Keep up with everything happening in The Commons by signing up for our monthly newsletter. The nonprofit world has many reasons to sound urgent right now. Federal funding has become unreliable.

Though we don’t all use the same language for it, every foundation has some purpose (or theory of change) for its work. At the most basic, purpose is whatever effect you are trying to have. A grant ...

A quiet Treasury proposal threatens the infrastructure that helps thousands of fledgling nonprofits get off the ground.

Earlier this year, a study on higher-education fundraising revealed that 89 percent of the dollars raised came from just 2 percent of donors. Researchers and university fundraisers agree this mix of ...

In May, three big donors stepped up to support health care, public health, and research with large gifts to hospitals in Jerusalem, Missouri, California, and elsewhere. And the sums were big — gifts ...

Keep up with everything happening in The Commons by signing up for our monthly newsletter. The leaders of the progressive MacArthur Foundation and DonorsTrust, a donor-advised fund that caters to ...

Nonprofit fraud is in the news a lot these days. Federal investigators in Minnesota prosecuted one of the largest alleged COVID-19 pandemic fraud schemes, in which several nonprofits and individuals ...

How Brooklyn Org doubled its donor-advised funds by treating community members as partners, not just prospects.

Foundation boards are changing – and the shift reflects a broader modernization of governance across philanthropy. For decades, many foundation boards were composed largely of retired executives or ...

Many nonprofits have been surprisingly successful responding to government attacks on their freedom to operate.

MEND NJ, which provides fresh food for those in need in Essex County, N.J., saw demand for food spike during the pandemic, and the need hasn’t abated. But back then, an influx of federal funds helped ...