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By Joe Frye

Matching gift challenges drive donations. A large‑scale field experiment on matching giftsv found that simply announcing that match money was available increased revenue per solicitation by 19% and raised the probability that a donor would give by 22%. With numbers like this, it is no wonder matching gift challenges are a tactic used in every direct response program.  

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A few years ago, we at the National Environmental Health Association found ourselves in what most nonprofits would call a dream scenario. We had just been awarded two of the largest federal grants in environmental health. These grants accelerated our work toward our mission to build, sustain, and empower an effective environmental health workforce. This was not incremental funding. It was transformational funding - the kind that unlocks an organization. 

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Generation Z is quickly becoming one of the most important donor audiences nonprofits can’t afford to overlook. More than 70% of Gen Z participated in some form of donating in a given week, surpassing older generations in overall giving participation, according to a recent GoFundMe and GivingTuesday report.

The nonprofit fundraising industry keeps saying the same thing: “Donors want a relationship.” I'm not convinced that's what most donors actually want. 

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on May 29 proposed significantly changing how nonprofits win and manage grants.

The proposed revisions are aimed at implementing the Trump administration’s priorities, particularly his July 2025 Executive Order 14332, Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking.

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A strong board understands its role: setting direction, supporting and holding the CEO accountable, safeguarding the organization’s finances and reputation, and asking hard questions about results and risk. A weak board, by contrast, shows up inconsistently, rubber-stamps staff decisions, or gets stuck in the weeds instead of providing oversight.