COVER STORY
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Corporate Giving
What Happened to Big — and Local — Corporate Giving?
Companies are giving away a smaller share of profits than they used to. Where does that leave the nonprofits in their backyards?
FEATURES
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Measuring Impact
With 200,000 Nonprofits Rated, the New Charity Navigator Aims High, Falls Short
Once obsessed with overhead, the evaluator wants to judge impact and more. Data, however, is scarce. -
Donor Segmentation
Tips for Segmenting Donors and Tailoring Your Outreach — to Raise More
Getting this right takes good donor data, a smart strategy, and time. But the most important thing is to try, experts say. -
Technology
From Diaper Banks to Disaster Relief: How A.I. Is Changing Nonprofit Operations
Public interest in artificial intelligence has exploded in recent months, but it’s been quietly transforming nonprofit operations for years. As more groups use artificial intelligence, they’re getting a sense of the benefits and risks of an A.I.-driven future.
DEPARTMENTS
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Sports and Recreation
It Started With Friends Helping a Friend. Now a Group Helps Thousands
The Challenged Athletes Foundation provides grants to people with physical disabilities, helping pay for adaptive sports equipment, providing training, and assisting with sports competition expenses. -
Medicine
The Philanthropy That Jump-Started a Cure for Sickle Cell Disease
Since 2008, the Doris Duke Foundation has awarded $35 million to research scientists focused on the disease. Now several of them are bringing their gene therapy cure to clinical trial for FDA approval. -
Grant Seeking
14 Ways to Improve Your Next Proposal and Connect With Grant Makers
With foundations expected to slow their giving this year or keep it flat, it’s more crucial than ever to create proposals that stand out. Here’s what experts advise.
OPINION
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Opinion
JD Vance Had a Point: Let’s Rein in All Large Endowed Institutions
Wealthy nonprofits, especially universities, increasingly demonstrate the same behaviors that led Congress to regulate foundations more than 50 years ago. The law should be updated to include these organizations. -
Opinion
Coco Gauff Won. So Did Climate-Change Protestors.
Donors shouldn’t be afraid to fund protest actions like the one at the U.S. Open last week. Grassroots efforts that disrupt norms and challenge power are effective — even if they’re unpopular. -
Opinion: Best-Read of 2023
‘The Bear’ Should Be Required Viewing for the Nonprofit World
A TV show about creating a restaurant is a reminder of why we need to stop criticizing each other and recommit ourselves to a shared mission.