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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2026

Nonprofits & Charities — August 12, 2026

EEO-1 hearing · Democracy funders · Giving USA 2026 · Fundraising talent crisis · Christian nationalism · Redstone Labor Temple · First American play

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Samwise Nonprofits & Charities — August 8, 2026

Saturday, August 15, 20265 stories
OpenAI Foundation Commits $100 Million to Healthcare Access for Uninsured Patients
  • Analysis: Can Tech Philanthropy Repair the Damage That Tech Extraction Creates?
  • Maui Wildfire Recovery Shows Philanthropy’s Gap Between Promise and Delivery
  • Susan G. Komen Names Breast Cancer Survivor Amber Guild as New President and CEO
  • Nonprofit Leaders Make the Case for Youth Civic Infrastructure as Democracy Turns 250
Friday, August 14, 20267 stories
OpenAI Foundation Commits $100 Million to Double Hepatitis C Cure Rates Through Breakthroughs to Follow-Through Program
  • Rockefeller Brothers Fund CEO Stephen Heintz Steps Down After 25 Years, Reflects on Fossil Fuel Divestiture and Democracy Setbacks
  • Wall Street Finance Donors Increase Climate Giving With Bloomberg Pledging $285 Million for Renewable Energy Transition
  • AI Tech Giants Plan Up to $100 Billion Annual Philanthropy as Data Center Opposition Grows Across United States
Thursday, August 13, 20267 stories
SECU Foundation Awards Nearly $6 Million in Grants to 23 North Carolina Nonprofits
  • Susan G. Komen Appoints Amber Guild as President and CEO
  • River Counties Community Foundation Distributes $1.75 Million to 56 Virginia Nonprofits
  • .ORG Impact Awards Names 35 Global Finalists From 145 Countries
  • Ryan Seacrest Foundation Named Charity Beneficiary for Top Host Competition
  • Horizon Community Foundation Announces 2026 Nonprofit Award Honorees
  • First Responders Children’s Foundation Awards $905,943 in Scholarships to 249 Students
Tuesday, August 11, 20267 stories
Nonprofit Revenue Growth Masks Donor Trust Gaps, New Report Finds
  • Experts Urge Nonprofits to Keep Tracking Workforce Demographics Despite Proposed Federal Rollback
  • San Francisco’s Redstone Labor Temple Sold Again, Raising Alarm Over Nonprofit Space Ownership
  • Faith-Based Nonprofits Examine How Christian Nationalism Operates Within Black Communities
  • Interfaith Nonprofits in Los Angeles Continue Sheltering and Advocating for Immigrant Families
  • The First American Play Is Missing, but Its Lessons for Civic Organizations Endure
  • Food Justice Advocates Argue Sustainable Diet Conversations Must Center Indigenous and Black Traditions
Monday, August 10, 20267 stories
AI Adoption Hits 91% Across Sector as Boards Tie Revenue Outcomes to Technology Posture
  • Historic Black Women’s School in North Carolina Pursues Adaptive Reuse After Five Decades
  • Survey Finds 52 Percent of Planned Gift Donors Always Disclose Bequests
  • Communications Strategist Identifies Six Messaging Mistakes That Keep Nonprofits From Being Heard
  • Nonprofits Pushed to Scrub Racial Language From Grant Applications
  • New York City Rent Freeze on One Million Apartments Energizes Tenant Advocates
  • Crow Nation Artist Contrasts Federal Food Assistance With Indigenous Agricultural Traditions
Saturday, August 8, 20265 stories
Why The Heroic Leadership Myth Builds Organizations That Break
  • When Stewardship Becomes Preservation
  • An Ambitious New Vision for North Carolina’s Only Black Women’s History Site
  • What Gets Erased When Nonprofits Scrub DEI Language
  • Housing Rights on the National Agenda: Lessons from New York’s Rent Freeze
Friday, August 7, 20267 stories
House Democrats Allege Trump Administration Group Misdirected Donors From Bipartisan Charity
  • New York City Freezes Rents on One Million Apartments in Historic First for Two-Year Leases
  • Major Foundations Install New Leaders as Sector Faces Scrutiny and Funding Pressure
  • Survey: Building Donor Trust Is Nonprofits’ Top Priority, Outranking Revenue Growth and AI
  • SSIR Analysis: A Public Payout Ranking Would Pressure Donor-Advised Funds to Deploy Billions
  • Nonprofits Warn That Scrubbing DEI Language From Grant Applications Erases the Communities They Serve
  • Community-Led Vision Emerges to Restore North Carolina’s Only Black Women’s History Site
Thursday, August 6, 20267 stories
FEP Q1 2026 Data: More Dollars, Fewer Donors, and a New Methodology
  • New Index Ranks States by How Welcoming Their Policies Are to Charitable Giving
  • As Local Banks Vanish, Foundations Should Fill the Lending Gap
  • Bridge Conference Experts Share Strategies for Engaging Donors in a Polarized Environment
  • 125 AAPI Leaders Gathered at a WWII Incarceration Site While the Country Celebrated Its 250th
  • How Disestablishment Turned American Churches Into Engines of Philanthropy
  • For Advocacy Nonprofits, the Wrong Metric Is Costing Real Results
Wednesday, August 5, 20269 stories
The City Was Already Prepared
  • Water Protectors Rise Up: Native Hawaiian Resistance in the Wake of the Red Hill Disaster
  • The Land Beneath Democracy: America at 250
  • The Answer Is in the Hills: Sacred Resistance in Pe’ Sla
  • Seeking Sanctuary in America
  • The Long Arc of Movement Making
  • Best And Worst States For Philanthropy Driven By Policy
  • Fewer Donors, More Dollars, New Methodology At FEP
  • When “How Many People Did You Serve?” Is the Wrong Question
Wednesday, August 5, 20267 stories
Adams County Awards $800,000 in Community Enrichment Grants to 21 Area Nonprofits
  • Valley Community Foundation Awards $350,000 to Eight Connecticut Nonprofits
  • Hawaii’s Online Fundraising Platform Law Now in Effect
  • IRS Signals Most Substantial Form 990 Overhaul in Over a Decade
  • OBBBA Charitable Deduction Rewrite Now Live for 2026 Giving
  • Nonprofit CEO Burnout Jumps to 46 Percent in New Survey
  • DOGE Signals Plan to Install Staff in Federally Funded Nonprofits
Aug 4, 20267 stories
Nonprofits Skip the Gala and Win Bigger Gifts at Small Donor Events
  • Immigrant Nonprofits Build Sanctuary Networks as Deportation Flights Surge
  • WE ACT Co-Founder Peggy Shepard on Four Decades of Environmental Justice Organizing
  • Memphis Ratepayers Face Nation’s Highest Energy Burden as TVA Revives Coal Plans
  • UCLA Scholar Kyle Mays Calls for Afro-Indigenous Solidarity in New Book on Reparations and Land Back
  • Black and Indigenous Equestrian History Counters the Military’s Cowboy Imagery
  • Anishinaabe Scholar PennElys Droz Challenges Colonial Origin Stories With Spirit of Greed Framework
Aug 3, 20267 stories
How Nonprofits Can Support First Nations' Wildfire Responses
  • Dear Next 250 Years: Make Joy Part of the Design
  • Slow Philanthropy
  • Public Media Is Not a Luxury, It's a Necessity—Especially for the Incarcerated
  • Preserving Texas’s Forgotten Mexican Cemeteries
  • Reparations as Peacebuilding: Three Frames Reparations
  • Expanding the Vision: Farming for the Commons
Aug 1, 20265 stories
Funders4Palestine Launches “Raise the Bar” Tool to Benchmark Grantmaking Against Liberatory Values
  • FEP Q1 2026: Donor Dollars Up 4.3%, Donor Count Down 0.8% as Sector Methodology Gets First Overhaul in Five Years
  • Federal Grants to Community Charities Fell 38% in Trump Administration’s First Eight Months, AI Analysis Finds
  • Georgia Bars $10 Billion Crypto Charity Fund After CEO Spent Assets on EV Investment, Sports Tickets, and Personal Residence
