Our work is grounded in data and information gathered from reliable, global resources. Below you’ll find our curated collection of articles about our clients’ fundraising efforts, as well as other philanthropy-related news and updates.

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News, forecasts and insights

News

University of Houston receives $1 million for education research (Philanthropy News Digest, August 31, 2021)
Construction on Penn State’s new $85 million Palmer Museum of Art is now underway (Centre Daily Times, August 29, 2021)
ECU raises $48.3M in fiscal year 2021 (WNCT, August 2, 2021)
UGA raises $205.2 million in FY21 (UGA Today, July 22, 2021)
U of M sets record academic fundraising year, promotes lead fundraiser (Memphis Business Journal, July 21, 2021)
Penn State receives $27.1 million pledge for College of Nursing (Philanthropy News Digest, July 19, 2021)
Missouri State University Foundation sets new fundraising record, despite pandemic (Springfield News-Leader, July 12, 2021)
Board Approves $70 Million for Arts, Education Complex at Oregon State (Construction Equipment Guide, June 29, 2021)
Saunders Family’s $10M Gift Creates Inaugural Endowed University Professorships (UVA Today, June 29, 2021)
UCLA receives $1.45 million bequest for research related to artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz (UCLA Newsroom, June 23, 2021)
Cranwell family gifts $7 million to Virginia Tech to support international students (The Roanoke Times, June 23, 2021)
SPIE, Vanderbilt University establish $1M optical engineering faculty fellowship (Laser Focus World, June 22, 2021)
National Air and Space Museum Receives $1 Million Gift From Flexjet (The Southern Maryland Chronicle, June 22, 2021)
2 UC Berkeley professors donate $1M to create first chair for tech clinic (The Daily Californian, June 21, 2021)
Gift to Carolina Performing Arts ensures continued access to innovative, creative arts programming (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, June 17, 2021)
Broward College and Florida International receive $70 million in donations from billionaire Mackenzie Scott (Sun Sentinel, June 16, 2021)
Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, gives millions to 2 Chicago colleges (WGN News, June 15, 2021)
June Sees Historic Gifts At Duke, Cornell, Western Michigan And University of Utah (Forbes, June 13, 2021)
Trio of gifts, $75 million, accelerates transformation of computing and data science at Berkeley (Berkeley News, June 7, 2021)
Venture capitalists donate $5M to diversify STEM at UC Berkeley (May 31, 2021)
University of Nebraska Foundation celebrates 85 years of generosity (May 29, 2021)
Asian American Foundation raises nearly $1.1 billion (Philanthropy News Digest, May 24, 2021)
CMU Receives $150M Grant For ‘Cutting-Edge’ Science & Robotics Facilities (90.5 WESA, May 20, 2021)
Dartmouth College gets $20 million gift for STEM diversity (New Hampshire Union Leader, May 18, 2021)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Announces $2 Billion Fundraising Campaign to Defy Cancer (Business Wire, May 17, 2021)
Bloomberg is giving Johns Hopkins $150 million to diversify science PhD programs (Washington Post, May 11, 2021)
Dana-Farber receives $50 million gift to study pancreatic cancer (Boston Globe, May 11, 2021)
$50 million scholarship fund positions U of M’s Carlson School to fuel future workforce (University of Minnesota, May 11, 2021)
Rush University System for Health and BMO Financial Group Announce $10 Million Donation to Create the Rush BMO Institute for Health Equity (Newswise, May 10, 2021)
Johns Hopkins Aims for 1,000 Donor for Fifth Annual OneHopkins Giving Day (Hub, May 7, 2021)
Historic collection from the Klondike Gold Rush gifted to UBC in $2.5M donation (UBC News, May 5, 2021)
Gift from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to support UCLA neurology research (UCLA Newsroom, May 5, 2021)
Historic collection from the Klondike Gold Rush gifted to UBC in $2.5M donation (The University of British Columbia, May 5, 2021)
Stop & Shop Raises Record-Breaking $3.1 Million During Its Annual ‘Help Cure Childhood Cancer’ Campaign (Street Insider, May 5, 2021)
UCLA receives $2 million to support biomedical library (UCLA Newsroom, May 4, 2021)
$5-million donation to MUHC Foundation will benefit nurses, research (Montreal Gazette, May 3, 2021)
Children’s Miracle Network at Penn State Children’s Hospital raised record-setting $6.2 million in 2020 (Fox 43, May 3, 2021)
Former faculty member, wife give $1.2M for human rights program (Nebraska Today, April 25, 2021)
Johns Hopkins launches new institute focused on creating clean, renewable energy technologies (Hub, April 22, 2021)
$6 Million Gift to Duke Supports Athletics During COVID and Improves Equity (Duke Athletics, April 22, 2021)
McMaster research gift to help improve at-risk seniors’ lives (Global News, April 20, 2021)
Penn State Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity continues to grow with $1 million donation from alumnus (Daily Collegian, April 19, 2021)
$2.7 million raised for UW through Day of the Badger (The Daily Cardinal, April 13, 2021)
Art Institute names Denise Gardner new board chair, believed to be first Black woman chair at major art museum (Chicago Tribune, April 13, 2021)
Johns Hopkins Medicine Establishes Center Thanks to Gift from Merkin Family Foundation to Seek Better Understanding, Treatment of Damaging Nerve Disorder (Johns Hopkins Medicine Newsroom, April 7, 2021)
UCI’s Brilliant Future campaign surpasses $1 billion in gifts (UCI News, April 6, 2021)

