SPECIAL NPQ POLICY FEATURE: New research demonstrates that small and mid-size donations are falling even as charitable dollars continue to grow, increasing nonprofit dependence on the wealthy few. These facts should give us all pause and make us consider prioritizing the universal charitable deduction as sector-wide policy.
Changes over the past two decades in longstanding patterns of Jewish funding have challenged nonprofit organizations to adapt or risk losing their support.
The Ford Foundation’s commitment in 2017 to dedicate $1 billion to double-bottom line or “mission-related” investments is the largest such investment in the field. The move is laudable, but whether the investments prove to be transformative remains to be seen.
We at Nonprofit Quarterly present our annual list of trends and predictions. A Danish proverb warns that “prediction is difficult, especially about the future,” but we proceed undaunted.
Are nonprofits ready for the philanthropic storm that is already upon us?
PREMIUM CONTENT | There are two main, and contradictory, trends in American giving: its steady ascent, and
its relative flatness of growth. This historical reflection of U.S. philanthropy delves into what Soskis, of the Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, calls “one of the great, enduring mysteries of philanthropy.”
PREMIUM CONTENT | This article discusses trends in individual grantmaking as a lens through which to explore the efforts of so-called “experts” to corral giving, and asks, “Can we make donors act differently, and should we even want to?” Why not promote peer-based giving circles instead?
Eight philanthropic leaders consider how philanthropy as a field can respond to growing inequality.
NPQ’s “hot off the press” webinar review of the 2016 Findings of Giving USA.
Giving USA reports that charitable giving for the year 2015 was the highest on record at $373 billion. How will that affect your nonprofit?
