Anne Lewis Strategies, a creative force in nonprofit and political digital fundraising, is rebranding as MissionWired. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the firm’s staff also works from offices in New York, Denver, and Oakland, Calif. “In many ways, as MissionWired, we are who we’ve always been: a collective committed to helping nonprofits and Democratic campaigns raise […]

The American Cancer Society aims to raise $1 million exclusively through cryptocurrency. Its Cancer Crypto Fund will be renamed in honor of the first donor to contribute $250,000. Donations of at least $10,000 will appear on the Cancer Crypto Fund Wall of Honor. The Salvation Army launched a cryptocurrency option the week before Christmas and […]

Nonprofit job growth saw double-digit expansion across every field but health care, gaining more than 8% overall from May to June. The sector gained more than 60,000 of the estimated 745,000 jobs still lost as of May, according to data from the Center for Civil Society Studies (CCSS) at Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. Bureau […]

More than one-third — 34% — of fundraising professionals said that they experienced discrimination or bias from their co-workers and that during the past year, 25% said that they were harassed or were the victim of micro-aggressions from their employers’ donors, potential donors, or volunteers. That’s some of the data from a new study by […]

The “Netflix effect” might not be not new anymore as people have become used to paying monthly for any number of products, not just streaming services but anything from razors to fundraising software. For for-profit firms and nonprofits, what’s not to like about the stable, recurring revenue, but consumers also like the idea. The majority […]

Members of the Sackler family will be prohibited from any new naming rights in connection with charitable or other donations during the next nine years while they pay $4.325 billion as part of a settlement with states. The resolution to Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy filing also requires the Sacklers to transfer control of $175 million in […]

The origin probably predates Rakesh Sondhi’s Total Strategy, but a VMOST analysis is still a useful way of figuring out what you want to accomplish and the plans of how to go about it. Assumptions are sand traps when it comes to planning and submitting proposals.  According to Cathleen Kiritz at the Grantsmanship Center in […]

Billions of dollars in donations by MacKenzie Scott and her husband, Dan Jewett, to 500 nonprofits during the past 12 months have been lauded not only for their transformative size but the unrestricted nature of the contributions. Now new research suggests that donor-restricted gifts have a negative impact on charities. “Service Delivery Under Pressure: Effects […]

Some employers hold that socially responsible actions, such as charitable donations made on behalf of their staff, spur their employees to work harder, or at least hold their employer in higher regard. At very least, employers believe making a donation on behalf of employees does no harm. Results of a research experiment showed such incentives […]

Your nonprofit board needs some new blood or maybe there are some board members retiring in the near future. Where do you find their replacements? “The first step is to consider to whom your organization needs to be connected,” according to James Mueller, a former nonprofit executive and founder of James Mueller & Associates in […]

Righteous actions are becoming increasingly important as a form of giving, according to The Future of Philanthropy: The Evolution from Charitable Giving to Charitable Living, a new study of philanthropists from Raleigh-Durham, N.C.-based Fidelity Charitable. Making purchases from socially conscious firms, investing in funds that support equality and environment causes and supporting organizations that promote […]