Five Grant Funding Trends Nonprofits Should Watch in 2026

Now that 2026 is underway, the contours of the grants landscape are becoming clearer. Here are five grant funding trends we’re watching closely this year.  1. Public funding uncertainty continues to influence foundation strategy.  Ongoing volatility in federal and state funding remains a defining backdrop for philanthropic decision-making in 2026. Budget negotiations, shifting political priorities, and changes to public programs all ripple outward, especially forContinue reading “Five Grant Funding Trends Nonprofits Should Watch in 2026”

The Em Dash, Oxford Comma, and Other Things that Keep Us Up at Night

It was the question that swept the Internet. Were em dashes—those “weird long dashes” beloved by English majors, grammar nerds, and copywriters alike—a clue that something had been written by AI? It’s no secret that generative AI seems to have a particular fondness for the em dash. But that’s likely because humans themselves love writingContinue reading “The Em Dash, Oxford Comma, and Other Things that Keep Us Up at Night”