For me, there is no justifying the means with the end because the damage GenAI is doing is collectively worse than the little short-term good it brings.
The Content Hub
The Content Hub is a free, educational resource featuring essays, podcasts, art, poetry, and practical fundraising guidance, completely resourced from the members—those who are new and those who are true to the CCF movement!
Access is not extra: Why disabled creators need upfront payment
For disabled and neurodivergent creators, artists, consultants, facilitators, and storytellers, access is rarely absent. It is simply postponed. And postponement, when it comes to access, is a form of extraction.
Perspectives on what you can do this Pride Month to support the Queer Community
By M. F. Espinoza, Carlos García León, Mikail Khan, Fioletowa Ksenyak, Parker McMullen Bushman, and Chris Talbot
What does allyship and accompliceship look like in the year 2026 when the queer community is under fire? That’s the question we posed to a half dozen queer folks in our community. And these incredible individuals provided answers.
What do donors deserve to know? Rethinking transparency in nonprofits
Transparency isn’t just a tactic for fundraising campaigns. It’s what the community deserves, especially when you’re asking them for money. And yes, when you practice it, you’ll raise more, build deeper relationships, and future-proof your organization.
We fundraise in a way that makes systemic change structurally impossible. CCF is the way out.
Donor-centric fundraising — the model where donors and their comfort come first, above everything else — has been the foundation of our “best practices.” And it is the single biggest reason the sector largely addresses symptoms rather than systems.
An Organizational Death Doula’s Guide: Letting your organization die gracefully
More closures are coming, probably at a faster pace than our sector has ever felt. Can we prepare ourselves to sunset organizations in a way that feels transformative?
My letter to Josh (A white cisgender man) about the adverse effects of assimilation
Think about the last time you spoke your mind in a meeting without worrying about tone. Or dressed casually without wondering if you’d be seen as ‘unprofessional.’ Or corrected someone without fear of being labeled ‘aggressive.’ That’s privilege. Now imagine if every one of those moments required you to think before doing. That’s what PoC do on the daily.
My letter to Edgar (A Mexican man whose first language is English) about the adverse effects of assimilation
But why does it feel like achieving the American dream equates to shedding the best things about our culture, the very culture that makes us innovative thinkers, incredible leaders, and amazing people?
Building workplaces that embody kindness and care
By Mabel Colón, Anjali Mehta, and Valerie Neumark
As the third largest employment sector, the nonprofit sector certainly has come a long way in rethinking and reshaping workplace culture in the United States, but there’s more we can do to reduce the cycles of harm.
A statement regarding the three largest DAF sponors’ halt on grant-making to the Southern Poverty Law Center
We call on these organizations, who altogether hold over $100 billion in donor-advised funds, to stop complying in advance. Compliance in advance helps authoritarianism grow. “On a quiet day”: What cumulative grief is trying to tell our sector
Cumulative grief does not resolve through individual effort. It becomes more bearable in community. When we can name it together, sit with it together, and refuse to let it harden into cynicism together.
Mexican Dahlia: Ancestry in bloom
Mexican Dahlia: Ancestry in Bloom honors the parts of myself shaped by migration, silence, grief, ceremony, rupture, and return. The dahlia is not simply an emblem. It is a living bloom of memory, rooted and reaching at once.