Pet adoption centers are closed, but animal lovers can still offer help
Denver area animal shelters closed their doors as the state ordered people to stay at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, but those who run the agencies are doing their best to provide services to dogs...
View ArticlePhilanthropy 2020: Meaningfully impacted by politics, tax law and climate change
As the philanthropic landscape continues to evolve in 2020, expect these meaningful developments. Political fundraising will challenge charitable fundraising 2020 is likely to be the...
View ArticleOn Philanthropy: Giving in the time of COVID-19
The role of philanthropy in responding to this pandemic is critical. Nonprofit organizations, accounting for nearly one in 10 jobs in the U.S. private workforce, with more than 12 million total...
View ArticleOn Philanthropy: Encouraging donors to ask questions about nonprofits’...
Bruce DeBoskey I was in high school when America observed the first Earth Day in April 1970. To highlight the day, I wore an M-17 military gas mask in the hallways between classes, until I was...
View ArticleOn Philanthropy: Philanthropy can spark hope and change
Discouragement, despair and anger are understandable and common responses to the current experiences of systemic racial injustice and bigotry, an advancing global pandemic and an economic train wreck....
View ArticleDenver’s thriving arts scene was headed for its best year yet. And then the...
When crowds of people return without fear to public events, they’ll be hungry for musicals and symphonies, street festivals and First Fridays. But ready and willing as they are, Denver’s best-known...
View ArticleOn Philanthropy: Lack of accountability and transparency put philanthropy at...
An inflection point is a time of significant change; a turning point. Right now, the very way philanthropy works in the U.S. is being critically examined by a growing chorus of experts and scholars who...
View ArticleOn Philanthropy: Communities and nonprofits need corporate giving now more...
Just one year ago, in 2019, U.S. corporate philanthropy increased by 13.4% over 2018 to $21.09 billion. However, those donations represented a mere 5% of the nearly $450 billion in total U.S. giving....
View ArticleOn Philanthropy: How donors can advance racial justice
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Daniel Prude, Jacob Blake. The long road to racial justice in this country has been rocky and painful. It started long before these four people became household names and...
View ArticleOn Philanthropy: Start planning your year-end giving now
In 2019, U.S. giving to charity totaled nearly $450 billion. Historically, nearly one-third of that amount takes place in December, with 12% of all giving occurring in the last three days of the year....
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