Category Archives: News
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month – September 15th to October 15th, 2019
This time every year is dedicated to acknowledging the Hispanic heritage contributions that have helped to make America the wonderful melting pot that it is. Hispanic and Latino Americans have had a profound positive effect on their communities and because
Episode 15: Reciprocity Decays Over Time
Episode 15: “Field study of charitable giving reveals that reciprocity decays over time” Waiting a month to ask for a gift decreases the likelihood of a donation by 30 percent. That’s according to research on positive reciprocity that looked at
Episode 14: Donor-Advised Fund Grants In A Recession
Donor-Advised Fund Grants In A Recession Donor-Advised Funds (DAF) have become one of the fastest-growing vehicles for philanthropy over the past decade or more. They’ve also become a lightning rod in the debate about charitable giving. Some have gone so
Episode 14: Donor-Advised Fund Grants During Recessions
Episode 14: Donor-Advised Fund Grants During Recessions Donor-advised funds (DAF) have become one of the fastest-growing vehicles for philanthropy in the past decade. They also have become a lightning rod in the debate about charitable giving, described by skeptics as a “Wall Street
Episode 13: Anatomy of a Mega Merger
Fresh Research Episode 13 – Brad Smith & Jacob Harold Two of the two largest data and information nonprofit organizations in the United States announced a merger on Feb. 1. The Foundation Center and GuideStar will become Candid after almost two years of discussions on
Episode 13: Anatomy of a Mega Merger
Fresh Research Episode 13 – Brad Smith & Jacob Harold Two of the two largest data and information nonprofit organizations in the United States announced a merger on Feb. 1. The Foundation Center and GuideStar will become Candid after almost two years of discussions on
Episode 12: Gilded Giving + Giving Circles
More charitable giving than ever is coming from high-income households while the donor universe has been shrinking for years. Those are some of the concerns identified in “Gilded Giving 2018: Top Heavy Philanthropy and Its Perils to the Independent Sector
Episode 12: Gilded Giving + Giving Circles
More charitable giving than ever is coming from high-income households while the donor universe has been shrinking for years. Those are some of the concerns identified in “Gilded Giving 2018: Top Heavy Philanthropy and Its Perils to the Independent Sector
Episode 11: Volunteer Rates + The Philanthropic Closet
http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Fresh-Research-Episode-11.mp3 Part 1: Robert Grimm & Nathan Dietz Where are America’s volunteers? That’s literally the question posed, and answered, by a new study from the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy: “Where Are America’s Volunteers? A Look
Episode 11: Volunteer Rates + The Philanthropic Closet
https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Fresh-Research-Episode-11.mp3 Part 1: Robert Grimm & Nathan Dietz Where are America’s volunteers? That’s literally the question posed, and answered, by a new study from the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy: “Where Are America’s Volunteers? A Look
