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The Fee You Don’t See on Donation Pages (news)

AI Phishing Threats & Dolly Parton’s Giving Legacy (news)

AI Politics Are Getting Ugly; Nonprofits Can't Sit It Out (news)

PayPal Giving Fund: A Deep Dive into Donation Dynamics (news)

Spam Texts, Scam PACs, and the Burn-and-Churn Fundraising Machine (news)

The $32B Charitable Wave Is Coming. Your “Donate” Button Isn't Ready. (news)

Taiwanese Nonprofits Leave GlobalGiving Over “Chinese Taipei” Relabeling (news)

To AI Or Not To AI (news)

Government Data Losses & ChatGPT Ads Are Here, Whether We Like It Or Not (news)

SCOTUS' Voting Rights Rulings Will Have Immediate Impact On The Ground 🗳️ (news)

Nonprofit Newsfeed: Fraud, Mergers, and Sector Shifts (news)

AI's Impact on Nonprofits and Advertising: Unpacking the Double Standard (news)

Big Tech Found ⚖️ Liable ⚖️ for Mental Health Harm In Groundbreaking Verdict 🧑‍⚖️ (news)

Google Workspace For Nonprofits Shows The Real Potential Of AI-Unified Systems 🤖💼 (news)

Flipcause Bankruptcy Fallout and Greenpeace Legal Battle (news)

The Donor You're Undervaluing Is the One Who Gives the Most 🤑 (news)

Why 2025 Will Set a Record for DAF Asset Growth, and What It Means for Your Nonprofit (news)

Direct-To-Consumer Philanthropy: What Invest America (Trump Accounts) Means For The Sector (news)

Will The Future of Nonprofit Discoverability Be Donations on LLMs? Why We Think It’s Coming…And More! (news)

AI Ads Are Here: A New Frontier for Nonprofits (news)

Grok’s Deepfake Crisis Is Forcing a Global Reckoning on AI, Platform Safety, and Accountability (news)

Social Services Fraud In Minnesota: How A Few Bad Actors Foment Collective Punishment (news)

2025 in Review: Navigating AI Shifts and Nonprofit Challenges (news)

Navigating Donation Platform Risks and AI Opportunities (news)

DEVELOPING: GoFundMe Backtracks After Backlash to Millions of Auto-Generated Nonprofit Donation Pages (news)

Government Shutdown’s Impact on Nonprofits & A $500M AI Initiative (news)

SHUTDOWN. How The Closure of the U.S. Government Will Impact Nonprofits. (news)

DEBATE! 📽️ 🎬 🎞️ Emmys Charitable Donation Stunt Raises Money, And Eyebrows (news)

Nonprofit Wellness Index: Nonprofits See Positive Signs (news)

🚨 The Future of Search Is Here, And It’s Skipping Your Website! 💻 (news)

DEBATE: New Data Centers Fueled By AI Race Already Causing Environmental Justice Concerns (news)

🚨 Our Shocking Discovery: Everything Nonprofits Need To Know About AI & Server Costs (news)

🕵️‍♂️ INVESTIGATION: How Donation Platforms “Lock-In” Nonprofits By Making Migrating Monthly Donors Nearly Impossible (news)

NO KINGS Protests Draw Millions In Major Civil Society Action (news)

Understanding The “Big Beautiful Bill’s” Nonprofit Provisions (news)

Microsoft Pulls Free, Donated Software Licenses To Nonprofits 📊💰 (news)

Taxes & Bill(s) & Foundations, oh my! (news)

What Happens When A 501(c)3 Loses Their Status? 🧐 (news)

The Carbon Footprint: How Big Oil Reframed And Blamed Climate Change on the Consumer (news)

AI Fundraising Agent Experiments Hint At Potential Glimpse Into Future of Fundraising 🪄 (news)

When The Far-Right Attacked A Judge, The Rule of Law, & A Nonprofit Employee In One Fell Swoop 🚨 (news)

DOGE BARKS AT BIG BIRD: SESAME’S STRUGGLES & PBS UNDER ATTACK 🐦📺🌈 (news)

Greenpeace 🌳 Faces Potential Existential Threat From Lawsuit (news)

Trump Admin Attacks Public Service Loan Forgiveness (news)

Nonprofits Are Losing Web Traffic. AI Search Is To Blame (news)

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Backs Away From DEI & Advocacy Work (News)

Shocking Dissolution of USAID May Cause Irreparable Damage To Global Humanitarianism (news)

