Articles by Sid Davis
In May fourteen Republican state attorneys published an open letter opposing a piece of legislation known as the Accelerating Charitable Efforts Act, or ACE Act. The letter was the latest exchange…
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions levied against members of the Russian elite have turned a certain amount of attention toward the origins of vast wealth, and by extension, its…
It's amazing the degree to which digital technology is changing the charitable sector. We've talked on GrantStation about contactless giving, NFTs, and artificial intelligence, so it should come…
The last few years have brought stories about cybercrime against nonprofits to the news with increasing regularity. In late 2020 hackers managed to divert $650,000 from the San Francisco nonprofit…
It was an event that occurred in a medium-sized American city, and though it was a virtual blip against the backdrop of larger news, its importance was noted by various observers of civic policy…
It’s a standard quip when assessing the previous year: “So, that didn’t go great.” 2022 has arrived, bringing hopes of starting from scratch and waving goodbye to the recent past. The last several…
Charitable gaming in North America generates $2 billion in revenue a year, according to 2019 data from the North American Gaming Almanac, and the market's yearly growth is 3.4%. Nonprofits are…
Homelessness is a persistent problem in the U.S., one that has ripple effects into many areas targeted by nonprofits, from drug addiction to sex trafficking. The Organisation for Economic Co-…
At GrantStation we've discussed many of the changes taking place in or adjacent to the nonprofit realm—from contactless donations to cryptocurrencies to donor-advised funds. An innovation that has…
If you live in the United States, depending on your location, if you happen to search your radio dial you'll encounter numerous broadcasts but also plenty of static. Those bands of white noise…
Is it trite at this point to say that digital technology has turned everything upside down? Not just in terms of the economic shift that has seen tech companies amass immeasurable wealth and power…
A recent survey by the philanthropy magazine Alliance asked readers to choose three issues they thought would become the most important in philanthropy in the next twenty-five years.