At the beginning of the pandemic in early March 2020, one of the critical unknowns was whether institutional funders would step up adequately to “meet the moment” of this rapidly spreading global catastrophe.
The answer came quickly. The fury unleashed by COVID-19 was spectacular enough to shatter the status quo of deeply entrenched philanthropy-funding practices – at least in the
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Charity Ratings Adjusted for Pandemic
The nonprofit sector has certainly seen its share of changes and accommodations due to the pandemic; the latest is for the way that charity ratings are determined.
Charity Navigator, the “world’s largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator” of charities, recently announced that it “has adjusted its rating methodology” for fiscal years ending March 31, 2020, or
Charity Fraud: Often, It’s “Inside the House”
For six years, a “partnership of charities, regulators, law enforcers and other not-for-profit stakeholders” around the globe have joined forces in an annual week-long campaign to spread the word about an urgent problem affecting the philanthropy community.
As in the past, this year’s Charity Fraud Awareness Week (October 18-22, 2021) focused on raising “awareness of fraud and cybercrime
That Federal “Mountain of Money”: More Updates
In the brief two weeks since Nonprofits: Continue Engaging On Billions In Pandemic Aid (October 21, 2021), there have been further developments.
Money-Delivery Tied Up
As part of the historic $1.9 trillion economic stimulus in March 2021 from The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Congress authorized $3.5 billion as “fiscal relief funding” for state, local,
Raffles, Revisited
Charity raffles are a consistently popular way that nonprofits – especially smaller ones – raise money.
From the outside looking in, these fundraisers appear simple and straightforward; a surefire way to generate new revenue on a one-time basis or more regularly, with relatively little hassle.
But that’s deceptive; they are tightly regulated in almost all jurisdictions around the nation.
New “Generosity Commission”: Mixed Views
Back in June 2021, Giving USA, a “public service initiative of the Giving USA Foundation,” released the most current of 66 consecutive annual reports on philanthropic giving. Just a few weeks ago, we highlighted that report in our post: Giving USA Report on 2020 (October 12, 2021).
While there was considerable good news about 2020 philanthropy from the
Nonprofits: Continue Engaging on Billions in Pandemic Aid
That mountain of money Congress authorized back in March as “fiscal relief funding” for state, local, territorial, and tribal governments?
Since early May, the Treasury Department has been shoveling it out the door as fast as it can, but a big chunk of that “whopping $3.5 billion” remains.
And “money doesn’t just spend itself….”
It needs our
Commercial Co-Ventures for CA Nonprofits: Revisited
It was a scene likely played out countless times around the nation in the early days of the summer just passed.
The nonprofit executive, who had wearily watched as the COVID-19 crisis ravaged her organization’s budget and operations, was buoyed by the wave of optimism from the vaccine rollout. It was the right time, she told the board, to
CA Legislative Wrap-Up: Nonprofits & Charitable Trusts
Just in time to enjoy an overpriced Pumpkin Spice Latte, we can now review this year’s recently concluded California legislative session. There were a number of nonprofit-sector wish-list items on the menu.
Crowdfunding: AB 488
In A New Crowdfunding Law – At Last! (September 28, 2021), we discussed the major legislative
Giving USA Report on 2020 Philanthropy
For the 66th year in a row, the gold standard of annual reports on “the sources and uses of charitable giving in America” was published in June. But this most recent edition – Giving USA 2021: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2020 – was unlike any of the others.
The nonprofit sector, along with every other