  • With 900+ Wildfires Burning Across Canada, Nonprofits Urged to Support Indigenous-Led Responses Without Supplanting Them
Jul 31, 20267 stories
Fewer Donors, More Dollars: FEP Reports 4.3% Giving Rise but Donor Decline Continues
  • Alex Loker Named President and CEO of Ronald McDonald House San Diego
  • Federal Grants to Everyday Charities Fell 38% in Trump’s First Months
  • International Black Theatre Festival Returns to Winston-Salem with 100+ Performances
  • Public Media Is Not a Luxury — It’s a Necessity for the Incarcerated
  • Federal Cuts Undermine Community Farms: Inside One Collective’s Fight to Survive
  • Funders4Palestine Launches Guide Calling Philanthropy to Fund with Liberatory Practices
Jul 30, 20264 stories
Congress Heads to August Recess, Leaving Nonprofit Sector Priorities Unresolved
  • Sector Fundraising Rose in Q1 2026 but Gains Rest on a Narrower Donor Base
  • RKD Group Acquires Chattanooga Creative Agency Whiteboard
  • International Black Theatre Festival Offers a Fuller Story of America’s 250th Anniversary
Jul 29, 20267 stories
Clinton Foundation Launches Clinton Policy Institute to Help States Find Nonpartisan Solutions
  • Fewer Than Half of Americans Can Afford Healthcare for First Time in Five Years, Index Finds
  • RKD Group Acquires Creative Agency Whiteboard to Expand Nonprofit Fundraising Capabilities
  • Council on Foundations Launches Grantmaking Accelerator for Community Foundations Working Across Divides
  • Moore Names Chatterjee CIO, Harrison CRO, and Katz Agency President in Senior Leadership Expansion
  • SSIR Reader Response Argues Billionaires Should Fund Existing Changemakers, Not Build New Institutions
  • Grant Consultant Outlines Three Steps for Strategic Choices in a Scarce Funding Climate
Jul 28, 20267 stories
3 Questions to Ask Before Scaling a Nonprofit Program Into a New Community
  • Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity) .replace(‘‘’,s CEO Chris Coleman on Making Affordable Housing
  • Clinton Foundation Launches an Institute to Help State Governments Find Nonpartisan Solutions
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  • Nonprofit Healthcare Groups Stressed By Rising Need
  • RKD Group Acquires Creative Agency Whiteboard
  • 3 Steps To Strategic Choices in Grant Seeking
Jul 27, 20265 stories
Some Foundations Are Lending, Not Just Giving, to Build Nonprofit Financial Stability
  • Buffett Redirects $6 Billion in Berkshire Shares to Family Foundations After Cutting Ties With Gates
  • WilmerHale Review Finds Gates Foundation Held About 30 Meetings With Epstein Despite Staff Warnings
  • Annual Survey Finds 56 Percent of Americans Trust Nonprofits, but Only 29 Percent Trust Philanthropy
  • Susan Sellers Named President and CEO of UCP, Effective October 2026
Jul 25, 20265 stories
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation Forced to Close After 40 Years as Corporate Owner Cuts Off Funding
  • Resilient Chicago Fund Awards $5.5 Million to 17 Nonprofits to Strengthen City’s Social Safety Net
  • Foundation Endowments Must Become Instruments of Mission Impact, Argues Senior Philanthropy Leader
  • US Philanthropist Arrested in Ibiza Over Gaza Donations, Raising Alarm Across the Sector
  • Denver Foundation’s Belonging Colorado Initiative Pairs Grants and Leadership Training to Build Cross-Difference Connections
Jul 24, 20267 stories
House Ways and Means Committee Advances Four Nonprofit Bills on Party-Line Vote
  • Progressive Foundations Expand Support for Conservative Groups in Bid to Bridge Political Divides
  • Trust in Nonprofits Holds at 56% While Confidence in Philanthropy Falls to 29%, Survey Finds
  • Philanthropy Must Share Risk, Not Just Resources, Former Anti-Violence Worker Argues
  • Burnout Is an Issue for Nine in Ten Nonprofit Organizations, Survey of Sector Leaders Finds
  • Tax Reform Without Reparations Is Incomplete, Former Grocery Chain Executive Argues
  • Feminist Organizations Face Severe Funding Fragility, AWID Study of 1,174 Groups Across 128 Countries Finds
Jul 23, 20265 stories
56% of Americans Highly Trust Nonprofits, Far Outpacing Corporations and Government
  • House Passes Defense Bill Embedding Proof-of-Citizenship Voter Registration Rule That Threatens Nonprofit Civic Programs
  • As America Turns 250, a Civic Innovator Says Nonprofits Must Build Listening Infrastructure, Not Just Celebrate
  • ‘No More 24’: NYC Home Care Workers Demand End to Mandatory All-Day Shifts Amid Stalled City Legislation
  • WilmerHale Probe Finds Gates Foundation Leaders Met Epstein Approximately 30 Times After His Conviction — Drawing Governance Lessons for All Charities
Jul 22, 20268 stories
Black Faith-Based Nonprofits Return Land to Families in the Rural South
  • Historic Salem Church Leads Neighborhood Geothermal and Solar Network
  • Nonprofit Leaders Call for Civic Listening Infrastructure at America’s 250th
  • Nonprofits Use Surf Events to Combat Racial Disparity in Maternal Health
  • Opinion: Hyper-Agent Philanthropists Risk Marginalizing Community Voices
  • Nonprofits Urged to Build Resilience Plans Before the Next Crisis Strikes
  • Study: AI-Adaptive Nonprofits Earn More Revenue but Face a Donor Trust Gap
  • Candid: Advanced Grant Writing Succeeds by Connecting With Funders, Not Just Answering Questions
Jul 21, 20265 stories
Black Faith-Based Nonprofits Return Stolen Land Through Community Trusts in the Rural South
  • Preeclampsia Foundation Paddle Out in Santa Cruz Raises Awareness of Pregnancy Complication
  • NPQ Analysis Challenges the Power of Wealthy Donors to Define Social Good
  • Project South Director Links Repression in the US South and Global South
  • NPQ Series Traces How the Mothers of Soacha Turned Grief into Political Action
Jul 20, 20266 stories
Hewlett Foundation Announces $100 Million Emerging Technology and Security Initiative
  • Ariana Grande Launches Brighter Days Ahead Foundation Through Entertainment Industry Foundation
  • Global South Nonprofits Have Already Solved the Funding Crisis, NPQ Analysis Argues
  • NPQ: Black and Indigenous Communities Have Built Parallel Reproductive Health Systems Over 250 Years
  • Somali Referee Deported, Iranian Team Rerouted: Nonprofits Mobilize for Human Rights at the World Cup
  • Chronicle of Philanthropy: Private Foundations Routinely Outlive Their Charitable Missions
Jul 18, 20265 stories
Protecting Rights Beyond the Game: Nonprofit Advocacy for Human Rights at the World Cup
  • The Global South Has Already Solved Your Funding Crisis
  • Hewlett Foundation Announces New $100 Million Emerging Technology and Security Initiative
  • Philanthropy and Community Sharing Power: What It Looks Like from the Field’s Perspective
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Jul 17, 20267 stories
Hewlett Foundation Commits $100 Million to Emerging Technology and Security Initiative
  • Global South Community Funding Models Offer Roadmap for US Nonprofits Facing Federal Cuts
  • Nonprofits Document Human Rights Failures at FIFA World Cup and Press for Protections
  • Pace Center for Girls Names Yessica Cancel as Permanent Chief Executive Officer
  • Blackbaud-Convened AI Coalition Launches Free Certification Program for Nonprofit Professionals
  • Protect Democracy Reports Four Months of Accelerating Strategy to Interfere in 2026 Midterms
