Is Your Team Afraid of AI? Here’s the Fix
Leaders can create parameters for use, facilitate an open environment where people can try things out, and make learning easy.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Tax Law to Cost Charities $5.7 Billion. What to Do Now.
The research focuses on two anticipated effects of the tax law: an annual loss of billions from donors who itemize their taxes and an influx of 8 million small-dollar donors lured back to charitable giving by the tax breaks.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Year-End Giving to DAFs Soared as Donors Rushed to Beat Tax Changes
Grant making was already up in the first two months of 2026.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Oscar-Nominated Film ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Started With a Fundraiser
Executive producer Takema Robinson spoke to the Chronicle about the film, the fund she created to help Owens’s family and other victims of racial violence, and how philanthropy can do more to advance social justice.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Carrying On Without a ‘Founder’s Magic’: the Carter Center
On the heels of Jimmy Carter’s death, the organization he founded faced funding cuts and a future without his guidance. Here’s how it navigated the risks.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
How High-Touch Expeditions Build a Pipeline of Major Supporters
Experiential philanthropy trips are a growing strategy used by organizations that want to make inroads with midlevel and major donors, who often have the time, money, and interest in participating.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Tax Breaks Could Nudge Cautious Donors to Give More
A recent survey found that three-quarters of respondents didn’t know about the new tax-law changes.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Why Monthly Giving Is the Secret Weapon for Sustainable Fundraising
Monthly giving reliably provides big chunks of revenue because donors stick with the programs.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
A New Bitcoin Fund Aims to Boost Crypto Gifts to Save the Children
The fund aims to serve as an innovation in both fundraising and in how nonprofits move their money to where it is needed.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
The High Cost of Low Nonprofit Pay
Millions of nonprofit workers don’t make enough to sustain themselves. Experts warn it’s time for boards and funders to stop ignoring the math and start investing in the people behind the mission.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising