
Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?
You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding [...]

An Arts & Cultural Professional’s Guide to bbcon 2022 Virtual
Visionaries worldwide are attending bbcon—Blackbaud’s Tech Conference for Good™— virtually October 17–18 to learn from thought leaders in fundraising, marketing, [...]

3 Focus Areas for Grantmakers Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Many funders have made a real effort to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their grantmaking practices, but how [...]

Website Design for NGOs: 5 Essential Strategies
As the leader of a non-government organization (NGO), you know how important it is to leverage your online presence in [...]

Advancing Racial Equity Through Data and Transparency
Last year, the murder of George Floyd sparked a national reckoning with systemic racism and an outpouring of support for [...]

A Look at bbcon 2021 for Corporations
In curating this year’s bbcon track for corporations, we felt it was important that the sessions reflected the shifts we [...]

Taking a Deeper Look at the “Social” Piece of ESG (Environmental Social Governance)
In our most recent white paper, “Exploring Environmental Social Governance” we include a section that picks apart the pieces of [...]

Nonprofit Leaders, Prioritize Mental Health for Employees of Color
Between emails, meetings, and Zoom calls, phones are buzzing with alerts of police killings, anti-Asian hate crimes, and check-ins from [...]

Charitable Giving in Higher Education: A Conversation with CASE’s Sue Cunningham
The following Q&A is excerpted from the Blackbaud Institute’s Charitable Giving Report Spotlight: Using 2020 Data to Transform Your Higher [...]

Q&A with sgLEADERS: Alicia Dicks, The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties
Alicia Dicks, president & CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, shares her insights in this Q&A series on social good leadership.