Helen Flannery is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is a long-time researcher and data analysis professional working in the nonprofit sector and has written extensively on nonprofit industry trends, including direct marketing fundraising, online giving, sustainer giving, and the macroeconomic factors affecting donor behavior.
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Gilded Giving 2018: Top-Heavy Philanthropy and Its Risks to the Independent Sector
What are the risks to the autonomy of the independent nonprofit sector—not to mention our democracy—when a growing amount of philanthropic power is held in fewer hands?
December 14, 2018