Trump Admin Issues Executive Orders With Real Implications For Nonprofits (news)

(news) Idealist.org Merger, Google Ad Problems

Nonprofit Sector Activates To Respond To L.A. Fires (news)

Big Tech Bows To Trump Admin 🙇 : What That Means For Nonprofits & Our Communities (news)

How The Weekend Helped Civic Organizations & Nonprofits (news)

The Promise & Pitfalls of Bluesky ☀️⛈️ (news)

What We Were Watching This GivingTuesday (news)

What Does The Election Mean For Nonprofits? Engaging Different Perspectives… (news)

📜 U.S. Congress Fast-Tracked (Now Failed) Bill To Strip Nonprofits of Their Status Without Due Process (news)

Halloween Recap: How To Make The Most Of Holidays For Nonprofits 🧛 (news)

“Extractive Empathy” & The Hidden Costs of Donation-Based Crowdfunding Platforms 🤫 (news)

💻😳 Fallout Continues Between WordPress & For-Profit Competitor (news)

Whole Whale Releases 2024 Nonprofit Advertising Study (news)

Internet History Hinges On One Nonprofit 🌐🏛️ (news)

New Nonprofit Compensation Report 💻 & The Politics of Homelessness 🏡 (news)

Musk Sues Nonprofit Out of Existence; Tech NPOs Loose Steam (news)

Managing Nonprofit Brand Safety & Presence On LLMs: What You Need To Know 💻 ❓(news)

Large-Scale Universal Basic Income Trial Yield Results 💵 (news)

SCOTUS Thinks Homelessness Is A Crime ⚖️ (news)

Trust & Safety From Fires Nonprofit News (news)

AI Transparency, Environmental Impact, and Ethical Tech Shifts (news)

Are These Organizations Really Nonprofits? (news)

AI in the Nonprofit Sector: Revolutionizing Social Change (news)

Roundup for charity on the rise & Slack AI Policy Fail (news)

Exploring AI in Nonprofits: Insights from Seth Godin & Latest Tech Updates (news)

Navigating Google Core Updates for Nonprofits (news)

Deepfake AI & Nonprofits (news)

Digital Frontiers and Legal Battles over Homelessness (news)

This Week’s Nonprofit News Roundup: Navigating New Legislation and Transforming Climate Anxiety into Action (news)

Debunking Tax Deduction Myths & Navigating New Philanthropy Trends (news)

AI’s Impact on Nonprofit Sector: Language Translation, Education, and Philanthropy Trends (news)

Mackenzie Scott’s Millions, Catholic Charities Under Fire, and the Battle for DEI (news)

ACLU: Time is TickTocking on Rights (news)

Nonprofit Sector Reaches for the Stars: First Nonprofit-Backed Satellite (news)

Nonprofit Donation Loohole, NYPD ‘Kettling’ and Anti-DEI Map (news)

IVF, NRA, and Deforestation: Nonprofit (News)

Honoring Jimmy Carter, ESG & B Corps Scrutiny (news)

Nonprofit Gets Their Feet Wet With $17m Jesus-Themed Super Bowl Spots (news)

How The Nonprofit Sector Lost Out On $17 Billion (news)

: GoFundMe’s Charitable Gap, Ocean Cleanup Concerns, and AI’s Role in Preserving Indigenous Languages (news)

Billionaire Philanthropy Shifts & EU Greenwashing Crackdown (news)

Aid or Obstacle? Debating USAID’s Food Program (news)

2024 Must Know for Nonprofit Marketing & Fundraising (news)

+Half of Teenagers on Social “Almost Constantly” & Stop planting trees? (news)

Buffett Vs Mackenzie Comparing Giving & ACLU backing NRA (news)

Giving Tuesday Misses the Mark with $3.1B – what happened? (news)

#GivingTuesday (News) & What happens when Nonprofit boards fail?

Nonprofit Board Fires OpenAI CEO (news)

70% of People Distrust this… (news)

$2B FINE for #rollingcoal & Mr. Beast Builds Wells (news)

Only 15% of Nonprofit Employees Took Advantage of this (news)

(news) Can a 100-year-old NGO Go Digital & What is Dickipedia?

