The constructed dearth of gun violence research in this country is a national scandal that equates to a Congressional will to keep the country in ignorance about the dynamics of one of the country’s most acutely painful social and cultural characteristics.
Judging by early indications, nonprofits should consider this a time where their donor bases must be increased and retained with a strong sense of common cause—but also one for us all to get behind the universal tax deduction.
The shift in the nature of giving toward fewer, larger donors will upend many nonprofits large and small. Individual organizations will need to respond, but so too does the nonprofit sector as whole.
A group of philanthropists gather in the Bay Area to consider what current global crises of inequality and climate change require of the field.
While the impact of the 2017 federal tax law on charitable giving remains uncertain, the IUPUI Lilly School of Philanthropy has sketched out some possible scenarios.
Stories are rolling in about 2018 year-end fundraising, and they are interesting but by no means decisive. In the Twin Cities, nonprofits report steady donations despite the 2018 tax law changes. Of course, many factors beyond tax deductions influence giving.
Looking at mega-gifts in isolation from their sources and the dynamics they set up makes little societal sense.
Will the increasingly prominent trend of declining small donations make itself felt today, on #GivingTuesday?
The picture is bleak for organizations like HOY that depend almost exclusively on the generosity of individual working-class and middle-class donors.
Brace yourselves: We may see some spots of real reduced giving over the next few years.
