{"id":74251,"date":"2025-12-22T12:25:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nonprofitpro.com\/?post_type=article&p=74251"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:25:41","slug":"top-20-nonprofit-pro-articles-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.nonprofitpro.com\/article\/top-20-nonprofit-pro-articles-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 20 NonProfit PRO Articles of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

As 2025 comes to a close, <\/span>NonProfit PRO <\/span><\/i>is looking back on the content that interested you most this year. Topping this year’s list is our coverage of the battle over funding for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Other coverage of federal issues — such as an executive memo targeting nonprofits and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — also ranked high this year, highlighting nonprofits’ concerns about adverse legislative and regulatory changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other topics that piqued your interest included artificial intelligence (AI) and GivingTuesday, as well as strategies for mid-level giving, donor retention and more. In case you missed them, here are the top 20 articles from 2025, as ranked by number of visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Supreme Court Steps Into Trump Administration Battle on USAID Funding Freeze<\/span><\/a> by Amanda L. Cole<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Trump Administration Continues to Target Nonprofits With New Executive Memo<\/span><\/a> by Amanda L. Cole<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Upcoming Nonprofit Conferences That Deserve Spots on Your 2025 Calendar<\/span><\/a> by Amanda L. Cole<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Charitable Giving — and What Nonprofits Should Do Now<\/span><\/a> by Jason B. Zwang<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Federal Judge Temporarily Halts $3T Federal Funding Freeze Affecting Numerous Nonprofits<\/span><\/a> by Amanda L. Cole<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. House Passes Budget Reconciliation Bill That Would Tax Nonprofits Nearly $50B<\/span><\/a> by Amanda L. Cole<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. What Nonprofits Need to Know About the July 2025 Postal Rate Increase<\/span><\/a> by Summer Gould<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Top 10 Tells That Someone’s Using ChatGPT<\/span><\/a> by Willis Turner<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Prepping Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Strategy for Trump 2.0<\/span><\/a> by Patrick Schmitt<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. 5 Nonprofit Trends to Help Your Organization Thrive in 2025<\/span><\/a> by Amanda L. Cole<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. 5 Website Design Mistakes Nonprofits Should Avoid in 2025<\/span><\/a> by Teresa Kiplinger<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. How an Email Welcome Series Can Help Cultivate and Retain Donors<\/span><\/a> by Kalie VanDewater<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. 4 Proven Strategies to Boost Mid-Level Giving in 2025<\/span><\/a> by Frank Mumford<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. The Right Nonprofit Email Frequency: Data-Driven Tips for Your Strategy<\/span><\/a> by Joe Frye<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. Donor Retention: Why It’s Decreasing and 5 Things You Can Do About It<\/span><\/a> by Joe Frye<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. Debunking the 10 Biggest Nonprofit Myths<\/span><\/a> by Donald Summers<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. 4 Ways GivingTuesday Fuels Year-Round Donor Engagement<\/span><\/a> by Amanda L. Cole<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. How Trump Administration Cuts Are Impacting Nonprofit Events<\/span><\/a> by Robert Kraus<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. Diversity Is Not a Dirty Word: A 5-Point Checklist to Survive DEI Messaging<\/span><\/a> by Andrea Carter<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. Zero-Click Content: It’s OK for Donors Not to Visit Your Site<\/span><\/a> by Kristy Morris<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Happy holidays! We’ll be bringing you one more day of content tomorrow, then <\/span>NonProfit PRO<\/span><\/i> will be closed through the end of 2025. We’ll return in January with new content. <\/span>Sign up for our daily e-newsletter<\/span><\/a> to make sure you don’t miss anything in 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Editor’s Note: If you’re a thought leader on fundraising, direct marketing, leadership or the nonprofit sector in general and would like to contribute to<\/span><\/i> NonProfit PRO in 2026, <\/span>email <\/span><\/i>acole@napco.com<\/span><\/i><\/a> for details.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    What did nonprofit professionals read most in 2025? 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