  • Wells Fargo Commits $2 Million to Expand CodePath Tech Education at Two Charlotte Universities
Jul 16, 20266 stories
Buffett Skips Gates Foundation in $6B Annual Gift After Epstein Disclosure, Breaking 20-Year Partnership
  • NPCA Mounts Defense of America) .replace(‘‘’,s Historic Sites as Administration Targets Preservation Funding
  • OMB Federal Grant Overhaul Draws 490,000 Public Comments; Legal Challenges Mount After Deadline Closes
  • Chronicle Analysis: Philanthropy Isn) .replace(‘‘’,t Broken—but Restricted Grant Models Are Failing the Sector
  • The New Athlete Philanthropists: NBA Stars Under 30 Are Building Serious Foundations Before Retirement
  • Brooklyn Org CEO: Communities Know What They Need—Philanthropy Must Learn to Follow Their Lead
Jul 15, 20265 stories
IRS Moves to Codify Racial Discrimination Ban and Johnson Amendment Rules for Tax-Exempt Private Schools
  • Corporate Funding to Equity-Focused Nonprofits Falls from 62% to 36%, Benevity Survey Finds
  • Foundations Urged to Adopt Outcomes-Based Funding as Federal Cuts Reshape Sector
  • OMB Grant Overhaul Draws More Than 40,000 Comments as Nonprofit Sector Pushes Back
  • Community Disaster Fatigue Rises as Repeated Floods Leave Nonprofits Stretched Thin
Jul 14, 20266 stories
IRS Proposes Rules Linking 501(c)(3) Status to Anti-Discrimination Standards
  • Corporate Philanthropic Priorities Shifted Sharply Under Political Pressure in 2026
  • Experienced Gen Z Donors Less Responsive to Overhead Transparency and Emotional Imagery Appeals
  • AFP Member Spotlight: Scholarship Coordinator Steps Into Foundation Leadership After Back-to-Back Vacancies
  • National Council of Nonprofits and Democracy Forward Urge OMB to Withdraw Federal Grantmaking Overhaul
  • NCN Report Calls for 25% Upfront Funding and 15% Indirect Cost Rate in Government Contracts
Jul 13, 20268 stories
Trump’s Proposed Grant Rules Spark Outcry From Nonprofit Sector, Draw 100,000 Comments
  • Florida’s Sweeping New Nonprofit Governance Law Takes Effect, Prompting Bylaw Reviews
  • U.S. Fundraising Salaries Rose 0.9 Percent in 2025 as Rising Benefit Costs Emerge as New Challenge
  • Strategic Philanthropy Urged to Invest in HBCUs to Close Sarcoidosis Research Gap for Black Americans
  • Choreographer Argues Reparations Movements Need Cultural Investment, Not Just Policy, to Reach the Public
  • Boston Reparations Commissioner: Gen Z and Millennials Are Positioned to Lead Structural Repair of Racial Inequity
  • Fundraising Consultant Rhea Wong: Summer Is the Sector’s Biggest Strategic Advantage, Not a Slow Season
  • Vietnamese American Artist Pursues Permanent Boston Memorial Marking 50 Years of Refugee Diaspora
Jul 11, 20265 stories
Trump’s Proposed Grant Rules Draw 100,000 Comments Ahead of July 13 Deadline
  • Mistrust Built the Network: What Informal Survival Systems Teach Us About American Democracy
  • How Black Churches Built the Civic Infrastructure That Kept the Nation Alive
  • AI Alone Isn’t Enough: Coordination Is What Really Matters
  • How DC Central Kitchen Keeps Expanding While Other Nonprofits Shrink
Jul 10, 20267 stories
Florida Overhauls Nonprofit Law, Aligning Chapter 617 With National Model Act
  • U.S. Fundraising Salaries Rose 0.9 Percent in 2025 While Benefits Costs Climb
  • Summer Is the Season to Build Fall Gifts, Fundraiser Argues in NPQ Column
  • School Finance Is Driven by Political Theft, Not Passive Inequity, Author Argues
  • Philanthropy Is Losing the AI Governance Fight Because It Funds Adaptation, Not Action
  • SVCF CEO Says AI Employee Philanthropy Wave Is Coming but Not Here Yet
  • Women Inheritors Could Redirect the $100 Trillion Wealth Transfer Toward Racial Equity
Jul 9, 20266 stories
AI Alone Isn't Enough—Coordination Is What Really Matters
  • Florida Shows How the Philanthropic Map Is Changing Amid the Great Wealth Transfer
  • How Black Churches Built the Civic Infrastructure That Kept the Nation Alive
  • Mistrust Built the Network: What Informal Survival Systems Teach Us About American Democracy
  • How DC Central Kitchen Keeps Expanding While Other Nonprofits Shrink
  • David I. Backer on the Hidden Politics of School Finance
Jul 8, 20267 stories
Black Churches Have Functioned as America’s Civic Infrastructure for More Than Two Centuries
  • San Francisco’s Transgender District Outlines a Blueprint for Collective Power Under Federal Policies Targeting Trans Communities
  • Nonprofit Supervisors Who Avoid Difficult Performance Conversations Create Cascading Costs, with Disproportionate Impact on Staff of Color
  • Competing Commissions and an Eroded Sense of American Exceptionalism Challenge Nonprofits’ 250th Anniversary Volunteer Drives
  • Nonprofit Sector’s Tolerance for Operational Friction Is Quietly Eroding Staff Retention and Donor Relationships, Column Argues
  • Grant Writers Must Navigate a Political Minefield of Restricted Language as Federal Funders Reject DEI Terminology
  • Candid Analysis Finds Total Charitable Giving Reached $617 Billion in 2025 While Individual Giving Declined
Jul 7, 20266 stories
Nonprofit Sector) .replace(‘‘’,s Structural Burnout Crisis Traced to Short-Term Grant Cycles
  • Black Futurism Framework Proposes Four-Stage Path Beyond Silicon Valley Change Models
  • Liberation Ventures Introduces Repair Framework for Philanthropy on America) .replace(‘‘’,s 250th
  • Transgender District SF Outlines Collective Power Strategy as Federal Policy Cuts $17M in Local Funding
  • San Mateo County Becomes First US Jurisdiction to Affirm UN Declaration on Future Generations
  • Foundation Giving Up but 5% Payout Rate Unchanged as Nonprofits Face Widening Funding Crisis
Jul 6, 20268 stories
Protect Democracy Advocates Call for Proportional Representation as Civil Society’s Structural Answer to Authoritarianism
  • Democracy at 250: The Cost of Undercutting Youth-Led Movements
  • Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations and Building a Culture of Racial Repair
  • Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Gunfire
  • Beyond What Is: Reimagining the American Project
  • We Were Never Waiting, but This Moment Calls for All of Us
  • Resilient, Not Shaken: 25 Years Since 9/11 and the Path Forward for the U.S.-Based Sikh Community
  • Supreme Court Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Order, Reaffirms 14th Amendment
Jul 4, 20267 stories
Philanthropy Must Treat Reparations as a Necessity, Not an Option, for Racial Equity
  • Protect Democracy Makes the Case for Proportional Representation as Civil Society’s Structural Fix
  • Philanthropy’s Capture of Youth Movements Is Costing Democracy Its Strongest Engine
  • On America’s 250th, a Political Scientist Argues the Nation Is Being Called to Refound Itself
  • Parkland Co-Founder Traces Gun Violence from Founding-Era Slave Patrols to Today’s Mass Shootings
  • Youth250 Co-Founder Says Youth Disengagement Is a Structural Problem, Not a Motivation Problem
  • A Deep History of the Wealthy Progressive Donors Who Built American Civil Society’s Funding Machine
Jul 3, 20267 stories
March For Our Lives Co-Founder: Gun Violence Has Defined All 250 Years of American History
  • Protect Democracy: Civil Society Must Fight for Proportional Representation, Not Just Defend Against Authoritarianism
  • The National Park Foundation’s Latino Heritage Fund: How Philanthropy Built Real Work — Then Dismantled It
