Philanthropy insights, trends, and guidance
The latest thinking from the Access Philanthropy team on fundraising strategy, philanthropic trends, nonprofit leadership, and what we're seeing in the field right now.
Tips on Reaching Corporate Funders
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Funds take a unique approach. Two experts look at how to customize your message to reach them.
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A Look at Impact Investing
A trend among some funders at the national, regional & local level is the adoption of impact investing strategies. Foundations and large funders still provide grants, but are blending the “investment” model with traditional grants.
10 Ways to Boost Fundraising and Attract More Big Gifts This Year
Excerpt from The Chronicle of PhilanthropyThree seasoned fundraisers share proven tactics — and real examples — to help you adapt your big-gifts strategy to the current climate and maximize results.
Calculating the Real Costs of Fundraising Events
In a Linkedin post, Jim Langley, President at Langley Innovations, asks: Are you counting everything spent to put on your event? Staging costs, staff costs, morale costs and more.
How to have a successful introductory meeting with a funder
Caroline Altman Smith from the Kresge Foundation shares some lessons in the hopes that they help nonprofits use their introductory meeting to begin a beautiful friendship with a potential funder.
ChatGPT in Philanthropy: Useful?
A number of recent articles have covered artificial intelligence gone awry: Microsoft’s AI’s strange declarations of love. ChatGPT’s inaccuracies. Midjourney's odd human portraits with too many fingers and too many teeth. And worse, accusations of plagiarism from both human and AI.
Two Great Tools from the Nonprofit Finance Fund
The Nonprofit Finance Fund is a NYC-based national nonprofit finance organization, awarding loans, making investments, offering consulting services and workshops, and occasionally offering grant opportunities via other grantmakers. Recently, the Fund published two great grant/loan tools: