Timothy Sandoval
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How Nonprofits Are Reaching Younger Donors Through Livestream Fundraising
Live online video can be effective for raising money and telling stories, and more big charities are getting in the game, nonprofit fundraisers say. → Read More
Here’s How Some Nonprofits Plan to Raise Money on Giving Tuesday
Matching gifts, a daylong email barrage, and other good ideas show up in fundraising strategies for nonprofits on the annual day devoted to philanthropy. → Read More
Home Depot Foundation Commits Additional $250 Million to Aid Veterans
The foundation has already spent $250 million since 2011 to help veterans facing homelessness, fund efforts to build and improve ex-warrior’s houses, and other programs. → Read More
Operating Expenses Are Not a Good Gauge of Efficiency, Researchers Say
When compared with rankings of efficiency used commonly by scholars, charity ratings based on administrative spending don’t measure up. → Read More
How Harvard and Michigan Made Capital-Campaign History
Harvard’s five-year drive netted $9.6 billion, while the University of Michigan cleared $5 billion. Two fundraising leaders explain how they did it. → Read More
U. of Michigan Raises $5 Billion With 3 Months Left in Campaign
Volunteers for the Victors for Michigan campaign — who have donated $1.6 billion and connected the public institution with new donors — have been key to the drive. → Read More
How One Founder Started a Nonprofit — and Raised $1 Million
The daughter of an alcoholic wanted to help youths who had experienced trauma. → Read More
Test Site Launched to Make State Charity Registration Easier
The goal of the new effort is to make it possible for charities and professional fundraisers to use one online system to apply to raise money in multiple states. → Read More
Soros Heir Is Offering Nonprofits Free Online-Giving Tools. Really.
Jonathan Soros and his wife, Jennifer, want to save nonprofits money on a key fundraising expense. If their effort gains traction, it could force other software providers to lower their prices. → Read More
Giving Tuesday Is Attracting Lots of New Donors on Facebook — and Many Contribute Again, Study Finds
Facebook processed more than $45 million in gifts during 2017’s event — about 15 percent of the total share of estimated contributions. → Read More
Charities Divided on Mentioning Taxes in Year-End Appeals
Now that less than 10 percent of Americans will likely claim charitable deductions, nonprofits are questioning whether they should mention write-offs at all in their mass holiday-season appeals. → Read More
2 Universities Start Research Efforts to Study Diversity and
The new projects at Indiana and Grand Valley State universities seek to provide more research and insights about how charities and foundations can be become more inclusive. → Read More
‘Alexa, Make a Donation’: How Digital Assistants Might Lift Fundraising
‘Alexa Donations’ offers people a convenient new tool for donations. How will charities use it? → Read More
States Spark Endowment Gifts With Special Tax Incentives
With the federal tax law making it less likely that all but the ultrawealthy will take charity tax breaks, states are showing growing interest in ways to promote donations. → Read More
What to Do When a Prospective Donor Just Won’t Commit
Supporters sometimes act as though they plan to give big. They express interest in a cause, they attend events, they meet with fundraisers — and then fail to make a large donation. How do fundraisers deal with that? → Read More
Millennials Get 27 Messages From Nonprofits a Week, Report Says
People 65 and older say they get just 15 emails and mail pieces each week, according to a study of 1,000 donors. → Read More
Giving Surged to $410 Billion in 2017. Will the Growth Last?
Charitable support increased in dollar terms for the fourth straight year, according to the newly released "Giving USA 2018" report, but there are warning signs ahead in donor trends, tax changes, and trade-war threats. → Read More
Boomers Dominate Giving, and Probably Will for Several More Years, Researchers Say
Nearly 1 in 5 donors over all plans to donate more in 2018, according to a new study of more than 1,300 donors by Blackbaud and Edge Research. → Read More
After 25 Years of Talk, Are Nonprofits Ready to Act on Diversity?
Despite the post-Ferguson urgency on race and social justice, nonprofit leadership remains nearly all white. Charities are running out of excuses, diversity advocates say. → Read More
Dos and Don’ts When Writing Donor Thank-You Letters
Experts share tips for recognizing gifts in ways that will inspire loyalty among supporters. → Read More