Tap Technology and Avoid AI Hype

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September 2, 2025

From: Philanthropy Today

Subject: Tap Technology and Avoid AI Hype

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Technology

How Nonprofits Can Tap Technology in Lean Times and Avoid AI Hype

By Eden Stiffman September 2, 2025

In his new book, “Technology for Good: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software and Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems,” Jim Fruchterman offers a practical roadmap based on his life’s work.
Gifts Roundup

$50 Million Gift Continues Billionaire’s Run of Medical Center Contributions

By Maria Di Mento September 2, 2025

Plus, a South Dakota public school system and university are sharing a $33 million donation that will provide students and teachers scholarships.
Leadership

How an Academic Archive Became a Tech Juggernaut

By George Anders September 2, 2025

Early donors built JSTOR into a giant with more than $160 million in net assets. Now comes the AI challenge.

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Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online

The Trump administration has paused preparations for this year’s Combined Federal Campaign and is deciding whether the decades-old charity drive for federal employees should continue. The Office of Personnel Management has not explained the pause, which has surprised nonprofits that participate. Nonprofits apply and pay listing fees, bearing the costs of a campaign that allows employees to give part of their paychecks to designated charities. The CFC has raised nearly $9 billion for charities since the 1960s. (Washington Post)

Background from the Chronicle: Overhead Consumes Increasing Share of CFC Dollars

Fundraising

Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
- Background from the Chronicle: 7 Ways to Secure Corporate Partnerships — and Make the Most of Them
Funding for Jewish Life Is Up, but ‘More and More Money Is Being Raised From Fewer People’ (eJewish Philanthropy)
- Background from the Chronicle: What Motivates American Jews to Give? Survey Offers Clues

Cuts and Closures

Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding (New York Times)
Trump Administration Is Targeting a Homeless Program in Massachusetts (Boston Globe)
Trump Wants to Ax an Affordable Housing Grant That’s a Lifeline for Many Rural Communities (Associated Press)
- Background from the Chronicle: Nonprofits and the Trump Agenda

More News

Dozens of Billionaires Pledged to Give Away Half Their Wealth. Did They? (USA Today)
- Background from the Chronicle: Is the Giving Pledge Living Up to Its Potential?
More Older Americans Are Aging Alone. Who Will Take Care of Them? (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
Exxon Spars With California and Nonprofits in Dueling Lawsuits Over Plastics (New York Times)

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