  • Sikh Coalition Executive Director: 25 Years After 9/11, Sikh Identity Is Resilience — Not a Liability to Conceal
  • Black Innovation Alliance CEO: Civil Society Is Summoned to Refound Democracy, Not Simply Defend It
  • Youth250 Initiative: Young Americans Were Never Waiting — Civic Disengagement Is a Structural Failure
  • Drag Queen Pattie Gonia’s “Save Her” Climate Tour Hits 20+ Cities and Has Raised $1 Million for Nonprofits
Jul 2, 20267 stories
Federal Courts Block Trump Rule That Would Have Stripped PSLF Eligibility From Nonprofit Workers
  • House Ways and Means Committee Advances Nonprofit Hospital Reporting Bill on Party-Line Vote
  • Fundraising Platform Carey & Co. Acquires Lautman Maska Neill in Third Deal in 18 Months
  • Dataro Launches AI Predictive Donor Intelligence Inside Bloomerang, Reaching 24,000 Nonprofits
  • Nonprofit Quarterly Examines the Ideological Shift Behind the Rise of Progressive Philanthropy
  • Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter Reflects on a Decade of Mobilizing Southern Black Voters
  • Sikh Coalition Marks 25 Years of Civil Rights Advocacy Rooted in the Aftermath of 9/11
Jul 1, 20268 stories
Buffett Delays Annual Gates Foundation Donation Amid Epstein Review
  • Closure of Identity Alaska Ends the Only Queer-Focused Health Clinic in the State
  • Aid Organizations Mobilize After Venezuela Earthquakes but Delivery Timelines Remain Uncertain
  • Candid Deploys AI to Track Nonprofit Closures and Layoffs in Real Time
  • ACLS Calls for Collective Action by Funders to Fill NEH Funding Gap
  • Pew Charitable Trusts Awards Biomedical Fellowships to 16 Latin American Researchers
  • Otis Spunkmeyer Cause-Marketing Campaign Delivers Record $160,698 to Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation
  • GrantWatch Launches Conversational AI Platform for Human-Verified Grant Research
Jun 30, 20267 stories
Nonprofits Launch National Campaign for Ethical Online Fundraising Platform Standards
  • Record 68,000+ Responses Filed on Federal Grant Rules Overhaul
  • New House Task Force Signals Intensified Federal Scrutiny of Nonprofits
  • House Passes Fraudulent Payments Bill Nonprofit Groups Say Will Harm Charities
  • Conflicting Court Rulings on $100K H-1B Visa Fee Leave Nonprofit Employers in Limbo
  • Wave of State Anti-Terrorism Bills Targeting Nonprofits Tracked as 36 Legislatures Adjourn
  • Four States Ease Charitable Bequest Laws, Bolstering Planned Giving Pipeline
Jun 29, 20268 stories
Nonprofit AI Survey Reveals Sharp Gaps Between Leaders and Laggards in Adoption and Outcomes
  • Organizers Launch Next250 Initiative Around Five-Point Declaration of Interdependence
  • Nonprofit Financial Crisis Linked to Heroic Leadership Culture, Analyst Argues
  • Governance Expert Jan Masaoka Makes the Case for Board Involvement in Annual Budget Setting
  • Giving USA 2026 Reports Record $617 Billion in 2025 U.S. Charitable Contributions
  • AFP Leader Connects Juneteenth to Black Philanthropy Traditions and Sector Mentorship
  • Political Scientist Argues U.S. Democracy Cannot Be Restored Without Confronting Caste Origins
  • Dreilinden Redirects 30 Percent of Grant Budget to Emergency Funding as Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Spreads
Jun 27, 20264 stories
Are Wealthy Donors Giving Big Again? Yes. But It's Complicated
  • OpenAI Foundation Opens $50 Million Grant Fund for Nonprofits Adopting Artificial Intelligence
  • Can a $350 Million Gift Change AI's Trajectory?
  • Nonprofit Quarterly Analysis Calls Sector’s Reliance on Heroic Executive Leadership a Justice Issue
Jun 26, 20268 stories
U.S. Charitable Giving Topped $600 Billion for the First Time, With Megadonors and Bequests Driving the Record
  • MacKenzie Scott’s $7 Billion in 2025 Gifts Made Her One-Third of All U.S. Megadonor Giving for the Year
  • Wealthy Donors Are Giving More, but Political and Economic Forces Complicate Their Plans
  • Giving USA 2026: Fundraisers Urged to Lean Into Planned Giving and Donor-Advised Funds for Year-End
  • Rural Health Nonprofits at the Limits of Resilience, Candid Analysis Finds
  • Ken Griffin Gives $26 Million to Complete the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
  • Paul Allen’s $3.1 Billion Estate Bequest, Paid Out Seven Years After His Death, Helped Set a U.S. Giving Record
  • Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr Give to Undue Medical Debt, Erasing $550 Million for 261,000 Californians
Jun 25, 20266 stories
Ballroom Culture as Democratic Model: Philanthropists Investing $1.4 Million in Black Trans Femme-Led Organizations
  • MIT) .replace(‘‘’,s Schwarzman College of Computing Marks Seven Years: $1 Billion Raised, 50 New Faculty, Ongoing Ethics Questions
  • Giving USA 2026 Reports Record $617 Billion in Charitable Donations as Donor Base Shrinks for Fifth Year
  • LA Event Producer Tammy Dickerson Marks 25 Years in Philanthropic Events, Eyes World Cup and Olympics Opportunities
  • Living Billionaire Founders Now Lead 20 of America) .replace(‘‘’,s 50 Largest Foundations, Up From Six in 2000
  • Billionaire Women Commit Over $1 Billion to Women) .replace(‘‘’,s Health Research as Funding Gap Persists
Jun 24, 20268 stories
US Charitable Giving Surpasses $617 Billion in 2025 as Bequests Post Record Growth
  • OMB Proposes Sweeping Overhaul of Federal Grant Rules, Threatening Stability for 100,000 Nonprofits
  • Nonprofit Sector Has Lost More Than 22,700 Full-Time Jobs Since January Amid Federal Funding Cuts
  • One Big Beautiful Bill Creates Mixed Charitable Giving Landscape as Nonprofits Adapt Fundraising Strategies
  • Chronicle of Philanthropy Releases 2026 Top Donor List; Combined Giving Reaches $22.4 Billion
  • DAF Donors Give 12 Times More per Gift Than Non-DAF Donors, New Fundraising Study Finds
  • Nonprofits Embrace AI for Fundraising and Operations but Only 24 Percent Have an AI Policy
  • Nonprofit CEO Burnout Reaches 46 Percent as Funding Instability and Staffing Pressures Intensify
Jun 23, 20268 stories
Foundations Launch “Generosity Builds” Campaign to Counter Political Scrutiny
  • New Poll: 8 in 10 Americans Back Nonprofits’ Role in Voter Registration and Education
  • Marguerite Casey Foundation Commits to At Least $50M in Annual Grantmaking
  • Nonprofit Steps In to Save Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as Civic Infrastructure Frays
  • As America Turns 250, Nonprofit Museums Face a Reckoning Over Who Controls History
  • Clergy Network Uses America’s 250th to Revive Civil Conversation Across Political Lines
  • The Best Nonprofit Outcomes Are Invisible — And Funders Need to Show Up to See Them
  • Philanthropy for a Fractured World: Funders Back Grassroots Organizers Who Resist and Build
Jun 22, 20267 stories
AmeriCorps Marks One Year Since DOGE Cuts: Pittsburgh Programs Rebuild, But Slowly
  • PSLF “Ideology Test” Rule Takes Effect July 1 Despite Three Pending Lawsuits
  • Nonprofit Quarterly and Liberation Ventures Launch Week of Repair Editorial Series Through July 4
  • One Big Beautiful Bill Gives Nonprofits a Universal Deduction — Then Takes $7 Billion More Away
  • NPQ: Quiet Collapse of the Nonprofit Sector Threatens Every Community
  • As Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Multiply, Queer Sports Nonprofits Step Into the Gap
  • Philanthropy Must Treat Information Access as Core Infrastructure, NPQ Analysis Argues
Jun 20, 20264 stories
One Year After AmeriCorps Cuts, What Changed?
