Episode Title: Foundation Priorities Are Shifting — Is Your Organization Ready?

Summary: - The Center for Effective Philanthropy's State of Nonprofits 2026 report reveals the most challenging operational environment for nonprofits in years, with foundations redirecting dollars toward basic needs programs

• A new IRS Form 990 Transparency Initiative will change how nonprofits report activities and how the public accesses that information
• Research shows donor-advised fund donors are rarely anonymous — opening major relationship-building opportunities for nonprofits
• A Cambridge University study confirms that specific, verifiable impact claims build donor trust far more effectively than abstract appeals
• The University of Nevada's Giving Day raised over $1 million from 1,900+ donors, proving broad-based community giving is still powerful

Links: - Center for Effective Philanthropy — State of Nonprofits 2026: https://cep.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CEP_State_of_Nonprofits_2026_FNL.pdf

• Community Foundation of Greater Memphis — National Trends in Giving and the Growing Nonprofit Crisis: https://cfgm.org/the-well-must-not-run-dry-national-trends-in-giving-and-the-growing-nonprofit-crisis/
• Inside Philanthropy — 5 Things We Know About the New IRS Form 990 Transparency Initiative: https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/5-things-we-know-about-the-new-irs-form-990-transparency-initiative
• American Heart Association Advisor Insights — Donor Advised Funds 2026 Outlook & Strategic Implications: https://www.heart.org/en/get-involved/ways-to-give/planned-giving/professional-advisors-and-trustees/advisor-insights/donor-advised-funds-2026-outlook-and-strategic-implications
• Cambridge University / Voluntas — Will You Trust Me? How Individual American Donors Respond to Informational Signals: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/voluntas/article/will-you-trust-me-how-individual-american-donors-respond-to-informational-signals-regarding-local-and-global-humanitarian-charities/0BA7A0086C78EDF08DE38726C1750CFD
• University of Nevada — 2026 Giving Day: https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2026/thank-you-for-giving

Approximate Timestamps: - 0:00 — Introduction and weekly preview

• 0:35 — Foundation funding shifts and nonprofit sustainability challenges
• 3:15 — New IRS Form 990 Transparency Initiative
• 4:30 — Why Donors Give: The power of specificity in building trust
• 5:30 — What Changed: Donor-advised fund anonymity is rarer than you think
• 6:45 — The Bottom Line: Three actions for this week
• 7:30 — Good in Action: University of Nevada's record-breaking Giving Day
• 8:15 — Sign-off