Creating successful major and principal giving programs
Donations to U.S. charities in 2025 reached an estimated $617.20 billion, a new high. Read more critical insights and findings from Giving USA 2026.
BWF Zuri recently completed an international fundraising program assessment and benchmarking project with several US-based research institutions, resulting in valuable insights into international fundraising. This article provides an overview of that research and introduces the topics that we’ll dive deeper into in the coming months.
Explore the ins and outs of fundraising for medical research, including how it works, strategies to reach your goals, and best practices to achieve success.
Despite their significant potential impact on nonprofit financial sustainability, life income gifts remain underutilized in the broader philanthropic landscape.
Transformational gifts rarely arrive fully formed. They emerge over time, at the intersection of passion, impact, and readiness. This article describes what it takes to ensure your nonprofit is ready to maximize the moment a transformational gift arrives.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) introduces a new layer of complexity to healthcare operations—one that, while not aimed directly at philanthropy, has meaningful implications for charitable giving, donor behavior, and the financial strategies that support patient care. Here’s how healthcare and development leaders need to be reassessing their strategies as policies change.
Institutions aspire to secure more principal gifts, yet many struggle to build the internal discipline, collaboration, and long-horizon strategy required to make principal giving a consistent, repeatable practice. This article gets at the simple truth intersecting strategy and insight by outlining the organizational ecosystem, one in which frontline fundraisers and prospect development professionals share purpose, data, language, and accountability.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act reshaped more than just the tax code. It included numerous federal funding cuts to programs that will be rolled out and phased in over the coming years. This creates a need to review your case for support and the language you use to ensure it accurately reflects coming changes to your organization’s funding model and sector. Nonprofits have always relied on a mix of public support and private philanthropy to deliver on their missions. As this mix evolves, it means your needs and how you discuss them will too.
The 2025 Altrata World Ultra Wealth Report provides a fascinating look at how the world’s wealthiest individuals—those with $30 million or more in net worth—are shaping global philanthropy. These 510,810 ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals now control nearly $60 trillion, about a third of all high-net-worth assets worldwide. For nonprofits, that concentration of wealth represents enormous opportunity, but only for those who know where and how to engage.
