September 2025
Articles and News
Nonprofits: You’ll miss them when they’re gone
It’s time for both individual citizens and policymakers to act: by donating, volunteering, and pushing for policies and budgets that ensure nonprofits remain supported, resilient, and able to deliver essential services. (Fortune)
Optimizing Fundraising Under New Federal Tax Law
Beginning in 2026, tax changes will impact how donors across all income levels approach their contributions. Rather than scrambling to react, your team can proactively adapt fundraising strategies to maximize these new opportunities. (Nonprofit Times)
How to Encourage the Corporate Heart
Beyond targeting actions, laws should build the standards, signals, and structures that shape mindsets. (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
MacKenzie Scott donates $70M to UNCF to bolster HBCUs
Billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott on Tuesday donated $70 million to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the largest private supplier of scholarships to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The gift is one of Scott’s largest single donations ever and among the first to be publicly disclosed in 2025, according to The Associated Press. (The Hill)
What Is a Just Transition and How Can We Pursue It?
“As a framing term, just transition offers a critical awareness of the historical context of colonialism and extraction, as well as the baked-in systemic violence of our current systems and the necessary personal transformations required for tangible, meaningful change.” (Nonprofit Quarterly)
Studies and Resources
Charities around the world are seeing increased demand for their services, especially in lower-income countries, driven by conflict, climate change, displacement, and shrinking governmental aid. (Charities Aid Foundation)
State of Nonprofits 2025 Report
The sector continues to be impacted by multiple crises, including funding shortfalls, federal law changes, and burnout. (Center for Effective Philanthropy)
For Funders
Arts Funders Want Things to Go Back to Normal. Here’s What They Can Do Until Then
In the absence of structural change, nostalgia for “normal” can perpetuate systems that leave smaller, community-based arts organizations behind. (Inside Philanthropy)
