Proposed in 2019, Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) is a set of principles developed by people of color to align fundraising with movements for race, equity, and social justice. In February 2025, the Johnson Center published "Adopting Community-Centric Fundraising: Findings from a National Study," a first-of-its-kind analysis of the CCF movement and its impact in the nonprofit field thus far. This Practice Guide is meant to facilitate the adoption of CCF principles by organizations interested in adopting this model. The guide is organized into main sections: Building the Case for Change and Learning from the Community. It also includes a listing of recommended resources.

To help monitor the impact of federal funding cuts from the second Trump administration on nonprofit staffing, the Chronicle of Philanthropy has launched a layoff tracker to offer a snapshot of the field's financial health. The latest estimate finds that from January 20 to April 30, the nonprofit sector lost at least 14,430 full-time jobs, including 4,400 in April alone.

The State of the South, MDC's premier publication, began in 1996 as a report on the economic conditions and demographic trends affecting the South. In summer 2022, MDC engaged a team of staff and partners to redesign our State of the South report into a series of community-driven convenings in Atlanta, Georgia; Berea, Kentucky; Birmingham, Alabama; Charleston, South Carolina; and Durham, North Carolina. Speakers and participants were asked to answer the question: What would our communities look and feel like if equity were a shared Southern value? The stories, discussions, and feedback from these convenings have been collected in a new, virtual format for the 2025 report.

In January of this year, GCIR released its 2025 Public Policy agenda, a set of public policy principles and priorities that reflect GCIR's vision of an inclusive and just society that fosters the protection, well-being, and inclusion of everyone in our multiracial democracy, no matter where they were born. Aligned with the four pillars in GCIR's policy agenda, the following state of play offers insights into key threats, opportunities, and resources to help funders meet the challenges of the moment.

This article from McKinsey employs data from Candid and the U.S. Census Bureau to share a set of data visualizations showing the existing racial disparities across the United States and where philanthropic funding has been directed to address those gaps. Despite a larger proportion of people of color living in the South, the data shows some of the largest shares of funding to promote racial equity going to other parts of the country - the Northeast, Midwest, and West coast.

The Center for Effective Philanthropy's (CEP) annual State of Nonprofits report aims to elevate the perspectives of nonprofit leaders and provide a clearer understanding of the pressures they are facing. In 2023 and 2024, nonprofit leaders shared that their organizations continued to experience the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and reported persistent staffing difficulties while working to maintain financial stability. This year, leaders describe operating in an environment that has only grown more complex. Nonprofits are facing new pressures that test their ability to work effectively, such as actions taken by the new presidential administration and future economic uncertainty.

Fast Forward provides this free tool to help nonprofits create their own AI usage policy. The tool includes an intake form to share details of the nonprofit's mission, scope and usage of AI; a questionnaire to tailor and refine the policy; a policy drafting process using generative AI; an opportunity to review and revise the policy; and the ability to finalize and publish.

This survey explores how health funders have adapted their health equity efforts amidst legal, social, and political challenges, including the termination of DEI mandates by the federal government. Conducted by Grantmakers In Health (GIH), the survey analyzes strategies, successes, barriers, and solutions in advancing health equity. Findings show that an overwhelming majority of respondents oversee health equity initiatives, using varied terminology like health equity, racial justice, and social justice. Nearly 9 in 10 have made changes to grantmaking processes to make them more equitable - simplifying applications, focusing on marginalized communities, and adopting trust-based philanthropy principles.

Since 2021, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and The Bridgespan Group have partnered on landscape research about collaborative vehicles for philanthropy. The goal of this work is to better understand a collaborative's value proposition, strategic focus, giving potential, and operations, as well as to provide insight into the opportunities and challenges they experience. This listing of over 300 philanthropic collaboratives consists of funds that participated in Bridgespan's annual survey along with others identified through additional research.

To help members navigate the shifting political landscape and what it means for corporate social impact, ACCP has compiled this list of articles, resources, and information on what other companies are doing.