State of Good for March 23, 2026
State of Good by Pure Charity · Mike Rusch, Pure Charity
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Show Notes
Episode Title: "The Hidden Crisis Undermining Your Fundraising — And What to Do About It"
Summary: - Two new reports reveal how board governance failures are fueling nonprofit staff burnout and directly undermining fundraising capacity
- Gift bunching strategies are helping organizations maintain 87% of projected revenue ahead of 2026 tax changes
- A Gen Z donor calls out the nonprofit sector for misunderstanding their generation — they want authenticity and impact, not apps
- Identity-based giving research shows donors who see generosity as part of their self-concept give 2-3x more over their lifetime
- Cornell University's Giving Day proves that peer champions, not technology, drive record-breaking results
Sources & Links: - Inside Philanthropy / Nonprofit Finance Fund, "The Heart of the Nonprofit Sector": https://nff.org/insights/inside-philanthropy-covers-nffs-new-report-on-worker-well-being/
- Ohio Society of Association Professionals, "Burnout in the Nonprofit Sector Is Often a Governance Problem": https://www.ohiosap.org/news/burnout-in-the-nonprofit-sector-is-often-a-governance-problem
- Nonprofit Pro, "Gift Bunching for Nonprofits": https://www.nonprofitpro.com/how-nonprofits-can-use-gift-bunching-to-navigate-the-2026-charitable-deduction-changes/
- Women's Philanthropy Symposium 2026, Indiana University: https://events.iu.edu/philanthropy/event/2053887-womens-philanthropy-symposium-2026
- SPMCF, "Women Are Reshaping Philanthropy": https://spmcf.org/blog/women-giving-growth
- Chronicle of Philanthropy, "What Nonprofits Get Wrong About Gen Z Donors Like Me": https://www.philanthropy.com/opinion/commons-huseman-genzmyths-0326/
- Philanthropy.org, "Planned Giving and Endowment Strategy: Questions Nonprofits Avoid": https://philanthropy.org/the-endowment-questions-many-nonprofits-never-ask/
- Cornell News, "Record number of Giving Day 'champions' fuel fundraising success": https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/record-number-giving-day-champions-fuel-fundraising-success
Approximate Timestamps: - 0:00 — Introduction and episode preview
- 0:35 — The hidden crisis: staff burnout, board governance, and fundraising capacity
- 2:30 — Gift bunching strategies ahead of 2026 tax changes
- 3:30 — Why donors give: identity-based giving
- 4:45 — What changed: Gen Z donor calls out nonprofits; planned giving insights
- 6:30 — The bottom line and three action items
- 7:30 — Good in Action: Cornell's Giving Day champions
- 8:15 — Sign-off