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A group of young people doing nonprofit work.
Tips & Training

How nonprofits can maximize the benefits of youth service

New research shows that youth service builds career readiness, belonging, and resilience—especially when programs are designed well.

April 23, 2026 | By Greg Weatherford II
A woman keeping track of her grant proposal documents.
Tips & Training

The ultimate cheat sheet for grant proposal documents: Part 3

In Part 3 of this series, we’ll share what information you should keep if you do or don’t receive a grant, and how to keep track of this content for a future grant proposal.

April 22, 2026 | By Kyoko Uchida
Three nonprofit leaders having a conversation.
Trends & Issues

Three leadership perspectives in every nonprofit room

Discover the three leadership perspectives every nonprofit needs—Institutionalist, Change Agent, and Network Thinker—and why balancing all three drives greater impact.

April 21, 2026 | By Samuel Bellamy
Group of major donors asking nonprofits about their impact.
Trends & Issues

How do fundraisers see major donors evolving?

New research reveals how major donors are evolving, including trends in their priorities, engagement styles, and giving strategies—and how fundraisers are adapting to these demands.

April 20, 2026 | By Kyoko Uchida

Trends & Issues

Are women leaders making progress in the nonprofit sector?

Women leaders are advancing in the nonprofit sector, but pay gaps and uneven funding remain. Discover key data, trends, and leadership lessons to help shape the future for women at nonprofits.

March 23, 2026 By Kyoko Uchida
Group of women leaders learning from each other.

Trends & Issues

Women’s and girls’ organizations continue to make progress for gender equality

Women’s and girls’ organizations are advancing gender equality through coalitions, advocacy, and multiyear support from donors—despite funding gaps and rising challenges.

March 19, 2026 By Amy Hutchinson
Group of people from different organizations that are advancing gender equality.

Trends & Issues

How we measure poverty matters: Data to support thriving children and families

Here’s how data can be used to measure poverty, understand family economic well-being, and support policies that help children thrive.

February 19, 2026 By Leslie Boissiere
A family picking out groceries.

Trends & Issues

What the 2024 DAPP findings reveal about workforce diversity in philanthropy

While workforce diversity in philanthropy is up, 2024 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals report data suggests that there’s more to the story as more funders step back from prior diversity efforts.

December 30, 2025 By Lauren Brathwaite
A diverse group of colleagues in a conference room.

Trends & Issues

What the literacy crisis is teaching us about leadership  

Reach Out and Read’s CEO shares her leadership approach to combatting the literacy crisis in the U.S. at a time when the percentage of 12th-graders who are proficient in reading is at the lowest level in decades.

November 24, 2025 By Dr. Lynette Fraga
Parents holding a baby with the author, Dr. Lynette Fraga, next to them.

Trends & Issues

What AI equity for nonprofits really looks like

2025 AI Equity Project survey data finds that despite a majority of nonprofits’ familiarity with AI bias and potential for harm, few organizations actively implement equitable AI practices in their work.

November 6, 2025 By Meena Das
A woman asking a question about AI equity.

Trends & Issues

Nonprofits are building AI solutions to advance their mission—and ensure equity

Delve into data from Fast Forward’s 2025 AI for Humanity Report to learn about the nonprofits that are building AI solutions to responsibly and equitably advance their missions.

October 28, 2025 By Kyoko Uchida
A Tarjimly team member demonstrating how volunteer translators can sign up to support their communities using the app.

Trends & Issues

Museums face instability in a changing political climate

In a changing U.S. political climate, museums face novel challenges like financial instability due to lost federal funding and threats of a chilling effect on museum programming and speech at large.

October 20, 2025 By Joseph O’Neill
The National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Data & Insights

Building a tool for the sector together: Co-creating as power sharing

Learn why co-creation as power sharing unlocks success and how Women Funding Network used this approach to build a new demographic data tool to help funders advance feminist philanthropy.

October 14, 2025 By Sara Keilholtz
Shawnda Chapman and panelists at the Feminist Funded 2025 conference discuss co-creating the Representation and Resourcing of the Nonprofit Sector Dashboard — an intersectional tool developed by the Women’s Funding Network in partnership with Candid and member organizations.

Trends & Issues

What we know about Latinx nonprofit leadership, staff, and fundraising

Discover what the data says about Latinx nonprofits in the sector, including these organizations’ relative leadership and staff representation as well as the share of philanthropic funding that they receive from their fundraising efforts.

September 23, 2025 By Kyoko Uchida
A diverse group of volunteers sorting clothes.