Inflation Has Fundraisers Worried About a Recession

Plus, gun violence leads community groups to take bolder action, and the early-childhood and climate movements need to join forces to increase their impact (opinion) ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. FUNDRAISING [Inflation and the Possibility of a Recession Have Fundraisers Worried]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( There haven’t been big shifts in behavior yet, but development professionals are already thinking about how they’ll change their approaches if they start to see a drop in giving. ADVERTISEMENT GUN-VIOLENCE INTERVENTION [Gun Violence Leads Community Groups to Take Bolder Action]( By By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press [STORY IMAGE]( Community violence intervention deploys people with personal connections — and credibility — with those most likely to be involved in gun violence. The approach isn’t new, but interest in it is growing. OPINION [To Increase Their Impact, the Early-Childhood and Climate Movements Need to Join Forces]( By Joe Waters and Elliot Haspel [STORY IMAGE]( Grant makers should recognize the power both movements bring to addressing the harmful effects of climate change on young children — and break down funding barriers that keep them apart. Webinars [Tactics to Maximize Results at Year’s End]( [STORY IMAGE]( The key to year-end fundraising in 2022 is staying relevant amid economic woes and a pandemic that won’t end. Join us on demand or live on August 11 to learn from veteran fundraisers which tactics and messages are working, tips for thanking – and keeping – big and small donors, and smart ways to stay connected so donors will give more at year’s end. Plus, you’ll get advice for using donor data to improve your year-end results. Early-bird rate ends August 4. [Register today.]( NONPROFIT NEWS FROM ELSEWHERE Amid a trend toward giving poor people unconditional cash support, a recent study found that such programs do not motivate their beneficiaries to work and plan for the future or to live healthier lives. From July 2020 to May 2021, researchers from Harvard and the University of Exeter divided 2,073 people into two groups, one of which received a one-time payment of $500 and the other $2,000. Another 3,170 people served as a control group. They saw a modest increase in spending among the cash-transfer groups but rather than showing improvements in any outcome, those who received cash “reported less earned income and liquidity, lower work performance and satisfaction, more financial stress, sleep quality and physical health, and higher levels of loneliness and anxiety than the control group. There was no difference between the two cash groups.” Researchers speculated that the stress arose from the persistent gap between these participants’ needs and resources, but in her commentary, Allysia Finley writes that the free money likely made them less motivated to work and as a result corroded their sense of self-worth. ([Wall Street Journal]( — subscription) Plus: Read more about [cash giving]( in the Chronicle. More News - Getty Foundation program aims to help emerging arts workers get a foot in the door ([Los Angeles Times]( - U.S. Opposes Chapter 11 Suspension for Boys & Girls Club Chapter ([Wall Street Journal]( — subscription) Opinion and Analysis - Museums Need to Be Braver. 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EDITOR'S PICKS FUNDRAISING [How Fundraising Can Help Reignite Giving in America — if It Changes]( By Drew Lindsay [STORY IMAGE]( Twenty million households have stopped opening their wallets for charity. Nonprofits are at least partly to blame. Plus, see the rest of our [new issue]( posted online today. GIVING [New Poll Finds Support for Foundations — but Not the Hefty Tax Breaks Their Donors Get]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( The study also found that people across the political spectrum want to speed money to charities from foundations and donor-advised funds. COMPENSATION [We Committed to Paying Our Staff More Than a Living Wage. Your Nonprofit Should Do the Same.]( By Minor Sinclair [STORY IMAGE]( As inflation takes a toll on underpaid employees, nonprofit leaders need to recognize the seriousness of the problem and make sure their compensation policies align with their organizational missions. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [I Was a Leader of the Anti-Abortion Movement — Until I Engaged With the Other Side]( An evangelical minister says he might never have changed his position on abortion if a pro-choice advocate and philanthropist hadn’t been willing to listen to his views and eventually help him understand the flaws in his thinking. VIDEO [How to Connect With Affluent Donors of Color]( By Dan Parks and Margie Fleming Glennon [STORY IMAGE]( The number of high-net-worth people of color is expanding rapidly in America, but many nonprofits fail to bring many of them into the fold, say panelists in an online briefing. Here’s what works. ADVERTISEMENT RECOMMENDED WEBINAR [How to Attract — and Keep — Top Fundraisers] [Join Our Next Webinar]( — Most nonprofits met or exceeded their year-end fundraising goals in 2021 despite concerns about donor burnout from ongoing crises. The challenge this year is staying relevant to supporters as economic woes continue and the pandemic drags on. 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