Donors often believe that the smartest way to build a lasting legacy is to create a foundation that lives forever. But the ...

WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum is one of the three donors who gave $200 million. His gift will support the construction of a ...

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 ...

The calls for philanthropy to do better in these challenging days are loud and clear — from nonprofits in desperate need of more resources, from public opinion polls that show distrust of megadonors, ...

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 ...

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

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

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Jen Ford Reedy is president of the Bush Foundation in St. Paul, a $1.5 billion grant maker that works in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and 23 Native nations. She has worked in philanthropy ...