Giving

Originally Published August 16, 2010. Updated for April, 2025. Why Small Gifts Still Matter—And How to Show Donors Their Impact Over 40 years ago, comedian Steve Martin did an inflation routine that featured the line, “Gee, I got four dollars; I think I’ll throw it out into the street.” This came during the gas strikes and economic upheaval of the 1970s, when Americans were tightening their belts and discovering—often painfully—that a dollar doesn’t always go as far as it used

Ethereum. Doegecoin. Ripple. Litecoin. Stellar. Bitcoin. Unless you’re familiar with cryptocurrency, those names probably look like something straight out of a science fiction story. But it’s no fiction: Cryptocurrency presents a huge—and largely untapped—opportunity for nonprofits.