The NonProfit Times

06/03/2025

NPT’s Executive Session: Dr. Carmen Rojas -- Inaction Is A Greater Risk

There are 130 million reasons Carmen Rojas, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation is one of the most influential foundation executives in the nation.

Many foundation leaders stomped the brakes on grants due to the turmoil from Washington, D.C. Rojas hit the accelerator, dipping into the foundation’s endowment to pledge to pay two to three times the usual grant awards, up to $130 million.

Her words: “To all foundations still weighing the risks: The greater risk is inaction.”

Hear her views of strategies for the challenges that probably (since things turn in an instant) are ahead for the nation’s charitable sector. Here’s the video link ... https://youtu.be/1glvG4gX_Kw

05/22/2025

House passes budget bill in the dark of early morning that is a gut punch of nonprofits.

(photo from Deposit Photos) The U.S. House of Representatives, in the dark of early morning hours today, approved the budget reconciliation package that if the U.S. Senate goes along will change the charitable sector’s ability to fund vital services while probably adding to the stress on the natio...

05/19/2025

Language Targeting NPO Exempt Status Pulled From Budget Bill For Now

Language that would put nonprofits’ tax-exempt status in jeopardy without due process has been deleted from the House reconciliation budget bill (H.Con.Res.14). The bill moved out of committee last night.

(Photo From Deposit Photos) Language that would put nonprofits’ tax-exempt status in jeopardy without due process has been deleted from the House reconciliation budget bill (H.Con.Res.14). The bill moved out of committee last night. The House Budget Committee voted 17-16 along party lines, with Re...

05/14/2025

New polling of Democrat and Republican voters say they would vote their member of Congress out if they pass legislation hurting nonprofits.

The is broad and bipartisan support nationally for maintaining the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations, reinforcing the vital role organizations play in American communities as the U.S. House of Representative work to finalize a reconciliation budget that has numerous impediments to the non...

05/08/2025

Stablecoin Ripple Pledges $25M To U.S. Teachers, Education

Leaders at stablecoin Ripple USD have pledged $25 million to support U.S. teachers and their classrooms via DonorsChoose and Teach For America. Ripple is a provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions.

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05/08/2025

Breaking News: Gates Foundation To Sunset , Close in 20 Years

Bill Gates announced the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be sunsetting and then closing in 2045 and between now and then focusing on preventable diseases, infectious diseases and poverty around the world. The announcement was made via his platform Gates Notes. “My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth.

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Bill Gates announced the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be sunsetting and then closing in 2045 and between now and then focusing on preventable diseases, infectious diseases and poverty around the world. The announcement was made via his platform Gates Notes. “My new deadline: 20 years to gi...

05/01/2025

Live From AFP: Breaking The Bias Cycle, Unlocking Donor Potential

Nonprofit messaging is often trapped in a cycle of bias — and many fundraisers don’t even realize it.

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(image from pexels.com) Nonprofit messaging is often trapped in a cycle of bias — and many fundraisers don’t even realize it. As a sector, eliminating bias and prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion are frequently emphasized. Yet, in the same conversation fundraisers confidently define th...

05/01/2025

IT'S OUT! .... NPT's Annual The Best Nonprofits To Work For .... Staff still love their jobs, just not as much. Check out the package of stories here ...

Recruiting and retaining employees gets tougher every day. The reason could be that employees aren’t as enthusiastic about their jobs as they were just a year ago. Even at nonprofits considered best in breed, employee satisfaction declined during 2024 compared to 2023. The drop was significant in ...

04/30/2025

Live From AFP: 10 Of Signs Of Prospects’ Cognitive Decline

Imagine for a moment that you organization’s leaders asked you to reach out to a nonagenarian woman about making a philanthropic gift. You manage to connect with this potential donor by phone. During the course of a short, 10-minute phone call the woman asked who you were and why you were calling multiple times. She cannot follow along with the conversation and cannot confirm basic contact details such as her address.

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(image from pexels.com) Imagine for a moment that you organization’s leaders asked you to reach out to a nonagenarian woman about making a philanthropic gift. You manage to connect with this potential donor by phone. During the course of a short, 10-minute phone call the woman asked who you were a...

04/30/2025

Live From AFP: 5 Principles Of Trauma-Informed Storytelling

What if fundraisers shared stories of individuals as people, not as “those people?” Imagine the difference if fundraisers ditched stigmatizing language and focused on words that highlight empowerment, strength, and resilience.

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(image from pexels.com What if fundraisers shared stories of individuals as people, not as “those people?” Imagine the difference if fundraisers ditched stigmatizing language and focused on words that highlight empowerment, strength, and resilience. How would it make the clients who are bravely ...

04/29/2025

Shuffle In IRS Tax Exempt Leadership -

04/29/2025

Shuffle In IRS Tax Exempt Leadership

Edward Killen, formerly the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) commissioner of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) division, was promoted to the IRS’s acting chief taxpayer compliance officer. The late-March promotion came after Heather Maloy, the previous chief taxpayer compliance officer, stepped down effective March 21.

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(image from pexels.com) Edward Killen, formerly the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) commissioner of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) division, was promoted to the IRS’s acting chief taxpayer compliance officer. The late-March promotion came after Heather Maloy, the previous chief ...