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The article urges U.S. nonprofits to mobilize voters ahead of the 2026 midterms, emphasizing their unique community trust and legal ability to conduct nonpartisan voter registration and education. It outlines five practical steps—from appointing a coordinator to launching a GOTV push—to embed voting into everyday operations. The piece also warns that the SAVE America Act, if enacted, could disenfranchise roughly 21 million eligible voters by imposing strict ID requirements. By leveraging their credibility, nonprofits can help safeguard election integrity and broaden democratic participation.
The article argues that philanthropy’s administrative processes act like a drag coefficient, consuming resources that could otherwise generate impact. It compares high‑drag grantmaking—lengthy applications, frequent reports, site visits—to low‑drag, trust‑based approaches, showing that even a single failed grantee costs less...
Nonprofit development leaders are being bombarded with AI tools promising to automate fundraising, but experts warn that AI should augment, not replace, human strategy. AI excels at speeding up prospect research, grant prospecting, content drafting, and workflow automation, allowing staff...
The Opportunity Agenda, a two‑decade narrative‑strategy nonprofit, voted to dissolve in November 2025 after its leadership determined that a restricted‑grant‑heavy revenue model left no sustainable runway. A $4 million unrestricted grant in 2020 temporarily masked deeper funding diversification flaws, but by...
Nonprofits are rapidly adopting AI, but most lack formal governance policies. The sector faces a governance gap as larger NGOs develop AI principles while smaller groups struggle. Diverging federal and state AI regulations add compliance complexity, and philanthropic AI funding...
