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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Find out what lessons the highly active and destructive 2024 Atlantic hurricane season offers for funders, including what philanthropy can do to better support and respond to hurricane relief efforts and related disasters in the future.

By Tanya Gulliver-Garcia (she/her/they/them)

December 16, 2024

What could equitable investment in Black nonprofit leaders look like? 

With less resources and professional opportunities to succeed, discover what equitably investing in Black nonprofit leaders could look like in practice–and the lasting social impacts that it would unlock for both Black-led nonprofits and the social sector as a whole.

By Tokiwa T. Smith ((she/her))

December 12, 2024

The era of reactive giving: Inspiring one-time donors to become lifetime sustainers  

In today’s era of reactive giving, discover the keys to turning one-time gifts from reactive donors–often motivated by a recent event or crisis–into regular donations from lifetime supporters of your nonprofit or charitable cause.

By Cara Dickerson (she/her)

December 11, 2024

Lessons learned and strategies for workplace DEI efforts 

Discover workplace DEI data, success strategies, and lessons learned by foundations and nonprofits in the social sector to help inform putting diversity, equity, and inclusion to work for your organization.

By Kyoko Uchida (she/her)

December 10, 2024

Trends in education funding’s share of philanthropic giving 

Dive into the evolving world of education funding across both philanthropy and individual donors to find out what’s changing, including why the share of overall grant and donation dollars to education nonprofits is shrinking.

By Lauren Brathwaite (she/her)

December 9, 2024

AI for Good: Transforming humanitarian response 

Learn how AI tools promise to save lives and improve nonprofits’ humanitarian response to civil conflicts and other crises by accelerating access to the critical data and information needed for ensuring help goes to where it’s urgently needed.

By Lauren Woodman (she/her)

December 5, 2024

Beyond Pride Month: Fostering an LGBTQ+ inclusive workplace 

Learn how to create a LGBTQ+ inclusive workplace using expert strategies that go beyond one-off initiatives during Pride Month and instead, build LGBTQ+ employee inclusion into your organizational culture.

By Amanda Cole (she/her)

December 4, 2024

The next generation seeks social change from the ground up. Fundraisers need to adapt 

Learn why winning over the next generation of social changemakers and NextGen donors requires that nonprofit fundraisers adapt to and understand how Gen Z and Millennials’ charitable giving and activities uniquely differ from others.

By Gillian Howell (she/her)

December 3, 2024

The power of small grants and deep listening to fund the ‘unfundable’ 

Find out why small grants unlock critical funding that help nonprofits lacking any funding sources to get their cause off the ground, especially when combined with deep listening and trust-based philanthropy funder practices.

By Natanja Craig Oquendo (she/her)

December 2, 2024