Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Andy Posner, Founder and CEO of Capital Good Fund More than 1.5 million nonprofits were registered with the IRS in 2015, according to the National Center for Charitable Statistics. For most, the barrier to fulfilling their...
Stretching Family Control Over Charitable Interests
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Jeffrey D. Haskell, J.D., LL.M. Many families have either a charitable remainder trust (CRT) or charitable lead trust (CLT), which enables them to donate generously to their favorite charities while providing immediate tax...
How to Re-Engage Inactive Donors For Sustainable Giving
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Noah Barnett, Director of Research and Insights at Virtuous More than 75% of donors will give to a single nonprofit only once. That’s a sobering statistic when you consider that nonprofits today are increasingly reliant...
The Rise of Giving: American Philanthropy in WWI
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Jennifer Zoebelein, Ph.D. World War I was a devastating conflict that impacted both military forces and millions of civilians across the globe. Those communities caught in the war’s path suffered physical destruction...
Beyond RFM: The Key Insights Every Nonprofit Should Know
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Noah Barnett, Director of Research and Insights at Virtuous Anyone working for a nonprofit is probably familiar with the RFM model (Recency, Frequency, Monetary Value) for analyzing donor activity and likelihood of future...
Making Nonprofit Revenue More Predictable
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Christopher Purdy According to Giving USA’s 2018 numbers, the $427.7 billion that Americans gave to charities in 2018 represented a slight increase over 2017 donations, although the inflation-adjusted total actually declined by...
4 Ways Grantmakers Can Streamline Reporting
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Charities Aid Foundation of America (CAF America) Foreign organizations are able to receive tax-effective charitable funding from the US if 1) the US grantor is able to make a good faith determination that the foreign...
Revealing the “Invisible” 98% of Private Foundations
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Page Snow It’s one of the great ironies of the private foundation sector: 98% of all private foundations in the U.S. have assets of less than $50 million each, and 67% have less than $1 million. Yet, despite their ubiquity, very...
Ensuring that Charitable Giving is Accessible to All Americans
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Susan N. Dreyfus and Brian Gallagher One of the hallmarks of the American spirit is our willingness to come together as a nation when any of us are facing life’s challenges. Whether we are responding to a national disaster,...
How to Skyrocket Donations This Summer
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Annabel Maw, Marketing Communications Manager at JotForm Reaching donation goals is always top of mind for nonprofits. But it’s no secret that achieving these goals can be stressful — a lot of time, strategy, and...