When managed intentionally, a gift officer has immense potential on a team. We offer a few tips on hiring and onboarding a new gift officer.

Each year for the past many years, we commission a new work of art for our holiday cards. This year takes a wonderful turn into the world of poetry! Indiana Poet Laureate Curtis L. Crisler was generous enough to write a brand new work which we joyfully feature on the front of our 2025 holiday card. When we reached out to Curtis in April to see if he would entertain a special commission for this project, we didn’t realize what a special gift we were about to receive: getting to know one of the...

The annual report on philanthropy in the United States was just released by Giving USA. In 2024, the total given to charity was $592.50 billion.