Why Gov Shutdowns Hurt Nonprofits (news)

(news) War Breaks Out In Irsael & GivingTuesday Predictions

NYC Floods Underscore Lack of Climate Resilience In America’s Biggest City (news)

Lithium Reserves Pit Climate Resilience Against Indigenous Calls To Protect Land (news)

Climate Protests, Ashton Kutcher resigns, and FB Fundraising updates (news)

Day of Service for 9/11 & Pay Gap at Nonprofits (news)

Elon Musk blames Anti-Defamation League For… (news)

60 Years after a Dream (news)

Telemarketing Scam Costs Charities $22m (news)

NYC Asylum Seekers in the Street & Milk Money Story (news)

Humanitarians Sound Alarm On Conflict & Atrocities In Sudan While Donors Fall Short (news)

Green Tax Credits for Nonprofits (news)

Risk of Global Famine is Real (news)

Global Warn(m)ing for Social Justice Nonprofits (news)

Supreme Court Cancels Affirmative Action (news)

LIV Golf Becoming Nonprofit? (news)

Rebalancing Literacy in the US – What Nonprofits Need to Do Now… (news)

SWAT Raid On Cop City Bail Fund Organizers (news)

Debt Ceiling Compromise Means Cuts to Assistance (news)

New Bill Could Increase Nonprofit Charitable Donations (news)

How to turn $89m in Donations into Robocall scams (news)

PETA Calls Out Kentucky Derby (news)

Pantheon Heroes Depart as Platform Hosts Hate (news)

End of Affirmative Action – Impact on Nonprofits ⚖️🏛️❌🎓(NEWS)

Unbelievable Nonprofit Bet on Biomarker Pays off for Parkinson’s 💰🎯🧠 (news)

50% Increase in Youth Gun Violence (news)

Open Letter to Pause AI work by Nonprofit (news)

$250M Open Grants from MacKenzie Scott go live (news)

Nonprofit Insulin Maker Wins in CA (news)

NGOs Call On U.N. To Advocate For Reproductive Rights In U.S. (news)

Rise of Nonprofit AI – response to OpenAI shift (news)

Train Derailment & Environmental Fallout (news)

Is February for Fraud? (news)

Earthquake Devastation In Turkey & Syria (news)

Is Charity Content for Clicks Charitable? The Mr. Beast Debate (news)

Blood Donation Eligibility National Update (news)

AmazonSmile Turned Upside Down Cutting $449m CSR Program (news)

MLK Day Celebrated by Nonprofits & Santos’ Charity Questions (news)

Thousands of NYC Nurses Go On Strike As Hospital & Union Talks Fall Apart (news)

Mastodon Embraces Nonprofit Status (news)

Where Did MacKenzie’s Billions Get Donated? (news)

CVS CSR Needs a Health Check (news)

#GivingTuesday Predictions: Search Is Down, Hope Is Up (news)

Controversy in Qatar & Giving Tuesday is Coming (news)

FTX Collapse & Effective Altruism (news)

Greenpeace: ”Recycling is Futile” (news)

Terrifying Twitter Trends – Nonprofits React (news)

Girl Scouts Get $85 Million Historical Donation (news)

“Big Lie” Affiliated Nonprofits Scrutinized By FBI (news)

Marijuana Win For Social Justice (news)

Should Nonprofits Takeover ESG & Hurricane Ian (news)

Nonprofits Respond To Hurricane In Puerto Rico (news)

Patagonia Goes ALL-IN on Nonprofits (news)

Nonprofits Recognize Anniversary of September 11th Attacks (news)

GOP Senate Ads Fail & NAACP NC Loses Nonprofit Status (news)

Public Service & Student Debt Forgiveness (news)

$1.6B Donation to Conservative Nonprofit (news)

Historic Environmental Bill Passes! (news)

No Amnesty for NGO Report on Ukraine (news)

Trevor Project CEO Scrutiny for Past Pharma Consulting (news)

What does a unified NGO rating system look like? (news)

988 Hotline is LIVE! NGOs should be ready (news)

Nonprofit (C)4s Get Ready for Midterms (news)

National Volunteer Shortage Threatens Stability of NGOs (news)

Roe v. Wade Repeal Upends Nearly 50 Years Of Constitutional Abortion Protection (news)

Did DAFs Just Lose $38 billion? (news)

Brookings Institution President Resigns Amid FBI Probe (news)

Nonprofit Trust Drops 3% Survey Reveals (news)

Gun Rights Advocacy Groups Fill Void Left By NRA (news)

988 National Suicide Prevention Hotline Launches This Summer (news)

High inflation hits food banks hard (news)

Roe V. Wade Changes the NGO Landscape (news)

Roe v. Wade, NGO Bill & Google Inclusivity Tool (news)