  • The Hidden 100-Year Legacy of Latina Labor Activism in Texas
  • Juneteenth Demands a Tax and Care System That Liberates Black Women
  • A Crushed 1891 Strike by Black Farmer Cooperatives Holds Keys to Economic Justice Today
Jun 19, 20267 stories
Report: Only 3% of Eligible U.S. Adults Donate Blood Despite 62% Meeting Criteria
  • Study: Naming Rights Top Donor Recognition Rankings as Healthcare Campaigns Scale Up
  • FoodCorps Cut Its Budget by 45% After Federal Funding Collapsed. A Foundation’s $1M Bet Changed Its Trajectory.
  • A $100M Fund for Black-Led Nonprofits Fell Short of Its Goal — But the Movement It Sparked Continues
  • Supreme Court Rules 9–0 That Demands for Donor Records Chill Free Speech Rights
  • Playbook: Treat Younger Donors as Ambassadors First — and Watch Giving Follow
  • Grant Consultant: Call Program Officers Before Submitting — Replace Fear With Curiosity
Jun 18, 20267 stories
OMB Proposes Major Overhaul of Federal Grant Rules Governing Nonprofits
  • One Big Beautiful Bill Reshapes Charitable Giving Incentives for Donors at Every Level
  • Donor-Advised Funds Deliver 75% Revenue Growth as DAF Share of Philanthropy Climbs
  • PSLF Rule That Could Strip Nonprofit Workers of Loan Forgiveness Takes Effect July 1
  • CharityWatch Releases Guide to Top-Rated Civil Rights Charities Ahead of Juneteenth
  • Federal Funding Crisis Deepens as Nonprofit Sector Absorbs $425 Billion in Cuts
  • Independent Sector Launches Nonpartisan Voter Engagement Series Ahead of 2026 Midterms
Jun 17, 20265 stories
Council on Foundations Launches ).replace(‘’’,Generosity Builds’ Campaign to Counter Scrutiny of the Sector
  • Baltimore’s $100 Million Fund for Black-Led Groups Falls Short, Pivots to Local Donors
  • New Polling Shows Bipartisan Support for Nonprofit Voter Engagement Ahead of 2026 Midterms
  • Duke Energy Foundation Closes America250 Grantmaking With $77,500 to Seven Florida Nonprofits
  • Late Lethbridge Couple Leaves $3.2 Million Bequest for Youth Leadership Programs
Jun 13, 20262 stories
Fundraising as Democracy: Honoring a Legacy, Claiming Our Moment
  • Economic Mobility Is Essential to Family Wellbeing—and to Society
Jun 12, 20267 stories
AFP Fundraising Day New York 2026 Convenes More Than 1,200 Philanthropy Professionals Today
  • Rhea Wong’s Mid-Year Gut Check: How to Find Where Your Fundraising Pipeline Is Leaking
  • SPLC Interim CEO Defends Civil Rights Mission Before House Judiciary Committee
  • NPQ and Liberation Ventures Announce 16-Day ).replace(‘’’,Week of Repair’ Partnership for America’s 250th
  • The 1787 Free African Society That Seeded Modern Black Mutual Aid and Nonprofit Infrastructure
  • National Council of Nonprofits Urges Sector Action Before July 13 on Federal Grantmaking Overhaul
  • An Incarcerated Journalist Exposes Georgia’s Prison-to-Profit Pipeline, From Chain Gangs to Modern Contracts
Jun 11, 20267 stories
SPLC CEO Testifies at House Judiciary Hearing Alleging Payments to Extremist Informants
  • Greater Milwaukee Foundation Posts Record $96.9 Million in Grants for 2025
  • OMB Proposes Sweeping Overhaul of Federal Grant Rules That Could Restrict Nonprofits
  • USPS Files 4.8 Percent Rate Increase Effective July 12 Affecting Nonprofit Mailers
  • Fidelity, Vanguard, and Schwab Block SPLC Donations Amid Federal Indictment; 121 Groups Protest
  • Corporate Philanthropists Scale Back Racial Equity and DEI Giving Under Political Pressure
  • Nonprofit CEO Burnout Jumps to 46 Percent as Funding Shortfalls and Demand Surge Collide
Jun 10, 20267 stories
SPLC Interim CEO Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee Amid Congressional Inquiry
  • NH Gives Opens With a Record 701 Nonprofits in New Hampshire’s 11th Annual Giving Day
  • SPLC Annual Year in Hate Report Identifies 1,263 Hard-Right Groups Active in 2025
  • Nonprofit Quarterly and Liberation Ventures Launch 16-Day Week of Repair for America 250
  • Georgia Farm Turns Regenerative Agriculture Model Into a Place-Based Teaching Nonprofit
  • Philadelphia’s Free African Society of 1787 Was America’s First Black Mutual Aid Organization
  • Trans Organizer Documents How Cross-Movement Coalition-Building Wins LGBTQ Majorities in North Carolina
Jun 9, 20267 stories
New Data on the Legacy IRA Act Makes the Case for the Charity Parity Act
  • 5 Takeaways from the 2026 DAF Fundraising Report
  • Could States Lead Climate Justice Funding?
