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Campaign Feasibility Study: What You Need to Know
A regional healthcare organization spent a year building board alignment around a $12 million campaign. Leadership was confident. The case felt airtight. A feasibility study, they decided, was an unnecessary delay.When quiet-phase outreach began, a different reality surfaced. Several top prospects were surprised to learn of the scale of the project and others had significant…
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Donor-Advised Funds in 2026: Does Your Nonprofit Have the Infrastructure to Support Them?
According to the National Philanthropic Trust’s 2024 DAF Report, DAFs (donor advised funds) held an estimated $251.52 billion in assets across nearly 1.8 million accounts in 2023, with grants to nonprofits reaching $54.77 billion. In fiscal year 2024, grants from DAFs to qualified charities reached $64.89 billion. The money is there. The question is whether…
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Nonprofit Funding Sources: Building a Capital Stack That Can Adapt
The funding disruptions that began in 2025 are no longer a single-year story. They are now catching up with organizations through delayed renewals, tighter state and local budgets, increased competition for private philanthropy, and rising demand for services. The Urban Institute found that one-third of nonprofits experienced at least one government funding disruption in early…
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