Forecasts

The Role Nonprofit Partnerships Play In Social Progress (August 16, 2021)
Philanthropic sector increased diversity between 2018 and 2020 (August 6, 2021)
Continuing the conversation: How philanthropy is changing how it talks about race (PhilanTopic, August 2, 2021)
Inflation and Delta Variant Loom in Otherwise Strong Economic Picture for Nonprofits (Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 30, 2021)
How Philanthropy Can Make the Quantum Leaps Society Is Counting On (Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 26, 2021)
Nonprofit Mailers To Appeal Postal Rate Hike (The Nonprofit Times, July 21, 2021)
Nonprofit Jobs Jump, But Health Care In Reverse (The Nonprofit Times, July 13, 2021)
Whose Dollars Are These Anyway? Foundations Rethink Their Model (Next City, July 12, 2021)
Half of Nonprofits Won’t Require Employees to Be Vaccinated as They Return to Work, Poll Finds (Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 29, 2021)
Study Points to Continued Growth in Giving in 2021 (The Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 22, 2021)
Study: First Quarter 2021 Fundraising Beat 2020 (The Nonprofit Times, June 22, 2021)
Value of Charitable Deduction for All Americans Still Unclear (Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 19, 2021)
What the donor-advised fund payout rate means for philanthropy and how it fits into the bigger charitable giving picture (PhilanTopic, June 8, 2021)
Biden Budget May Spur More Charitable Giving, Experts Say (Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 1, 2021)
Does MacKenzie Scott’s Giving Approach Signal a New Era? (Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 1, 2021)
Court Decision Might Make Fundraising Law Moot (The Nonprofit Times, May 24, 2021)
An economist illuminates our giving habits—during the pandemic and beyond (uchicago new, May 19, 2021)
Emerging From Crisis: How a Tumultuous Year Is Shaping Grant Making (Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 19, 2021)
The Emerging Philanthropic Reform Movement (inequality.org, May 12, 2021)
They Came Through in a Crisis. Will 2020’s New Donors Keep Giving? (Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 5, 2021)
How Philanthropy is Evolving (Thrive Global, May 3, 2021)
Donor Privacy Case Before the Supreme Court Is a Threat to Nonprofit Transparency (Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 28, 2021)
A Philanthropic Drive to Aid Black Women Is Gaining Momentum (Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 26, 2021)
Nonprofit sector regained jobs in March but faces long recovery (Philanthropy News Digest, April 21, 2021)
Supreme Court Poised to Hear Landmark Case Involving Donor Privacy (Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 22, 2021)
Artificial Intelligence Could Transform Fundraising if It’s Used Effectively and Ethically (Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 19, 2021)
Why philanthropy needs to prepare itself for a world powered by AI (World Economic Forum, April 14, 2021)
Crowdfunding donors younger, less religious, study finds (Philanthropy News Digest, April 12, 2021)
Museums celebrate Covid funding boost (Museums Association, April 8, 2021)

