The Future of Philanthropy

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The 2024 Giving USA report was released in July. In the days and weeks since the release, we’ve seen smart …

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It’s time to celebrate!

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Our longtime client, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, celebrated the Living History campaign on June …

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Breaking through the noise in an election year

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It’s that time again and November 5 can’t come soon enough. But, you aren’t the type to sit on your …

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Data-driven insights = getting to the good stuff faster

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We love when our clients are curious about their audiences—because we have answers. And these answers let us leap ahead …

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Your campaign’s public phase: the pre-pre-pre-public phase of your next campaign

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If you’re raising funds on behalf of one of the many organizations rounding the corner into the public phase of …

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Countdown to Giving Day

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Whether you plan to participate in Giving Tuesday or choose a different day in what’s left of the calendar year, …

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Inspirational Improvisations in the Era of COVID‑19

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In the era of COVID-19, we’ve all watched the landscape we work in change overnight—and then change again. March 2020 …

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What We Measure—and What We Value

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We’re loving all the conversation around the recently released Giving USA 2020 report. Not surprisingly, 2019 was an extremely strong year for giving⁠—in …

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A Communicator’s Guide to Unrestricted Giving

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In recent months, billionaire MacKenzie Scott’s name has been a conversational mainstay in philanthropic circles—and not only because of her …

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What We Can Learn From Megadonors

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A toolkit for enriching donor communications. We’ve been hard at work finding new ways to listen to donors, especially donors …

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