Recent Coverage

Published in Nonprofit Pro

August 14, 2023 | 4 min read

About 81% of Americans said they make charitable donations, and 26 million people work for companies offering company match programs to employees. These 26 million potential donors are influential — not only because there is strength in numbers but because their donations can almost double with a company match program. Fundraisers can establish relationships with local […]

Published in Inside Philanthropy

June 28, 2023 | 1 min read

Based in North Carolina, Matt Nash previously served as the senior vice president of marketing and donor experience for Fidelity Charitable. He’s now executive director of Blackbaud Giving Fund, the charitable arm of Blackbaud, the the cloud computing provider that serves nonprofits, foundations, schools and other social change organizations. Blackbaud Giving Fund serves as a […]

Published in The Nonprofit MBA Podcast

May 23, 2023 | 1 min read

Our donors are generous, and so are their employers. Donor-advised funds like ours connect nonprofits to donors who are willing to consistently give and maximize their support. […]

Published in Philanthropy News Digest

May 17, 2023 | 1 min read

The Blackbaud Giving Fund, a South Carolina-based donor-advised fund (DAF), has announced that it disbursed more than $682 million in 2022, an 8 percent year-over-year increase. Established in 2020, the Blackbaud Giving Fund is already among the 10 largest DAFs in the United States and has awarded more than $1.6 billion since 2020. In 2022, more […]

Published in PMA Nonprofit Leadership

March 16, 2023 | 1 min read

As a nonprofit leader, are you aware of the unique motivations many Donor Advised Fund (DAF) givers share? Do you target stewardship efforts to this group of individuals specifically? In episode #201 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, Matt Nash, who has been on the cutting edge of recent key fundraising trends in the philanthropic sector shares his […]

Published in Nonprofit Jenni Show

February 27, 2023 | 1 min read

“There’s the head and the heart decision. The head decision is, how much do I want to donate to charity, can I afford it, and how will it work with my taxes? The heart decision is, what am I inspired to give to? With a donor-advised fund you can divide those two decisions.”  […]

Published in The Influential Nonprofit

February 2, 2023 | 1 min read

“A lot of employees have never given back in a way that is organized and thoughtful. Workplace giving initiatives give employees the opportunity to participate in giving activities and volunteer together as a team. Employees get to experience how good it feels to give back and the effectiveness of the nonprofits they support. Workplace giving […]

Published in The Nonprofit Times

November 2, 2022 | 2 min read

The Blackbaud Giving Fund, a 501(c)(3) donor-advised fund (DAF) that generates most of its pass-along donations through workplace giving campaigns, is knocking on the door of $1 billion donation transferred, hitting $898 million to 195,000 charities since its August 2020 launch. The Charleston, South Carolina-based DAF disbursed $630 million from donor accounts to more than […]

Published in Authority Magazine

October 22, 2022 | 21 min read

In recent years, Big Tech has gotten a bad rep. But of course many tech companies are doing important work making monumental positive changes to society, health, and the environment. To highlight these, we started a new interview series about “Technology Making An Important Positive Social Impact”. We are interviewing leaders of tech companies who […]