Self-styled progressive Democrats demand that Congress pass a “human infrastructure” package that would provide funding for “free” college and preschool, alongside other social agenda items.

“When we ran a toy giveaway program at Christmas, fathers were never the ones coming to pick up gifts for their families,” Heather Fullerton remembers. Dads felt ashamed that strangers were providing presents for their kids. “But now that we’ve started Community Christmas, dad comes to shop.” True Charity’s Avery West explains here.

Could private charities and nonprofits immediately and effectively provide for the 42 million Americans who are currently support by food stamps? TCI Executive Director, James Whitford, explains his answer to this question that was asked during his recent congressional testimony.

For Maggie Lyons of Charity Reimagined, Christmas represents an opportunity not just to give gifts, but to remind people of their giftings. In fact, she’s helped shape a program centered around the idea that everyone has capacity to contribute and honoring capacity is a beautiful thing.

If your experience has been anything like mine, you’ve had a negative view of fundraising at some point in your life (and maybe you still do now). When I was approached ten years ago to consider coming on staff in the development department with a private college, I first had to ask what “development” even was. When I was told it was primarily fundraising, I said, “No, thank you!” I didn’t want to be part of a field I had always seen as a necessary evil that burdened donors, and I was fearful of the responsibility that came with finding an organization’s necessary funding.