How to Stem the Exodus of Everyday Donors

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May 23, 2024

From: Philanthropy Today — The Commons Weekly

Subject: How to Stem the Exodus of Everyday Donors — and Help Save Democracy

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This Week in The Commons

Opinion

The Exodus of Everyday Donors Is Bad for America. Here’s How to Stop It.

By Victoria Vrana May 23, 2024

The decline in charitable giving by average Americans threatens democracy. Among the solutions: pooled micro-donations, giving incentives, and a focus on the donor relationship.
Opinion

The PEN America Crisis, Free Speech, and the Future of Big Tent Organizations

By Joel Simon May 21, 2024

Foundations that fund organizations focused on free speech and bridging ideological divides must ask themselves which ideas are worth defending.

Of the Moment

Noteworthy news and items:

Read: Journalist Bryce Covert and photographer Matt Eich spent nine months with five faith-based organizations for an Atlantic story. The groups are led by pastors and nuns, reverends and imans: “In many cases, they are the most trusted members of their communities, and they fill care gaps others can’t or won’t.”
Watch: Journalist Sonali Kolhatkar talks toYES! senior editor Lajward Zahra, a Rice University freshman, about campus protests, student activism, and Gen Z’s disconnect with politics.

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