Earth Day Activity & Slow Nonprofit Job Recovery Q1 (news)

BLM Under Filing Scrutiny & New Drilling Leases (news)

Global Food Crisis & Google Analytics Cliff (news)

War Crimes Tracked by NGOs & Pending Food Crisis (news)

100k Ukrainian Refugees to U.S. & $43M to Habitat for Humanity (news)

Large-Scale Giving For Ukraine & Crypto Giving Acquisition (news)

292: (news) Census undercount & Oligarch Philanthropy Problem

291: (news) Historic Refugee Crisis & $80M Crypto Donation Response

290: (news) Invasion of Ukraine Triggers Humanitarian Catastrophe

289: (news) DOJ Headaches & Public Benefit App

287: (news) Nonprofits Prepare for Ukraine Evac & Volunteer Shortage

285: (news) Don’t GoFundMe in Canada & Crisis at Textline Around Data Sharing

282: (news) Nonprofits VS Spyware & National Blood Shortage

282: (news) NGO Capital for Capital Rioters & Red Cross Hack

281: (news) Thousands Serve on MLK Day & A Classy Acquisition

279: (news) PE Firm Acquires Nonprofit Tech & PEW 2021 Data

278: (news) Nonprofits Salary Struggles & Franklin A. Thomas Legacy

276: (news) log4j Nightmare Before Nonprofit Christmas & Jobs Report

275: (news) ‘Troll Philanthropy‘ and For-Profit Activism

271: (news) Beware #GivingTuesday scams & Toy inflation impact

268: (news)

267: (news) Infrastructure $ for Nonprofits & COP26 Pledge Updates

265: (news) Climate on Agenda & Nonprofit Ad Spending Study

263: (news) Whistleblower Aid vs Facebook & Amnesty out of Hong Kong

261: (news) Volunteers kidnapped & Breast Cancer Fraud

259: (news) Nonprofits Helping Afghan resettlement and Indigenous community Reparations

258: (news) Changes at Change.org and NYC Housing self-dealing

257: (news) Billions Pledged at UN & Crypto Giving Trend

256: (news) Haiti Supply Chain Issues & Omaze lands $85M Funding

254: (news) Nonprofit Reality Show & 9/11 Day of Service

253: (news) HRC President Fired & Afghan Refugee Support

252: (news) Hurricane Ida & Afghanistan Nonprofit Response

251: (news) Afghanistan Fundraising & Nonprofit Democracy Report

250: (news) Afghanistan& Haiti – How Nonprofits are Responding

249: (news) Half of U.S. Gives & ASPCA Overhead Questions

247: (news) Bezos Blasts Off Donation & Nonprofit Trust Report

246:(news) Nonprofit Closure Trend & Steph Curry Joins NinetyToZero

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244: (news)Donor Disclosure Fight & NCAA Athletes Can Earn

242: (news) Buffet donates Billions Leaving Gates & NFL Pride History

240: (news) 5% Rise in US Giving & Juneteenth Official

239: (news) DAF legislation & Nonprofit Wins Pulitzer

237: (news) Direct mail price hikes & OpenSecrets.org Launches

236: (news) Nonprofits in Tulsa & USAID Russian Hack

235: (news) Carbon Capture & Fighting Voter Suppression

233:(news) $1B Meme Coin Donations & Nonprofit job report

232:(news) Gates Foundation Divorce & Vaccine Awareness work

230:(news) Redistricting Battles & Thinning Girl Scout Cookie sales

228:(news) SCOTUS Deciding on Donor Privacy & Marijuana Funding for Nonprofits

227:(news) Homeless Hotels & Nonprofit Jobs Rise

225:(news) Fraud to the left, Fraud to the right

223:(news) Capitol Riot Fundraising & Good Econ Signals For NGOs

222:(news) Restrictive Voting, #StopAsianHate, & DAFS

219: (news) NYC and ICE need to spend millions for nonprofit support

218: (news) $1B Stimulus for AmeriCorps + Rise in Giving Trend

216:(news) $61k for a tent and what $1.9T stimulus means for nonprofits

215:(news) Are billionaire gifts really gifts, and how nonprofits may be the future of news.

214:(news) Nonprofit Revenge Giving for Rush Limbaugh & Nonprofit Job Trends

213: (news)GoFundMe Charity shutting down, CEOs resigned and removed

212: (news) Abuse At Homeless Shelter, Racketeering, and Puppy Bowl helps shelters

211: (news) Nonprofit Job losses, Giving Blck and Money making mittens