Accountability

Throughout the 2016 campaign, two candidates have lapped the field when it comes to throwing fundraisers—former Gov. Jeb Bush and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. And for two politicians with a complicated history of both distancing and embracing their family names, Clinton and Bush now are calling on kin to help them raise cash…

The reasons for major gift officer (MGO) failure, other than the person not having the skills to do the job, are pretty basic. What I find interesting is that MGOs can simply decide to not let any one of these points be a reason for their failures. They can, literally, flick switches in their minds and make the decision to head in another direction if they want.

Philanthropy is the name of the game. Especially for Super Bowl 50 and the San Francisco Bay Area. This year’s host committee raised $12 million for local nonprofits, more than any other host committee has in years past, Fast Company reported...

The Carolina Panthers are favored to win Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, with the team’s star quarterback, Cam Newton, picked by Las Vegas oddsmakers to win the game’s MVP award. But do Newton and his team hold the edge in charitable giving? The Chronicle of Philanthropy took a look at both the Panthers and the…

Governance and risk management—two of the biggest concerns in the nonprofit sector right now, according to “Managing Risk in a Riskier World,” a study of top nonprofit executives by accounting, tax and advisory firm CohnReznick...

As his NFL career began in Indianapolis, I had the honor of working with Peyton Manning on a capital campaign I directed to build the St. Vincent Children’s Hospital, later to be renamed the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent. I noticed early on that he always was prepared for every meeting, interview, event and activity. He was all business and knew his role...

Fundraising is such a misunderstood enterprise. And it’s not just misunderstood by nonprofit leaders in the trenches. The other day, I was talking to a foundation program officer, who is normally very savvy and wondered if one of his struggling grantees should think about launching a new gala event to raise some additional money. I…

Scrutiny of the Wounded Warrior Project has increased since reports have questioned the nonprofit’s spending. It’s not known if the reporting is 100 percent accurate, and the organization denies any wrongdoing, but the attention has pushed the nonprofit to act....

Eight years ago, Eric Suder decided he wanted to use some of the fortune he had made in telecommunications technology to help students who were the first in their families to attend college. His family foundation chose eight universities to receive $1 million to $2 million over four years. The money from the program, called…

Consultants, just like other fundraising professionals, have a responsibility to treat donors with respect and hold any private information in confidence. Donor relationships are not meant to be transferred when a fundraising professional leaves one organization and goes to another. Likewise, they are not to be purportedly brokered by a fundraising consultant. Neither in practice is effective for very long....