Candid

JULY 24, 2025

Nonprofits remain the most highly trusted sector Independent Sector’s newly released Trust in Nonprofits and Philanthropy study provides an important snapshot of where we stand. Community members, neighbors, and strangers come together to rebuild homes, distribute food, and check on one another.

Volunteerism

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 24, 2025

By Eden Stiffman Photo by Bienfait Amani, courtesy of World Relief Workers with World Relief set up a food distribution at the Don Bosco camp for internally displaced Congolese, in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024. Organizations are struggling to plan amid uncertainty about government funds.

Food

Candid

JANUARY 30, 2025

Since 1995, Candids Philanthropy News Digest has kept readers informed about the priorities of grantmakers, the activities of nonprofits, and evolving trends across the sector. By providing timely examples of philanthropy in action, we help our audience see beyond numbers and statistics.

Philanthropy

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 28, 2025

Image Credit: Katt Yukawa on Unsplash Editors Note: This article was republished with permission from the Center for Effective Philanthropy. A recent report from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at the University of Indiana notes that the proportion of U.S. Donors Down, Dollars Down? Have you visited an art museum?

Nonprofit Administration and Development

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 27, 2025

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Nonprofit governance and management

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 13, 2025

The practice of making something with your neighborswhether food, music, a mural, or a playis one of the fastest ways to build social ties, and these ties help individuals and communities take care of one another through individual health crises or large-scale natural disasters. This approach requires a shift in thinking across sectors.

Public and Social Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By Nessa Richman What will it take to create systems change in our food system? Because of food’s centrality to how we all live—a centrality which produces complex relationships and interconnections across multiple scales—our food system is difficult to transform. Talking about “systems” can be very abstract.

Public and Social Policy

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

bill paying; food deliveries; books and magazines, and much more). Philanthropy is on the subscription bandwagon, too! [We’ll look at strategies 4 – 6 in the final installment, Part 3, of this series.] It’s time to change things up! People today are used to a subscription economy.

Nonprofit Administration and Development

Candid

JUNE 11, 2025

We need specialists who deeply understand housing policy, food insecurity, or mental health access. Philanthropy can support nonprofits as field catalysts that create the infrastructure, policy change, and cultural shift necessary for others to act. Rethink philanthropy: Fund grantees deeply. They need investment, not charity.

Collaborations

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 29, 2025

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Rose 1 SSIR is published by the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society , at Stanford University.

Homelessness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

From a Tech-Centric Approach to Cross-Sector Collaboration For all their expertise in building tools and infrastructure, tech companies often lack the kind of sector-specific understanding and ethical framework needed in philanthropy. Tools developed from a tech-centric approach might fail to account for bias, equity, or accessibility.

Collaborations

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 23, 2025

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Nonprofit governance and management

Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2024

For example, causes such as food security, housing, and disaster relief offer a tangible sense of impact and the ability to see the direct benefits of their contribution, says Rouland. Individual donors often give based on personal experience, emotional connection, or immediate need.

Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 20, 2025

The US administrations sudden freeze of billions in foreign aid triggered a humanitarian crisis: food programs halted, clinics shuttered, safe water deliveries interrupted. During COVID, philanthropy showed what it could be at its best: nimble, coordinated, unusually brave. These are timely moves, and they matter.

Philanthropy

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 26, 2025

In a recent conversation with NPQ , Scott reflected on the founding of Project South and the challenges of maintaining movement integrity in an era of increasing co-optation by philanthropy and electoral politics. We didnt even apply for a single grant during the early yearswe were clear on our values and the threat of capture, he explains.

Poverty

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2025

This review highlights some of the most popular resources published in the past yearon topics ranging from data and AI in philanthropy to building a brighter future for children and youth. Futures Philanthropy: Anticipation for the Common Good by Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea) and Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.

Public and Social Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 11, 2025

The Systemic Climate Action Collaborative is bringing civil society, philanthropy, and public and private institutions to align climate ambitions, pool resources, and share knowledge. Siloed solutions to philanthropy will just not work under the polycrisis paradigm.

Agriculture

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 3, 2025

Just as Hemstreets community built Opportunity Threads, Reverend Dr. Pastor Heber Brown organized within his community of Black parishioners in Baltimore to help form the Black Church Food Security Network. His church organized vegetable gardens on the church property. But they benefit from support.

Nonprofit governance and management

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 24, 2025

By Rasheeda Childress Mid-Ohio Food Collective The Mid-Ohio Food Collective is worried about potential funding cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and what they will mean for the people the food bank serves. But nonprofits are grappling with a very different — and challenging — fundraising landscape this year.

Food

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

For example, in Indonesia organizations are working to shift their approach to better demonstrate how their work aligns with new governmental priorities, such as food security. This includes making the case for how protecting Indigenous land rights supports the cultivation of a strong food system. Enter collaborative funding.

Public and Social Policy

Candid

APRIL 14, 2025

Our colleagues at the Generosity Commission , the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy , and others have long documented the phenomena of decreasing volunteerism and giving. Johnson Center for Philanthropys 11 Trends in Philanthropy report, we asked: What about todays volunteering landscape is working?

Volunteerism

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 8, 2025

Philanthropy at schools happens without us talking about it. Her researchincluding a recent book, Children as Change Makers: Unleashing Childrens Real Philanthropic Power shows that young people are typically seen in one of two ways within philanthropy: as passive recipients or as future inheritors of wealth.

Children

The Charity CFO

MARCH 12, 2025

And they get to choose causes they care about, from food banks to animal rescues. ” Structured philanthropy helps them engage employees, strengthen company culture, and build a socially responsible brand. Employees get 16 paid volunteer hours per year. Volunteer events happen during work hours, not on personal time. The result?

Volunteerism

Candid

JULY 28, 2025

As paying for college remains challenging—especially with the costs of essentials like food, housing, and transportation rising— financially vulnerable students increasingly struggle to stay enrolled and complete their degree. The new reality of higher education The higher education landscape is being reshaped by converging challenges.

Education

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

When it comes to food insecurity, there are many myths and misconceptions that can get in the way of lasting solutions all while real people in the communities our nonprofits serve continue to suffer. Explore the realities and challenges of food insecurity.

Nonprofit governance and management

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 6, 2025

Credit: traveltt on Flickr In our field, talk of decolonizing philanthropy is widespread. But decolonizing philanthropy by shifting control of assets is possible. Decolonizing philanthropy by shifting control of assets is possible. Action is less common.

Philanthropy

iMarketSmart

APRIL 11, 2025

Each track or path quantifies the projected impact, either for each gift requested, or if a certain amount is secured e.g., stocking a shelf in the food for one month for every $1,000 given. Think of them as meaningful, measurable milestones. Jim Langley is the president of Langley Innovations.

Fundraising

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Philanthropy can play a vital role by funding pilots and helping agencies develop metrics that incentivize agencies to meet the needs of workers who are reliant on nonstandard work. Philanthropy also enabled an initial pilot with the workforce agency covering Long Beach, CA. In recent years, the project turned to US workforce boards.

Nonprofit governance and management

iMarketSmart

JUNE 13, 2025

Here’s what “support” means, right from the dictionary: bear all or part of the weight of give assistance to, especially financially; enable to function or act provide with a home and the necessities of life produce enough food and water for; be capable of sustaining give approval, comfort, or encouragement to.

Psychology

Selfish Giving

JULY 16, 2025

“Don’t get too excited about what’s in an attractive-looking box until you unpack what’s inside,” advised Curt Weeden , author of Corporate Social Investing , Smart Giving Is Good Business , and several other books on business philanthropy. It’s that FMV which often gets included in the tally of a company’s overall philanthropy.

Non-Profits

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

These events received support from various organizations, including the German embassy, Sierra Leone commercial banks, and a popular local food chain. Locally, Charles has formed marathon walkathons in Freetown to support the nonprofit.

Healthcare

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2025

For example, someone who shares their story of getting meals at a local soup kitchen when they were young might be willing to engage with your food bank organization. Individuals with personal motivations to support your cause may talk about their experiences and opinions online. Monitor and respond strategically.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 8, 2025

Which is why today we are announcing a public solidarity sign-on campaign to support philanthropys freedom to give. Philanthropy is often slow by design. And when we tell our story, lets do it in plain languagenot philanthropy speak. Foundations must leadnot just with grants, but with guts. We convene. We deliberate.

Philanthropy

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

million from philanthropy and nearly as much in letters of intent from impact investors. In 2021, the group’s initiative even inspired a long report on the “ emerging solidarity economy ” by the Brookings Institution, a moderately liberal but largely middle-of-the-road thinktank. The plan was ambitious.

Culture

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 5, 2025

In the past five years, the Food and Drug Administration has approved over 100 new cancer drugs , and the United States has brought more cancer drugs to the global market than any other nation. Without the bureaucratic constraints of federal agencies, philanthropy is more nimble and flexible. It needs philanthropy.

Governance

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 4, 2025

More broadly, the report authors note, Disconnection from land, Native food systems, birthing practices, and cultural practices contribute to physical health harm as well. One critical finding is that many non-Native people support Native language and cultural preservation. The effects are manifold.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 9, 2025

This year, it will open a 25-bed garden and greenhouse to provide organic local food to the community. For philanthropy, there is no shortage of calls to step up by being proactive and flexible. My life and community havent been the same since I came to be involved with STAND-UP 20 years ago, Harris said. The work continues.

Leadership