Insights

Why Colleges Should Try ‘Fantasy Fundraising’ — Charitable Giving During Sporting Events (Chronicle of Philanthropy, August 24, 2021)
How Venture Philanthropy Impacts Investment (Smart Asset, August 16, 2021)
The DNA of Black philanthropy (August 9, 2021)
A mindset shift among young American nonprofit employees (PhilanTopic, August 3, 2021)
Across The Board – Household Giving Continues To Plunge (The Nonprofit Times, July 27, 2021)
Philanthropy Can Help Bridge the Gap Between the Idea of Disability Rights and the Reality (Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 27, 2021)
Trust in nonprofits, philanthropy to ‘do what is right’ declining (Philanthropy News Digest, July 21, 2021)
How Nonprofit Leaders Can Get To Know Their Target Audience Better (Forbes, July 12, 2021)
Disclosing Salaries Is Good for the Fundraising Profession and Society as a Whole (Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 12, 2021)
New Study Shows That Majority of Donor-Advised Funds Are Sending Little or No Money to Charity Every Year (Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 1, 2021)
Trouble in Paradigm: Foundations’ Bargain with the Devil (Nonprofit Quarterly, June 30, 2021
Inside the Numbers of One State’s Plan to Consolidate Its Public System of Higher Ed (Chronicle of Higher Education, June 29, 2021)
The responsibility of nonprofits to take care of staff, now and in the future (PhilanTopic, June 24, 2021)
Nonprofits Must Speak Up Now to Protect COVID-19 Recovery Funds (Nonprofit Quarterly, June 23, 2021)
How Much Can We Really Learn About Philanthropy From ‘Giving USA’ and Other Data Sources? (Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 21, 2021)
Giving In 2020 Hit Record $471 Billion, Up 5.1% (The Nonprofit Times, June 15, 2021)
Embracing Feminism Can Change Philanthropy and Create a More Equitable World (Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 9, 2021)
Crypto, Meet Donor-Advised Funds: a New Way of Giving (Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 8, 2021)
Calculating the Cost of Losing High-Performing Fundraisers (Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 7, 2021)
What Governmental Changes Mean For Nonprofits (Forbes, June 1, 2021)
Matching Gifts Program At Least Triples Revenue (The Nonprofit Times, May 24, 2021)
What Happens When a Nonprofit Stops Measuring Fundraisers’ Success Based on Money? Oregon Food Bank Is Trying to Find Out. (Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 19, 2021)
Most wealthy U.S. households continued to give in 2020, study finds (Philanthropy News Digest, May 17, 2021)
Agility key to nonprofit resilience during pandemic, survey finds (Philanthropy News Digest, May 14, 2021)
90% of Wealthy Households Gave to Charity Last Year, Study Finds (Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 13, 2021)
New Report Says Charities Lost $300 Billion in 5 Years in Part Because Donors Stashed Money in Advised Funds (Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 4, 2021)
Public 4-year schools and community colleges are becoming less affordable: report (Higher Ed Dive, May 3, 2021)
How to Use a News Story to Support Your Major Gift Ask (Nonprofit Pro, May 3, 2021)
Report calls for shift to more equitable evaluation practices (Philanthropy News Digest, May 3, 2021)
Supreme Court Hears Donor Privacy, Disclosure Arguments (The Nonprofit Times, April 26, 2021)
HOW PHILANTHROPY CAN RECOVER RIGHT FROM COVID-19 (National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, April 22, 2021)
Nonprofits Have an Unexpected New Source of Funding: State Marijuana Revenue (Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 21, 2021
Pandemic, Protests, Presidency Drove Online Donations (The Nonprofit Times, April 21, 2021)
Nonprofit Jobs Jumping, Up 8.9% (The Nonprofit Times, April 19, 2021)
The Future Of Work: Staying Nimble Can Help Your Nonprofit Grow (Forbes, April 19, 2021)
Efforts to Increase Diversity in Fundraising (Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 6, 2021)
Diversity Is Not Enough in Fundraising Offices (Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 6, 2021)
The Importance of Fundraising Strategy (National Association of Independent Schools, April 1, 2021)
The Art of Philanthropy, The Philanthropy of Art (Center for Effective Philanthropy, April 1, 2021)
Facebook-Generated Fundraising Hits $5 Billion Since Inception (The Nonprofit Times, March 29, 2021)
What One Grant Maker Learned in This Pandemic Year: Keep Asking Questions (Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 22, 2021)
With William Ackman’s $1 Billion Gift, 2021 Is Getting Off to a Good Start for Philanthropy (Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 16, 2021)
Dollars & Donors: Study Shows Everything Up In 2020 (The Nonprofit Times, March 15, 2021)
Covid Fatigue at Nonprofits (Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 9, 2021)
Giving while female: Women are more likely to donate to charities than men of equal means (Salon, March 8, 2021)
Five Powerful Female Philanthropists Share Their Advice To Millennial Women Who Want To Make An Impact (Forbes, March 8, 2021)
Nonprofits Welcome Billions in Pandemic Giving but Wonder if Support Will Last (Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 3, 2021)
Grants from Community Foundation Donor-Advised Funds Soar as COVID-19 Inspires Wave of Giving (Cision, March 2, 2021)
Invest In Relationships To Navigate The Uncertainty To Come (Forbes, February 25, 2021)
How to Build Nonprofit Resilience: Three Strategies to Strengthen Organizations (The Bridgespan Group, February 17, 2021)
Lessons for nonprofits from COVID-19 (IDR, February 16, 2021)
Year-End Fundraising Results Were Mixed. Digital Outreach Was Critical. (Chronicle of Philanthropy, February 9, 2021)
Untapped Philanthropy: What does the future of family philanthropy look like in America? (Fluxx, February 9, 2021)
Giving to Higher Education Was Flat in 2020 Fiscal Year, New Report Says (Chronicle of Philanthropy, February 9, 2021)
65 Percent of Colleges Raised Less in 2020 Than 2019, Survey Finds (Chronicle of Philanthropy, February 8, 2021)
Resolutions That Can Help Boost Your Philanthropic Efforts (Thrive Global, February 3, 2021)