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  • 1 week ago | philanthropy.com | Rasheeda Childress

    As the number of donors keeps declining and cuts to federal funding continue, donor-advised funds are in the spotlight more than ever. Many nonprofits are targeting DAF donors in their appeals because they’ve already set aside that money for charities. Researchers interviewed 46 fundraisers about how they interact with DAF donors, what the challenges are, and what’s working well.

  • 3 weeks ago | philanthropy.com | Rasheeda Childress

    Beth Zimmerman doesn’t have a lot of free time. She is one of three people on the staff of the small nonprofit she founded, Pets for Patriots. So, as executive director, she is also responsible for the group’s fundraising. In the past, Zimmerman would spend multiple days working on each grant the group applied for. “Grant writing is an extremely tedious, very time-consuming, very gut-wrenching activity,” Zimmerman says. Once, she spent nine hours over two days working on one grant.

  • 1 month ago | philanthropy.com | Rasheeda Childress

    Many donor-advised funds have more money sitting in them and dole out less money to charities than previous research says, according to a recent report published by the Institute for Policy Studies, a think tank that is critical of the lack of payout requirements for DAFs.“At large commercial DAFs, the average account sizes are huge,” says Chuck Collins, director of the charity reform initiative at IPS.

  • 1 month ago | philanthropy.com | Rasheeda Childress

    For years, charities have admired the massive sums that individuals raise on the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe. Now they can see if it works for them, as the company moves fully into the nonprofit world with GoFundMePro.

  • 1 month ago | philanthropy.com | Rasheeda Childress

    This year’s federal funding cuts are devastating many nonprofits. But it appears the sector was taking hits even before 2025. New reports about 2024 fundraising show a shrinking number of donors to America’s charities — alarmingly, for the fourth year in a row — and little growth in dollars raised.

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