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At the Nonprofit Quarterly, we believe that the most important news stories leave a lasting impact, and also elevate local and regional issues to a national platform.
Today we’re pulling back the curtain on one such story from our Tiny Spark podcast. Host Amy Costello answers questions about a recent episode: Donors’ Behavior Key to #MeToo in Fundraising ([link removed] ) :
Q: How did this story come about?
A: At Tiny Spark, we have been covering the #MeToo movement for the past couple of years, including a series on sexual harassment and abuse among international aid workers, co-produced with the public radio program, PRI’s The World. This fall, after reading a firsthand account of one fundraiser’s experiences, we decided to follow up on this issue by looking at the sexual harassment and abuse endured by frontline fundraisers at the hands of donors.
Q: What was the most surprising discovery you made while reporting it?
A: We were interested to learn about the larger issue of ‘donor dominance’ and how that manifests itself in myriad ways across the nonprofit sector. One way that donors sometimes exert their dominance is by sexually harassing fundraisers who solicit funds from them. We were also dismayed to learn how little is done in the sector to protect fundraisers from this kind of abuse.
Q: Why do you think this story resonated with listeners?
A: Fundraising is something that all nonprofits engage in. As one of our experts noted, the sector goes to great lengths to codify how donors should be treated, but not enough has been done to set up guidelines for what nonprofits will and will not tolerate to protect their staff from transgressions by donors. The episode stressed that it is time to address ethics in philanthropy, and that in 2020 no one should have to “compromise themselves or feel compromised for charitable purposes.”
Q: Have there been any new developments since its publication that might interest readers?
A: Yes, we profiled a Canadian fundraiser who experienced sexual harassment from at least two donors. She tweeted that she received and accepted a “sincere” written apology from one of the men after he heard our podcast. That same fundraiser also co-hosted a National Day of Conversation a month after our episode was posted to talk about the issue. She reports 175 people registered and the initiative raised just over $3,000 for three charities working to end sexual harassment in Canada.
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