5 Fundraising Trends in 2023

Plus, artificial intelligence can help nonprofits reach more donors, but beware of pitfalls. Also, global grassroots organizations get $161 million. ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. You can now follow The Chronicle on [Flipboard]( and [Google News](. ADVICE [5 Trends That Will Shape Fundraising in 2023]( By Rasheeda Childress [STORY IMAGE]( To keep the money flowing, nonprofits will need to figure out how to attract much-needed fundraisers, respond to changing economic conditions, and learn how to talk to donors from different backgrounds. ADVERTISEMENT OPINION [Artificial Intelligence Can Help Nonprofits Reach More Donors, but Fundraisers Can’t Ignore Potential Pitfalls]( By Daniel Hadley [STORY IMAGE]( The emergence of text generating artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT could significantly change philanthropy — for better or worse. GRANTS ROUNDUP [$161 Million to Global Grassroots Organizations; Bezos Earth Fund Gives $110 Million to Slow Climate Change]( By M.J. Prest [STORY IMAGE]( The grassroots grants came from Co-Impact, a group supported by Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott, among others, while the Mellon Foundation donated $11 million for a cultural center to memorialize the history of slavery in Richmond, Va. SPONSOR CONTENT | Plan International [What Does Equality Look Like? Girls Have the Answer]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online Dozens of doctors at New York University hospital’s emergency room charge that donors and other VIPs routinely receive priority care, often at the expense of other patients. Some patients’ medical charts note their status as donors or as connected to top hospital executives, and doctors receive text messages to alert them to the imminent arrival of an ailing VIP, all according to screenshots the doctors have taken. Sometimes the VIPs, who have included N.Y. Sen. Chuck Schumer’s wife and Kenneth G. Langone, a major hospital benefactor, have been ushered into a private room, “as sicker patients were treated in the hallway.” Some doctors say bucking the VIP system can jeopardize their career, and an accreditation council has put the hospital on a two-year probation to address the issue. If it fails, it could ultimately lose millions of federal dollars. Executives at the hospital deny that VIPs are treated differently from other patients and say doctors who have claimed retaliation for speaking out were poor performers. ([New York Times]( Plus: When Nonprofit Health Care Behaves Badly: the Case for Mission Leaders as Ombudsmen ([Health Affairs]( Major nonprofit hospital chains have steadily shed hospitals in poorer areas while buying others in more affluent, better-insured neighborhoods. An analysis of almost 470 deals over the past two decades shows mergers, acquisitions, and divestments have exacerbated health-care deserts, for instance in Washington, D.C., or left some hospitals badly underfunded under new owners, as in Chicago and Idaho. The substantial tax breaks that these increasingly profitable nonprofits enjoy mean that more affluent areas are benefiting at the expense of poorer ones, a health economist said. Spokesmen for the hospital systems said income and insurance coverage were not primary factors in buying and selling decisions. Instead, they cited efficiency, health-care quality, and ways to “create scale and help those in need.” ([Wall Street Journal]( — subscription) More News - Fans Give Millions to Damar Hamlin’s Toy Drive for Kids ([Associated Press]( - Tech Wreck of 2022 Decimates Billionaires’ War Chests for Charity ([Bloomberg]( - Calif. Begins Service Program for College Students ([New York Times]( - A Welfare Scandal Showing Millions Diverted to the Rich Now Sharpens Contrasts in the Nation’s Poorest State ([Associated Press]( - Ex-Google Boss Helps Fund Dozens of Jobs in Biden’s Administration ([Politico]( Challenges to Nonprofits - ‘Feeding Our Future’ Fraud Investigation Casts Scrutiny on Minn. Nonprofits ([Star Tribune]( - 4 Critical Threats Nonprofits Will Face in 2023 — and How to Prepare for Them ([Risk & Insurance]( Commentary - The Thorny Questions Raised by Charitable Giving ([New York Times]( - Proliferation of GoFundMes Reveals a Dirty Little Open Secret ([Seattle Times]( - One City Is Trying a New Approach to Stem Gun Violence ([New York Times]( SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Enjoying the newsletter? [Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to nonprofit news and analysis. EDITOR'S PICKS MAJOR GIFTS [Top 10 Donations of 2022 Totaled $9.3 Billion]( By Maria Di Mento [STORY IMAGE]( Much of the money went to private foundations or to universities, but some went to cancer research and treatment, housing, youth programs, and reproductive health. GOVERNMENT AND REGULATION [Charities Lose Fight to Persuade Lawmakers to Adopt New Giving Incentives]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( Nonprofits say they will make a push again in 2023 to allow everyone to write off their gifts to charity. PHILANTHROPISTS [Bill Gates Says His Giving Approach Won’t Change — Even as MacKenzie Scott and Others Shift Philanthropy]( By Alex Daniels [STORY IMAGE]( He says his hands-on approach is working, as he laments inaction on climate change and the way the pandemic upended progress on fighting disease. OPINION [As Philanthropy Ends a Challenging Year, Historic Lessons Show a Path Forward for an Increasingly Complex Field]( By Leslie Lenkowsky [STORY IMAGE]( In 2022, the nonprofit world faced a multitude of problems, including high inflation, a likely decline in giving, and a scandal engulfing a leading proponent of effective altruism. But a report looking at the last 30 years of philanthropy spotlights a resilient and ever-evolving field. TOP STORIES [The 10 Best-Read Articles in the Chronicle in 2022]( [STORY IMAGE]( At the top of the list: our annual ranking of top donors, an in-depth examination of nonprofits’ role in spreading the opioid crisis, and an exclusive survey documenting the challenges the fundraising profession faces. 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