Insights

Dependency Quotient

According to a recent study by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project renewal of smaller gifts are down in 2018. This study was highlighted in a Washington Post article that noted “the number of donors fell 4.5 percent last year.”

June 10, 2021 / Warren Davis /

Philanthropy Wired: May 2021

Response to the global pandemic and uneven economic recovery by jurisdiction, from small to large impacts us all, and for practitioners in the nonprofit and nongovernmental organization arenas, both from the organizational perspective and the philanthropist’s perspective, every decision in the new normal requires practitioners to “orbit” decisions from an infinitely more complicated variety of angles.

May 29, 2021 / Philanthropy Wired /

BOARD MEMBERS AS STEWARDS

We’ve all heard these “job descriptions” for nonprofit board members:

May 12, 2021 / Thomas McCarty /

Philanthropy Wired – April 2021

One of the most compelling pieces of evidence which led to the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd was the video seen around the world, taken by then-17-year-old Darnella Frazier.

April 30, 2021 / Philanthropy Wired /

Philanthropy Wired – March 2021

“PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU SAID, PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.” –– MAYA ANGELOU

March 17, 2021 / Philanthropy Wired /

Philanthropy Wired – February 2021

ULTRA WEALTHY ACCOUNT FOR 36% OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING, GLOBALLY –– HOW TO EMPOWER THE OTHER 64%?

February 23, 2021 / Philanthropy Wired /