  • On the Heels of ICE Raids, Minnesota Also Fights to Save a Wilderness
  • NPQ and Liberation Ventures Partner to Highlight “Visions of a Repaired Future” for America’s 250th
  • Georgia’s Judicial Industry Is Built on the Backs of the Incarcerated Poor
  • Before the State Showed Up: Black Mutual Aid as the Infrastructure of Our Democracy
Jun 8, 20267 stories
Commentary: More Than 300 Proposed Changes To Federal Grant Rules
  • MissionWired Expands With Acquisition of BWF
  • 5 Health Conversion Funders to Watch
  • NPT’s Executive Session: AI Might Damage Your Ability To Raise Money
  • Beware Because Donors Don’t Feel Financially Fulfilled
  • Nonprofit Finance Teams Seem To Be Staying In Place
  • Report: Donors Provide More Than Money
Jun 6, 20264 stories
The New Counterterrorism State: How the 2026 U.S. Strategy Targets Civil Society
  • May Day Marchers Modeled the Intersectional Solidarity Philanthropy Has Long Avoided
  • The Boardroom Belongs to the Community, Not to Donors or Institutional Habit
  • How American Independence 250 Years Ago Transformed the Practice of Philanthropy
Jun 5, 20266 stories
Supreme Court Allows Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Congressional Map
  • Melinda French Gates Commits Another $50 Million to Women’s Health, Calls on Other Donors
  • New Research Points to an Achievable Pro-Trans Majority—If Movements Choose to Build It
  • Trump’s Museum Edits Threaten Community History—Nonprofits and Funders Are Pushing Back
  • Community Accountability, Not Donor Comfort, Must Drive Nonprofit Boards
  • How American Independence 250 Years Ago Created the Nonprofit Sector We Know Today
Jun 4, 20267 stories
Federal Court Hears PSLF Nonprofit Lawsuit as July 1 Rule Effective Date Approaches
  • New CEP Study Finds Sector in Unprecedented Crisis as Federal Cuts Hit Demand Spike
  • Immigrant-Serving Nonprofits Struggle as Federal Agencies Become Deportation Tools
  • Trump Budget Would Zero Out $1.3 Billion Afterschool Program, States Seek Alternatives
  • Collapse of Small-Dollar Donations Threatens the Future of Social Innovation
  • Analysis: Legacy Foundation Overhead Ranges from 1 Cent to 81 Cents Per Dollar Granted
  • MissionWired Acquires BWF to Create Integrated Nonprofit Fundraising and Technology Firm
Jun 3, 20265 stories
New Report: 73 Percent of Nonprofits Report COVID-Level Demand as Funding Erodes
  • Federal Agencies Turned into Immigration Surveillance Tools, Leaving Nonprofits to Adapt
  • North Star Fund Chair Describes Five Ways Nonprofits Build Democratic Belonging
  • Founding a Women-led Nonprofit in Mizoram: One Leader’s Account of Building Against the Grain
  • Survey: 96 Percent of Nonprofit Boards Recruit from Personal Networks, Perpetuating Insider Culture
Jun 2, 20266 stories
New CEP Study Finds Two-Thirds of Nonprofits Fear Financial Collapse Amid Federal Funding Cuts
  • Federal Agencies Including IRS and Medicaid Repurposed for Immigration Enforcement, Nonprofits Report Service Decline
  • Trump Budget Proposes Eliminating $1.3 Billion Afterschool Grant as States Build Independent Funding Streams
  • Nonprofit Founders Reflect on Sector) .replace(‘‘’,s Irreplaceable Role in Building Democracy at America) .replace(‘‘’,s 250th Year
  • Nonprofits at America) .replace(‘‘’,s 250th: Five Historical Stories Illuminate the Sector) .replace(‘‘’,s Enduring Role in Balancing Democracy
  • Indian Nonprofit Founder Builds Safe Spaces for Youth While Breaking Gender Barriers in Mizoram
Jun 1, 20266 stories
Nonprofit Burnout Hits Record High as Funding Shortfalls Spread Across Every Revenue Source
  • Climate Justice Is Every Nonprofit’s Business, Researchers and Advocates Argue
  • Nonprofit Fundraising’s Hidden Labor Cost Is Structural, Not Personal, Essay Argues
  • Long COVID Clinics Drop from 400 to 26 as Public Attention Shifts to Hantavirus and Ebola
  • Nonprofit Leader Calls for Redesigning Communities Around Elders as Essential Infrastructure
  • How Nonprofits Can Sustain Health Equity Gains After the Grant Money Runs Out
May 30, 20265 stories
LEGO Foundation Commits $97 Million to Educate Children in Conflict Zones
  • MacArthur and DonorsTrust Leaders Unite to Defend Philanthropic Freedom
  • Report Finds Direct Mail Resonates Most With Gen Z Donors
  • Essay Examines the ).replace(‘’’,Scarcity Vow’ Holding Down Nonprofit Pay
  • Nonprofit Coalition’s Virginia Redistricting Win Unravels in Court
May 29, 20267 stories
Left and Right Unite to Defend Nonprofits’ Freedom to Give
  • Nonprofit Burnout Deepens as Demand Rises and Funding Retreats, Report Finds
  • Buffett and the Currys Raise $9 Million for GLIDE in Charity Lunch Auction
  • Analysis Finds High Overhead at Many of the Largest Legacy Foundations
  • Report Ties Donor Pullback to Economic Anxiety More Than Hardship
  • Nonprofits Adopt AI Faster Than They Govern It, Guidance Warns
  • Funders Urged to Weigh the Community Impact of AI Data Centers
May 28, 20264 stories
The Word “Black” Has Disappeared from a Set of Bills Aimed at Addressing Black Maternal Health
  • Fundraising Platform FlipCause Owes Millions to Charities Nationwide, Including Nonprofits in Idaho
  • How Nonprofits Helped Win Virginia’s Redistricting — and What It Means in a Post-Callais Landscape
  • Wholeness Is No Trifling Matter
May 27, 20267 stories
Open Society Foundations Pledges $300 Million for U.S. Democracy Amid Attacks on Nonprofits
  • Trump Administration Borrows Authoritarian Playbook in Labeling Nonprofits as Foreign Threats
  • Over 121 Nonprofit Leaders Sign Statement Backing SPLC After Major DAF Platforms Block Donations
  • Bipartisan Charity Parity Act Would Let Retirees Give Directly from 401(k) Plans to Nonprofits
  • Survey: 66 Percent of Nonprofit Leaders Cite Financial Stability Concerns as Federal Cuts Mount
  • DOGE Actions Drive Termination of Nearly 16,000 Federal Grants Totaling Approximately $49 Billion
  • Democrats Urge OPM to Save Combined Federal Campaign as Program Faces Possible Elimination
May 26, 20267 stories
Bonterra Report Finds $155 Billion in Potential Charitable Giving Remains Unrealized Each Year
  • State of Nonprofits 2026 Report Reveals Deepening Financial Instability Across Sector
  • SNAP Participation Falls 3.5 Million in Steepest Decline in Decades After Federal Cuts
  • National Council of Nonprofits Warns New Tax Law Could Cost Sector $81 Billion Over Decade
  • Center for Disaster Philanthropy Awards $6.8 Million for Hurricane Helene Recovery in Western North Carolina
  • New AI-Powered Fundraising Tools Debut at AFP ICON 2026 Conference
  • Foundation Source Survey Finds 93% of High-Net-Worth Donors Will Maintain or Increase Giving
May 25, 20263 stories
GiveWell Renews Fortify Health Support With $10 Million Grant After Finding Program Far Outperformed Projections
  • GiveWell Analysis Finds Malaria Nets Cut Child Mortality Risk by About 25 Percent in DRC Study
  • GiveWell Seeks New Malaria Programs for Africa Expansion as Organization Plans to Deploy $500 Million in 2026
May 23, 20264 stories
440-Plus Organizations Condemn DOJ Indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center as Political Weaponization
  • Accountant Examines Rise of Nonprofit Fraud Prosecutions and What Sets SPLC Case Apart
  • 2026 DAF Fundraising Report: Donor-Advised Funds Represent 13 Percent of Nonprofit Revenue Despite Fraction of Gift Volume
  • GiveWell CEO Named to TIME100 Philanthropy List; Renews $10 Million Grant to Iron Fortification Program
May 22, 20263 stories
Humanity AI Coalition Announces First $8 Million in Grants for AI Governance
  • Tom Steyer Spends $200 Million on California Governor Race, Raising Questions About Billionaire Philanthropy
  • Compton Foundation Completes Six-Year Spend-Down, Returning $30 Million to Communities
May 21, 20264 stories
DOJ Indictment of SPLC on Wire Fraud Charges Draws Widespread Legal Condemnation
  • Fidelity, Vanguard, and Schwab DAF Platforms Block Grants to SPLC Following Federal Indictment
