Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: How the Reeve Foundation Tripled Revenue

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July 22, 2025

From: Philanthropy Today

Subject: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: How the Reeve Foundation Tripled Revenue

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Case Study

How the Reeve Foundation Tripled Its Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Revenue

By M.J. Prest July 22, 2025

The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, started by the late Superman actor and his wife, raises more than $1 million a year by coaching volunteers to throw uplifting events on its behalf.
Opinion

Could a $5-a-Year Campaign Replace Federal Funding?

By Brett Egan July 22, 2025

One leader’s idea to bring new funding to the arts and why it could be a model for other fields facing government cuts.
Leadership

Gabriel Salguero: A Faith Leader Whose Activism Is an Extension of His Preaching

By Sara Herschander July 8, 2025

He isn’t afraid to speak out about the second Trump administration’s rippling impact on his congregation and others.

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Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online

As some of the country’s most prominent law firms have made concessions to the Trump administration, an army of small firms and solo practitioners are pitching in on hundreds of challenges to President Trump’s executive orders and other actions. They are often recruited or supported by nonprofits, including Lawyers for Good Government and the Democracy Defenders Fund. (New York Times)

Plus: Hunger-Fighting N.H. Nonprofit Joins the Legal Fight Over EPA Grant Funding Cuts (Boston Globe)

Public Broadcasting

Seattle’s KUOW Raises $1.4M After Congress Slashes Public Broadcasting Funds (Seattle Times)
Here’s How Much Federal Funding Missouri and Illinois Public Media Stations Will Lose (St. Louis Public Radio)

More News

Ford Foundation’s Outgoing President Joins the Board of Obama Foundation (Associated Press)
- Background from the Chronicle: Ford Picks Yale Law School Dean to Succeed Darren Walker
A Tech Entrepreneur Vows to Make Homeless Housing Affordable and Profitable (Los Angeles Times)
This Innovative Effort to Save L.A.’s Shelter Dogs Fosters Human Friendships Too (Los Angeles Times)
San Francisco’s Top Art Museums Announce Layoffs as Money and Visitors Dry Up (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Nonprofit Grew on a Beautiful Manor, Rent-Free. The Deal Is Ending. (Washington Post)
Jack Dorsey Pumps $10 Million Into a Nonprofit Focused on Open Source Social Media (TechCrunch)
- Background from the Chronicle: Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Pledges $1 Billion to Covid-19 Relief and More

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