This month, we were fortunate to speak to Dawn Jordan, Development and Donor Services Associate at Community Foundation of the Lowcountry (CFL), based on Hilton Head Island, SC. Established in 1994 to serve Hilton Head Island, the foundation expanded in 2001 to further serve three additional counties in South Carolina. It is now the largest […]
Author: Jayme Klein
Sponsor Discretion, Donor Choice, and the Southern Poverty Law Center Case
In April 2026, a federal grand jury in Alabama indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1971. The indictment includes charges of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Prosecutors allege that the SPLC improperly used donor funds to compensate […]
Case Study in Donor Engagement Strategies: Rochester Area Community Foundation
Building on last month’s DAFinitively Speaking post defining the common types of charitable funds managed by community foundations, I was fortunate to connect with Mary Hartstein, Director of Donor Engagement and Impact at the Rochester Area Community Foundation, (RACF) to discuss her organization’s process for donor engagement, depending on the fund type. Background on RACF […]
Research in the News: How Donor Advised Funds Are Reshaping Fundraising Practice
Our friends at the DAF Research Collaborative (DAFRC) have recently released another insightful report; Reinventing the Cycle: Adapting Relationship Fundraising for Donors Who Use DAFs. As most readers know, DAFs are becoming more and more accessible to everyday donors because of the increase in sponsor organizations, the growth of workplace giving platforms, smaller initial contribution […]
News You Can Use: 2025 Year in Review
It’s been another whirlwind year in the fundraising world, particularly as DAFs continue to become a larger part of the nonprofit fabric. Just in case you missed it, let’s slow down and look at some of the DAF-related happenings of 2025. In This Economy? This has been a challenging year for people’s pocketbooks, and by […]
The Importance of DAF Day!
We all know about Giving Tuesday – the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving – and its impact on nonprofits. Established in 2012 by Henry Timms at the 92nd Street Y in New York, it was a philanthropic call to action during a traditional period of hyper-consumerism. Now a global movement, by its tenth anniversary, donations in […]
