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The Dark Side of Fundraising on Facebook
This year’s #GivingTuesday was a roaring success. Nonprofits raised 17 percent more than they did last year, with more than 4 million individual donors contributing a staggering $380 million. Concerns that grassroots donors would be exhausted by “rage giving” proved unfounded. Facebook played a…
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Act Now: How You Can Help Migrants Stuck At The Border
(Image: Fibonacci Blue, Creative Commons) Shocking images emerged this week showing U.S. military personnel firing tear gas at refugees seeking asylum in the United States. This is so incredibly shameful. Seeking asylum is not a crime. Shooting tear gas at asylum seekers lacks a basic level…
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Announcing Nicole Taylor As CEO, The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Turns Over A New Leaf
(Image: Brian Solis, Creative Commons) The Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) ranks among the largest and most influential foundations in the United States. It has surpassed household names including the Rockefeller Foundation in size thanks to the support of Silicon Valley’s tech executives. From Reed…
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Act Now: Help Those Impacted By California’s Deadly Wildfires
The wildfires engulfing California are the most destructive in the state’s history. The Camp Fire—which has grown in size to 177 square miles—has caused immense damage, virtually destroying the town of Paradise in Northern California, killing 29 people, and displacing 50,000 more. Simultaneously, the Woolsey…
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The Primacy Of Donor-Advised Funds
The nonprofit sector is bracing for what could be one of the greatest decreases in philanthropic giving in the modern era. The GOP’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 has greatly reduced tax-related incentives for people to make charitable donations. Experts project that the…
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Will Midterm Election Fundraising Impact Year-End Giving?
(Image: Beto O’Rourke Campaign, Creative Commons) The upcoming midterm elections are more hotly contested than others in recent years, evidenced by the record-breaking fundraising hauls enjoyed by Democratic candidates across the United States. Take, for example, Senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke; the Texas Democrat raised a…
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The Trump Administration’s Anti-Transgender Hate
(Image: Jere Keys, Creative Commons) In a stunning attack on transgender people, the Trump Administration is looking to legally codify gender as a characteristic determined at birth. The Department of Health and Human Services is working to ensure that government agencies consider gender “on a biological…
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While the Government Pulls Funding From Disaster Relief, Private Businesses Step Up
As we have previously covered on Nonprofit Pro Media, the increasing regularity of extreme weather events linked to climate change will necessitate bolder action from NGOs and government agencies. This expansion of services will, of course, require a significant boost in resources in order to…
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Facebook Will Be Indispensable for #GivingTuesday 2018
#GivingTuesday—the fundraising holiday that immediately follows the consumer-oriented Black Friday—has grown each year since its inauguration in 2012, generating millions of dollars in vital funding for nonprofits around the world. U.S. nonprofits collected a staggering $180 million in 2016, and last year’s #GivingTuesday raised…
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No on Kavanaugh
A scheduled appearance by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Monday has been put on pause. Ford has requested that the FBI investigate Kavanaugh further before she testifies. Ford has accused Kavanaugh of a violent…
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