  • Trump Administration’s Use of Foreign-Agent Labels Against Nonprofits Echoes Authoritarian Playbook
  • Bipartisan Charity Parity Act Would Extend Tax-Free Giving to Workplace Retirement Accounts
May 20, 20263 stories
The Prosecution of the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Tradition of Citizen-Led Investigation
  • The United States Labels Nonprofits as Foreign Threats, Borrowing from an Authoritarian Playbook
  • Fidelity, Vanguard, and Schwab Charitable Funds Blocked SPLC Donations; 75 Foundations Responded with Solidarity Letter
May 19, 20262 stories
NPR Offers Buyouts to 300 Newsroom Staff as Federal Withdrawal Reshapes Public Media
  • Jury Dismisses Musk’s Claim That OpenAI Betrayed Its Nonprofit Mission
May 18, 20267 stories
Nonprofit Sector Reports Record Burnout and Financial Strain in 2026 CEP Survey
  • Bonterra Report Finds $155 Billion in Annual Charitable Giving Left Unrealized
  • TIME Names 2026 TIME100 Philanthropy List, Spotlighting Global Giving Leaders
  • William Penn Foundation Awards $57.2 Million Across 128 Grants in Philadelphia Region
  • Good Neighbor Day America Draws 120-Plus Cities for National Day of Service on May 16
  • Faith Communities Join Secular Nonprofits Nationwide for Good Neighbor Day America
  • White House and Congress Recognize Salvation Army During National Week Marking 161 Years of Service
May 16, 20264 stories
One in Three Nonprofits Now Running Deficits as Federal Funding Cuts Deepen Sector Strain
  • Fund for Shared Insight to Wind Down at June End, Spinning Off Listening Programs to Carry Its Legacy
  • IRS Moves to Revise Form 990 Disclosure Requirements, Raising Transparency Hopes and Accountability Concerns
  • New Bonterra Report Finds $155 Billion in Annual Charitable Giving Goes Unrealized as Donor Engagement Falters
May 15, 20267 stories
IRS Launches Form 990 Transparency Initiative Requiring Nonprofits to Disclose Government Funding Sources
  • Fund for Shared Insight, a $78 Million Listening-Focused Funder Collaborative, Closes June 30
  • New Reports Show Nonprofit Leaders Are Frightened as Funding Cuts and Executive Orders Compound Sector Strain
  • Billionaire-Backed Foundations Now Account for Half of America’s 25 Largest, Up from One Quarter a Decade Ago
  • Investigation Finds Human-Like Nonprofit Chatbots Are Reducing Donor Engagement and Eroding Trust
  • Boston’s First Standalone Birth Center for Women of Color Breaks Ground After Years of Community Organizing
  • NPQ Analysis Urges U.S. Funders to Learn from Global Majority Giving Practices, Where Remittances Dwarf Foreign Aid
May 14, 20268 stories
New CEP Report Finds 46 Percent of Nonprofit CEOs Report Burnout as Sector Faces Existential Pressures
  • Chronicle of Philanthropy Reports Next-Generation Major Donors Demand New Fundraising Strategies
  • Alabama Attorney General Opens Civil Investigation Into Southern Poverty Law Center Fundraising
  • ZRG Acquires Sterling Martin Associates to Expand Nonprofit and Association Executive Search
  • Citizens Financial Group Commits Five Million Dollars to Massachusetts Workforce Nonprofits
  • Combined Federal Campaign Goes Dark as Democrats Urge Trump Administration to Save Charity Program
  • Major Donor-Advised Fund Sponsors Block Donations to SPLC, Drawing Backlash From Community Foundations
  • Nonprofit Leadership Groups Launch Voices in Action Initiative Ahead of 2026 Midterm Elections
May 13, 20265 stories
Survey Finds 39 Percent of Nonprofits Running Deficits as Federal Actions Deepen Sector Crisis
  • As Federal Funding Shrinks, Demand for Nonprofit Services Has Surged 73 Percent, New Survey Shows
  • Nonprofit Workers Report Widespread Burnout, Fear, and Low Morale as Sustained Federal Pressure Takes Its Toll
  • CEP President Calls on Foundations to Give at Significantly Higher Rates as Nonprofits Face Existential Threat
  • DOGE Grant Terminations, Federal Funding Freezes, and Tax-Exempt Threats Are Driving Nonprofit Sector Toward Collapse
May 12, 20264 stories
Hospitals’ Charity Care Falls Short as Uninsured Ranks Grow Nationally
  • Sector Survey Finds Continued Crises Depleting Nonprofit Finances and Morale
  • Major DAF Platforms Face Backlash for Blocking Donor Grants to SPLC
  • Momentive Software Names Ravi Venkatesan as Chief Executive Officer
May 11, 20261 story
Idaho Nonprofit Expands Relational Democracy Model to 12 States, Reaches 1.4 Million People
May 9, 20265 stories
Idaho Nonprofit Argues Rural Democracy Work Requires Relational Infrastructure, Not Just Mobilization
  • Advocacy Groups Call on Foundations to Divest Endowments from Fossil Fuels, Weapons, and Private Prisons
  • Caribbean-Born Domestic Worker Organizer Wins Philadelphia Law Protecting Nannies and Caregivers
  • Broadcast TV Aired Just Eight Hours of Climate Coverage in 2025 as Corporate Networks Cut the Beat
  • Twenty Nonprofits Sue to Restore EPA Endangerment Finding After February 2026 Rescission
May 8, 20266 stories
Southern Poverty Law Center Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges
  • Community Foundations Condemn Fidelity and Vanguard for Freezing SPLC Donor Grants
  • Ted Turner, Who Pledged $1 Billion to the UN and Reshaped Mega-Philanthropy, Dies at 87
  • Legal Scholars: SPLC Indictment Breaks Prosecutorial Norms and May Lack Evidence
  • Nonprofit Quarterly Essay Calls on Foundations to Divest from Systems of Violence
  • Renaissance Philanthropy Mobilizes $533 Million in Two Years for Science and Innovation
May 7, 20265 stories
SPLC Indictment Breaks Federal Prosecution Norms, Scholar Finds Little Evidence of Criminal Wrongdoing
  • Florida Attorney General Subpoenas SPLC Over Alleged Deceptive Fundraising Practices, Demands Records Back to 2014
  • Philanthropic Institutions Called to Align Endowment Investments with Mission by Divesting from Systems of Violence
  • Iran War Drives IRC Operational Costs Up 50% as Dubai Aid Hub Is Disrupted and Supply Routes Collapse
  • Independent Sector Launches “Voices in Action” to Equip Nonprofits for Nonpartisan 2026 Midterm Voter Engagement
May 6, 20265 stories
As Federal Funding Pressure Grows, Major-Gift Fundraising Becomes a Lifeline for Nonprofits
  • Three Massachusetts Human-Service Nonprofits to Cut 200 Jobs Amid Federal Funding Reductions
  • New BBB Report Finds Donor Openness Near Nine-Year High, But Deep Trust Gap Remains
  • Federal SPLC Indictment Breaks With Legal Norms and May Lack Criminal Evidence, Analysts Say
  • California Academy of Sciences Union Workers Report to Jobs Despite Receiving Layoff Notices
May 5, 20265 stories
Carnegie Corporation Names Foreign Policy Expert Jonathan Tepperman as Vice President of International Program
  • AFP Issues Standards for Online Fundraising Platforms Following Flipcause Collapse and GoFundMe Controversy
  • Higher Education Captures 71 Percent of All Gifts Above $10 Million as Healthcare Philanthropy Drops to Lowest Level Since 2020
  • Massachusetts Nonprofits Warn Income Tax Ballot Initiative Would Eliminate Charitable Deduction and Cost Sector $480 Million by 2031
  • Habitat for Humanity Launches 40th Carter Work Project in Atlanta, Building 24 Homes for First Time in City Since 1988
May 4, 20267 stories
Fidelity and Vanguard Halt Donor-Advised Fund Grants to SPLC After Federal Indictment
  • IRS Moves to Rework Form 990 Requiring Deeper Disclosure by Nonprofits
  • Foundations Urged to Rethink Wealth Deployment as Political Attacks on Philanthropy Mount
  • Microsoft Launches AI Fellowship Program for Nonprofit Leaders
  • VeraData Acquires Avalon Consulting in Fundraising Technology Consolidation
  • Smiley Charity Film Awards Recognize 29 Winners in Global Advocacy Storytelling
  • Nonprofit AI Adoption at 92 Percent but Governance Policies Lag Far Behind
May 2, 20265 stories
Nonprofits and Foundations Align on One Thing: the Environment Is Getting Harder
  • Wyden Accuses DOJ of Targeting Nonprofits by Viewpoint in Escalating Sector Fight
  • Foundations Created the Nonprofit Jargon Problem. They Can Also Fix It.
