Book Review | For-Profit Philanthropy
By Elisa Shoenberger In Fidelity Charitable’s 2023 Giving Report, donor-advised funds (DAFs) gave $11.2 billion to 189,000 charitable organizations in 2022. That’s almost a billion dollars more than the prior year. While some people find donor-advised funds to be an...Brock Silvey and the Case of the Zombie Proposals
Zombie proposals are a thing, not just at Northwestern University, but everywhere! A zombie proposal is when you have submitted a major gift proposal to a donor prospect, but there has been no movement since the ask. There has not been a “no,” “maybe,” and certainly...#CareerCurious with Tim Wilson
When I first saw a LinkedIn post featuring the People in Fundraising podcast/webcast I was thrilled to hear about another outlet advocating for research and fundraising. But who was this Tim Wilson character? And what was the premise behind his new venture? Tim was...
Medha Nanal Answers: Can Machine Learning and AI Really Impact Your Nonprofit?
Medha Nanal has worked with all kinds of nonprofits helping them to leverage their fundraising databases. Now she is working with nonprofits to help them leverage machine learning and AI to improve outcomes in many different ways, including fundraising. Medha shares...