"Revolutionary love is the choice to enter into labor for others who do not look like us, for our opponents who hurt us and for ourselv...
GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic in 2016
In September 2017, we posted an interim update on GiveWell’s 2016 money moved and web traffic. This post summarizes the key takeaways from ...
Walking the Path of Love
In 2011, Matt Hopwood set forth on a journey through the United Kingdom and beyond to practice heart-led activism and compassion. Seeing lov...
Two approaches to charity on Piano Day
29th March is Piano Day. As a pianist, every day is a piano day for me, but I'm delighted that someone has decided to dedicate a day to ...
Ripple cryptocurrency fully funds all projects on DonorsChoose
Cryptocurrency company Ripple has donated $29 million to DonorsChoose.org, the education crowdfunding website, fully funding all of the proj...
Why your agency or consultant drives you crazy
The relationship between nonprofits and the agencies or consultants who help them raise funds can be difficult and weird. Even when it goes...
5 reasons to engage major donors in asking for money
Should we ‘ask’ our existing major donors to help us to raise funds or to make an ‘ask’ from their friends? Does that help to raise more mon...
Margaret Wheatley: Warriors for the Human Spirit
Margaret Wheatley is a writer and management consultant who draws upon systems analysis, chaos theory, and other diverse fields of study to ...
Charity Commission agrees terms for Oxfam GB independent review
The Charity Commission has agreed the terms of an independent review of safeguarding at Oxfam GB, which will work closely with and be superv...
The small charity I worked for used tight budgets as an excuse to neglect staff
Charities need better leaders with the skills to keep their employees motivated and happy – whatever the financial constraints Small charit...
First Digital Code of Practice for charity sector announced
Sector bodies including NCVO, ACEVO, and Small Charities Coalition are to collaborate on a new digital code of practice for charities. The a...
How the Parkland Students are Changing the Rules for Advocacy Nonprofits
In the nonprofit advocacy world, we’re used to having to fire people up. We send out action alerts, blog passionately, share petitions on Fa...
6 assumptions you should make about donors
Here's a useful infographic from the Customer Experience Matters blog : It's worth a close look, even though it's not directl...
What the Dolphin Said
Judith Simon Prager, PhD, is a writer, teacher, and clinical hypnotherapist. She has lived all over the world working as a novelist, screen ...
WCIT Charity seeks IT project with transformative impact for £750,000 award
Worshipful Company of Information Technologists charity, the WCIT Charity is offering an award of £750,000 to a charity that it considers is...
Meet the people volunteering to defend nature in their local communities
As spring arrives and campaigners in Sheffield win a temporary pause in tree felling, here’s a gallery of Friends of the Earth volunteers d...
A cracking Easter round-up of fundraising events & activity
With the long bank holiday weekend almost upon us, here's a round-up of some of the related fundraising events and activity taking place...
The story nonprofits should be telling their donors
I saw vlog yesterday in which a nonprofit practitioner spoke passionately about the need for nonprofits to tell stories. I agree. Complete...
Bryan Stevenson Beats the Drum for Justice
The great-grandson of slaves, Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer, author, activist, and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alab...
Well Pharmacy donates almost £1m of glasses to local UK causes
Independent pharmacy chain Well Pharmacy has donated close to one million pounds worth of Foster Grant sunglasses and reading glasses throug...
Stupid guy burns guitar, fails to help the poor, confuses everyone else
I've been fortunate to have worked with quite a few Salvation Army units in my career. The Salvation Army is one of the most real or...
Gerald Oppenheim announced new Chief Executive of Fundraising Regulator
The Fundraising Regulator has announced that Gerald Oppenheim will be its next Chief Executive, taking over from Stephen Dunmore from 1 July...
Waiting for the Thaw
"It's about this time in the long stretch of winter that I begin to ache for spring. By March, I tend become a bit dulled to the be...
‘My crew saved 218 migrants from drowning – so why are we the enemy?’
Captain Marc Reig’s ship is stuck in a Sicilian port, and a hostage to Italy’s resurgent right, as charities become a target for their role ...
First London Landmarks Half Marathon Breaks £4m target & two Guinness World Records
The first London Landmarks Half Marathon, organised by Tommy's, took place yesterday (25 March), beating its £4m fundraising target and ...
Cheers! 8 charity beers to raise a glass to
The weather's on the up, the clocks have gone forward, and our thoughts are turning to summer evenings out in pub gardens so here are 8 ...
Remarkable Beings
Where would you turn to learn about familial love, cooperative community and walking through life with peace and gentleness? Expand your hor...
A Fifty-Year Friendship Catalyzed By Kindness
"My parents came to the U.S. in the 1960s, along with the first wave of immigrants from India. My father came to Kansas, which is where...
The rebel bank, printing its own notes and buying back people's debts
‘HCSB’ in Walthamstow is selling printed ‘bank notes’ to raise money to buy local debt First there were the banks. Sending credit cards thr...
The letter you can write to board members who don't like your fundraising
Dear Board Members, Most of you are parents, so I'm pretty sure you've read (and read and read and read) that classic of children...
Comic Relief to ditch white saviour stereotype appeals
Charity to change approach after receiving criticism for ‘poverty tourism’ campaigns The head of Comic Relief has halted its use of celebri...
Data Science for Fundraising: Build Data-Driven Solutions Using R
This book will help you understand why analytics is important, how to succeed in data science, and various data science recipes to solve fun...
Betsy Damon: Living Water
"Water is Betsy Damon's passion, living water -- water, as the Chinese say, that has gone up and down the mountain ten thousand tim...
How hackathons can work for your charity
Hackathons are a great way to find innovative solutions to real-world problems within a set timeframe. They’re cost-effective, foster creati...
Principality Building Society raises over £300,000 for Welsh charities
Principality Building Society has raised over £300,000 for three Welsh charities over the past two years. Home wins by the Welsh rugby team ...
Mind’s retail arm pilots contactless donation terminals
Minds Matter, the retail arm of Mind, is working with Santander in a pilot of contactless donation terminals in 10 of its UK shops to bolste...
Town of 3,500 raises almost £6,000 for Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity
A small town in Scotland with just 3,500 inhabitants has come together to raise nearly £6,000 for Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity. The...
Considering policy advocacy organizations: Why GiveWell made a grant to the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention
In August 2017, GiveWell recommended a grant of $1.3 million to the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention (CPSP). This grant was made as ...
Over 100 local charities apply to be Thames Valley law firm’s charity of the year
Thames Valley solicitors firm Blandy & Blandy LLP has been “overwhelmed” by the response from local charities seeking its support. Over ...
What I didn't learn as a student activist
I didn't learn very much in high school. (Only three classes I took made a difference in my life: Typing, Latin, and Statistics. Most c...
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