  • Private Philanthropy Has Become a Governing Force in Global Health, Analysis Finds
  • Ms. Foundation Names Tracy Sturdivant as Next President and CEO
May 1, 20267 stories
Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act in 6-3 Ruling, Civil Rights Nonprofits Condemn Decision
  • Louisiana Suspends House Primaries After Supreme Court Map Ruling
  • Fidelity and Vanguard Freeze Donor-Advised Fund Grants to SPLC After Federal Indictment
  • SPLC Faces May 7 Arraignment as House Panel Demands CEO Testify
  • Purdue University Raises $95.5 Million in 13th Annual Day of Giving
  • Community Foundation of North Louisiana Awards $4.1 Million in 2026 Competitive Grants
  • GameChanger Charity Earns California Legislature’s Nonprofit of the Year for Pediatric Work
Apr 30, 20265 stories
Fidelity and Vanguard Block SPLC from Donor-Advised Fund Grants Following Indictment
  • House Judiciary Committee Invites SPLC Leadership to Testify, Demands Documents by April 30
  • Northern Kentucky Nonprofit Coalition Launches with 26 Organizations Serving 682,000 Residents
  • Impact 100 Palm Beach County Awards $850,000 to Nonprofits at 15th Annual Gala
  • Kauffman Foundation Unveils Visionary Award to Honor Kansas City Nonprofit Leaders
Apr 29, 20266 stories
Southern Poverty Law Center Disputes DOJ Claims About Informant Program in Court Filings
  • Treasury and IRS Announce Form 990 Revisions to Expand Nonprofit Funding Transparency
  • GiveWell Grants $9.6 Million to Against Malaria Foundation for DRC Net Distribution Campaign
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Opens $1.5 Million Grant Program for Community Health Data Projects
  • Blackbaud Showcases AI-Powered Fundraising Suite at AFP ICON 2026 Conference in San Diego
  • VIN Foundation Earns Tenth Consecutive Charity Navigator Four-Star and Candid Platinum Ratings
Apr 28, 20267 stories
Immigrant Support Networks Step Up as ICE Enforcement Rises
  • GiveWell Commits $9.6 Million to Against Malaria Foundation for DRC Net Distribution
  • Candid Study Finds Bystander Effect Slows Funder Response to Nonprofit Crises
  • Nonprofits Turn to Social Media Influencers to Expand Reach and Donor Acquisition
  • Moore and Microsoft Launch SimioAccelerate Agentic Fundraising Platform at AFP ICON
  • AFP ICON Session Argues Donor Acquisition Must Shift from Volume to Insight-Driven Models
  • AFP ICON Speaker Outlines Adaptive Communications Planning for Nonprofits in Volatile Times
Apr 27, 20267 stories
Trump Administration Terminates $400 Million in AmeriCorps Grants, Ending 1,000 Programs
  • Justice Department Charges Southern Poverty Law Center With Defrauding Donors; Legal Experts Question Case
  • Trump Administration Appeals Federal Funding Freeze Injunction; D.C. Circuit Decision Pending
  • New York Legislators Push for State Grant Program to Fund Nonprofit News Outlets
  • Nonprofits and Service Leaders Convene in Washington to Mark 250 Years of American Volunteerism
  • For-Profit Fundraising Platforms Pose Systemic Risk to Nonprofit Financial Security, NPQ Finds
  • GreenLight Fund’s Two-Decade Model Shows How National Nonprofits Can Scale Without Sidelining Local Groups
Apr 25, 20265 stories
Twenty-One States Press GoFundMe and PayPal Over Unauthorized Charity Pages
  • A Third of U.S. Nonprofits Report Government Funding Disruptions in Early 2026
  • Foundations Open Endowments as Nonprofits Face Compounding Funding Emergency
  • CPB Funding Clawback Puts Rural and Native American Public Media at Risk
  • AI Adoption Accelerates Across Nonprofits, but Governance Gaps Raise Concern
Apr 24, 20268 stories
Treasury Announces IRS Form 990 Overhaul to Boost Nonprofit Transparency
  • Connecticut Crime Victim Nonprofits Face Deepening Cuts as Federal Fund Shrinks
  • Planned Parenthood CEO Describes Leading Nonprofit Through 53 Closures and Federal Defunding
  • For-Profit Fundraising Platforms Pose Systemic Risks to Charitable Giving, Report Finds
  • NPR Receives $113 Million from Donors After Congress Eliminates Public Media Funding
  • Five Consecutive Years of Donor Decline Threaten Grassroots Giving Foundation
  • DOGE Has Terminated 15,887 Federal Grants Worth $49 Billion, Nonprofits Absorb Impact
  • Charity Navigator Overhauled Its Ratings System with Impact Metrics and Workplace Standards
Apr 23, 20268 stories
Flipcause Bankruptcy Leaves Spokane-Area Nonprofits Without $175,000 in Donations
  • Twenty-Four Attorneys General Demand GoFundMe Remove Unauthorized Charity Pages
  • DOGE Has Terminated Nearly 16,000 Federal Grants Totaling $49 Billion
  • American Water Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to 86 Nonprofits Across 13 States
  • Planned Parenthood President Navigates Federal Defunding and 53 Health Center Closures
  • Nonprofits Build Parallel Institutions to Preserve Public Services Lost to Federal Cuts
  • Senate Majority Leader Stalls SAVE America Act, Preserving Nonprofit Voter Registration Drives
  • Private Foundation Grantmaking Rose 4.2 Percent in 2024 With Shift Toward Operating Support
Apr 22, 20266 stories
NFTE Awards 2026 World Series of Innovation Impact League, Recognizing 1,800 Youth from 47 Countries
  • Candid Research Finds Major Donors Shifting to Strategic Investment Model, Demanding Clearer Impact Data
  • Grantmakers in Health Names Mark Constantine and Gladys Vega as 2026 Health Philanthropy Award Recipients
  • Trump Administration Cancels $11 Million Catholic Charities Contract for Migrant Children Shelters in Miami
  • Candid 2026 Seals of Transparency Launch With Study Confirming 62% Donation Increase for Certified Nonprofits
  • Cummings Foundation Invites Letters of Inquiry for 2026 Cycle of $30 Million Grant Program
Apr 13, 20267 stories
Charitable Tax Changes Under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Take Effect in 2026
  • Federal Grant Terminations Continue to Batter Nonprofit Sector
  • Nonprofits Scramble for Creative Revenue Solutions Amid Funding Uncertainty
  • AI in Fundraising Shows Promise and Peril in 2026
  • Foundation Giving in 2026: Resilient Donors, Global Health Focus
  • Black Philanthropy Circle Opens 2026 Grant Cycle for Black-Led Organizations
  • Sector Burnout Reaches Crisis Point as Nonprofits Face Double Crunch
Apr 11, 20265 stories
Giving USA 2025 Finds Record $592.5 Billion in 2024 Charitable Giving, Yet Donor Participation Slump Deepens
  • Urban Institute: A Third of U.S. Nonprofits Lost or Delayed Government Funding in the First Half of 2025
  • NBER Study Confirms the 2017 Tax Law Caused a Permanent $16 Billion Annual Reduction in Charitable Giving
  • Stanford PACS Blueprint 2025: Civil Society Faces Mounting Structural and Political Pressure at the Digital Frontier
  • Urban Institute Survey: Nonprofit Leaders’ Financial, Workforce, and Programming Concerns Sharply Intensified in 2025