Managing a Staffing Crisis With No End in Sight

Plus, GoFundMe announces that $30 Billion has been raised on its platforms; and the American Mosaic Journalism Prize honors freelancers ADVERTISEMENT [Philanthropy Today Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. 2024 TRENDS [Nonprofits Find Ways to Manage a Staffing Crisis With No End in Sight]( By Jim Rendon [STORY IMAGE]( Shorter workweeks, time off, and DEI training are helping groups hold on to workers. ADVERTISEMENT FUNDRAISING [GoFundMe Says $30 Billion Has Been Raised on Its Crowdfunding and Nonprofit Giving Platforms]( By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press [STORY IMAGE]( The most common donation on GoFundMe is $50, and most fundraising campaigns raise money mostly from the personal networks of the people who started them, but there are exceptions. FOUNDATION GIVING [Largest U.S. Journalism Award Goes to Coverage of Black Liberation, Uvalde Aftermath]( By Sara Herschander [STORY IMAGE]( Amidst news industry turmoil, the Heising-Simons Foundation’s American Mosaic Journalism Prize, which awards $100,000 grants to freelancers, is significant. WEBINARS [Today: Thursday, February 8 at 2 p.m. ET | Register Now]( [STORY IMAGE]( More nonprofits are relying on major gifts to hit fundraising goals, as giving at lower levels ebbs. Whether you want to attract new donors or inspire greater giving among current supporters, join us for Proven Strategies for Connecting with Major Donors. You’ll learn directly from two veteran fundraisers which strategies are working best in the current climate to attract support from wealthy individuals, proven ways to keep them in the fold, and how to deepen ties with them in the year ahead. SPONSOR CONTENT | Independent Sector [The Difference Bridging Can Make]( Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the nonprofit behind the Supreme Court case to keep Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado, has been around since 2002, scraping by with a skeletal staff on a modest budget, but when fundraising took off during the Trump presidency, it began to deal with demands from partisan donors while striving to call out corruption wherever it finds it. ([New York Times]( A program to help severely mentally ill people who are homeless in New York City lacks oversight or even a way to measure its own success, according to a recent audit, which found that the nonprofits contracted to work with clients sometimes lose track of them or don’t have the staff to do the job, among other shortcomings. 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EDITOR'S PICKS GIVING TRENDS [Fundraisers Stare Down a Tough Year After a Tight Giving Season]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( What they hoped would be a strong year-end campaign in 2023 ended with some groups doing well and others floundering. OPINION [Racial Justice Programs Under Fire: Foundations Are Running Scared When They Should Double Down]( By Lori Villarosa , Ben Francisco Maulbeck, and Gihan Perera [STORY IMAGE]( Perceived legal threats following the Supreme Court affirmative action ruling are causing grant makers to backslide, fueling notions that racial justice work is discriminatory or illegal. WORK AND CAREERS [Gen Z Is Open to Nonprofit Careers — but on Their Own Terms]( By Ben Gose [STORY IMAGE]( Young workers favor an informal work style and want a tightly defined work schedule. They’re also demanding changes in how organizations operate. 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