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March 18, 2018

Finding New Donors in a Changing Giving Environment – Penelope Burk

In my previous blog, “Is Giving Tuesday Helping or Hurting Fundraising”, I referenced how this fundraiser is contributing to the over-solicitation of active donors and risking their future support. I agreed wholeheartedly, though, that Giving Tuesday is an excellent strategy for acquiring new donors, especially younger ones. How donors view not-for-profits and how
October 26, 2019

Lending Tree Says, “American Generosity is Unprecedented”

Lending Tree performed a recent survey further confirming that the U.S. has been the most generous country in the world for nearly 250 years and over 60% of Americans say they’ve donated to charity; 34% did so more than once. (See Jimmy LaRose’s 2018 Charitable Giving Soars Thanks to Tax Reform to learn more.) Lending Tree surveyed over 1,000 Americans to get a better understanding of how often Americans donate, who they’re donating to, and […]
March 26, 2020

Federal CARES Act for Nonprofits – Pandemic Stimulus

Federal CARES Act for Nonprofits skips pleasantries and goes straight to explaining how particular provisions in new coronavirus-related federal legislation may be beneficial to the work of most charitable nonprofits, sector-wide. Other provisions in the bill may help charitable nonprofits operating in certain subsectors (e.g., arts, education, hospitals), but this article does not address those. Federal CARES Act for Nonprofits (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) Last night, the actual legislative language of the […]
April 11, 2020

PPP Loans Nonprofit Nightmare Update – Monday, April 13, 2020

PPP Loans Nonprofit Nightmare – April 13, 2020 confirms what every nonprofit has been experiencing since the Federal $349 billion Payment Protection Program (PPP) launched on April 3rd. Inside Charity has been silent this past week while our team worked diligently with lenders, borrowers and the Small Business Administration to discover