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In the news: Dr. Robert Ashcraft on how nonprofits are creatively confronting COVID-19

Crises of their own: How nonprofits are creatively confronting COVID-19

ASU Now's Thought Huddle podcast, May 22, 2020

Organizations serving the public during the crisis of COVID-19 are facing their own challenges.

Myriad nonprofits — from front-line service providers to museums and performing arts organizations — are feeling the impact of the pandemic in everything from revenues to volunteerism. Robert Ashcraft, executive director of the Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation at ASU, talks about the challenges, creativity and collaboration he’s seeing in nonprofits across the country, including the innovative use of farm animals on Zoom calls.

Listen to "Crises of their own: How nonprofits are creatively confronting COVID-19" on Spreaker.