Insights

Philanthropy Wired September 2025

Economic uncertainty, political disillusionment, societal pressures, and emotional exhaustion…name your ill, and you have it in 2025. This environment creates challenging conditions for nonprofits tasked with addressing society’s various problems and presents complexities for any aspiring philanthropists.

October 1, 2025 / Philanthropy Wired /

US-Canada Nonprofits: Challenges and Opportunities of Working Together in 2025

Nonprofits across the US and Canada continue to rise to the challenge, despite continued economic uncertainty and political polarization. S. Sutton & Associates is here to help you to develop strategies that can turn crisis into opportunity.

July 15, 2025 / Chiayi Tsui /

Testing the Waters with AI Tools

Artificial intelligence (AI) has steadily gained ground in the workplace to the point where nonprofits need to think about how it might best figure into their operations. Much like the computer and the internet changed how we work and live, AI is poised to follow suit. Big time.

October 20, 2024 / Cory Sinclair /

Reconciliation is a Verb

The Indigenous territories that make up about 22 percent of the world’s land surface hold 80 percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity. And while biodiversity is under threat everywhere, it is declining more slowly in areas managed by Indigenous peoples. Every direction you look, the ways to stop the mass extinction of species are deeply tied to the knowledge and practices of Indigenous peoples.

September 30, 2024 / Susan Sutton /

Philanthropy Wired August 2024

Force Multipliers for Moving Capital to Impact

Microsoft is the world’s most valuable company with a market cap of $3.041T as of March 2024. The most recent Annual Meeting of the Microsoft Corporation was held in December 2023 and one of the most fascinating aspects of the presentation and question-and-answer period was the time allocated to discussion regarding the limitations of the free market

August 18, 2024 / Philanthropy Wired /

Force Multipliers for Moving Capital to Impact  

The most recent Annual Meeting of the Microsoft Corporation was held in December 2023 and one of the most fascinating aspects of the presentation and question-and-answer period was the time allocated to discussion regarding the limitations of the free market

March 9, 2024 / Susan Sutton /