Can GoFundMe Bring DAFs to the Masses?

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July 15, 2025

From: Philanthropy Today

Subject: Can GoFundMe Bring DAFs to the Masses?

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Donor-Advised Funds

GoFundMe Enters the DAF Game: What It Means for Everyday Giving

By Rasheeda Childress July 15, 2025

A new offering by the well-known brand could be a rising tide that lifts all DAFs, observers say.
Opinion

In the Face-Off Against AI, Funders Need to Have Workers’ Backs

By Mike Kubzansky and Don Howard July 15, 2025

As artificial intelligence transforms the workplace, philanthropy must act before employees are locked out of the conversation.
Leadership

Damon Hewitt: A Leader Who Fights the Free-Speech Battle for Nonprofits

By Alex Daniels July 8, 2025

The president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has won a significant battle against the Trump administration’s bid to extinguish DEI efforts nationwide.

WEBINARS

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ONLINE FORUMS

Today: July 15 at 2 p.m. ET | Register Now

Join us for The State of Nonprofit Technology, a free forum, to dig into the findings of our exclusive new survey on the tech capabilities, priorities, plans, and wish lists of nonprofits. Sarah EchoHawk, AISES; Jim Fruchterman, Tech Matters; and Becky Kates, development consultant, will share ways to remove barriers to tech adoption, explore the benefits of new tech, and help you benchmark your organization’s tech capabilities.
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Join us for Ask the CEO: What to Know About the Gates Foundation’s Future, a special one-on-one interview with Mark Suzman, head of the Gates Foundation, and Chronicle CEO Stacy Palmer. They’ll discuss the foundation’s priorities, including its decision to spend $200 billion in the next 20 years before shutting down and explore why other grant makers may want to accelerate their giving. Submit your questions. We’ll answer as many as we can during the live event.

Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online

The fate of many public broadcasters rests on whether Congress votes this week to strip them of government funds, as the Trump administration has requested. Stations that get nearly all their money from the federal government could go dark in the fall. Some stations hope philanthropists would buy them, but private investors might instead want to pick them up to advance commercial interests. (New York Times)

Plus: What Would Funding Cuts Do to NPR and PBS? (New York Times)

Opinion

Bill Gates: U.S. Aid for Global Health Is Saving Lives (Wall Street Journal)
A New Era of Hunger Has Begun (New York Times)

More News

Hawaii’s Plan to Give $50 Million to Nonprofits May Be Unconstitutional (Honolulu Civil Beat)
Trump Poised to Make LGBTQ+ Nonprofit Workers Ineligible for Student Loan Forgiveness (Advocate)
- Background from the Chronicle: The Student-Loan Forgiveness Program That More Nonprofit Workers Should Know About
A Massachusetts Nonprofit Got a $9.3 Million Shelter Contract. A Big Chunk Went to a Board Member’s Business. (Boston Globe)

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EDITOR'S PICKS

Data & Research

What We Know — and Don’t Know — About the Nonprofit Layoff Crisis

By Tamara Straus, Sara Herschander, and Elizabeth Haugh

As federal budget cuts ripple through an uncertain economy, at least 23,000 documented, full-time positions have been eliminated since Inauguration Day.
Opinion

The Tax Bill Will Upend Corporate Giving. Here’s How to Prepare

By Laura MacDonald

To soften the blow of new tax rules, companies and nonprofits must rethink how they work together.
Leadership

Ian Bassin: Devising Playbooks for Civil-Society Groups to Fight Authoritarianism

By Alex Daniels

The founder of Protect Democracy says nonprofits fighting for democracy need to use everything at their disposal — litigation, voting restrictions, policy development, and public messaging.