, c

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Philanthropy Must Stand, Deliver, and Listen

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Benjamin Soskis If there is one thing that distinguishes the role philanthropy must play in the current crisis brought on by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the liberal state, it is the extent to which philanthropy as an institution is itself implicated in those attacks. It is not only an external respondent to the assaults, but a target of them.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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Three Priorities for Science Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By France Córdova In March 2025, US President Donald Trump penned a public letter to Michael Kratsios, his incoming director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, outlining a vision to “usher in the Golden Age of American Innovation.” The letter asks: “How can we ensure that scientific progress and technological innovation fuel economic growth and better the lives of all Americans?