Philanthropy Daily

Helping those in need is a wonderful way to bring a community together. On September 19th, I am proud to say that my church, Mercy Outreach Fellowship in Blackstone—a town of 3,300 in rural Southside Virginia—held its sixth MercyFest.  This is a festival where we raise money for our...

If you’ve been anywhere near the internet recently, you’ve seen the panicked handwringing: AI is taking over the world. It’s unstoppable. And it’s destroying our ability to do the work ourselves.

More often than not these days, I fear that’s the case with fundraising.

I hear so many people casually mention their use of AI—to write grant reports, craft donor emai...

Dear Intelligent American,

There are two film matters to which your attention should be drawn, and admittedly one is geographical: the Newport Beach (CA) Film Fest will be showing Traci Slatton’s excellent documentary—

“If I pick up my phone and send out a Tweet,” Senator Ted Cruz remarked at a Hagee Ministries event last year, “within minutes I’ll have hundreds of blatantly antisemitic responses.”

While this clip has become something of an internet meme in the past few months, Senat...

With a well-planned strategy, Giving Tuesday becomes the starting point for your strongest fundraising weeks of the year.Every Giving Tuesday, nonprofits take center stage. A day that began in 2012 as a simple invitation to generosity has grown into a nationwide event embraced by donors, corporations, media outlets, and communities of every size. For fundraisers, it offers fa...