When you're going eighty on the freeway and a rabbit darts into your headlights, do you hit the brakes? For playwright Sophie McIntosh, that moment is a litmus test for empathy—and how long we’re willing to sit with the darkest parts of ourselves.

Nonprofits rarely exist without donors. These gift-givers do more than keep the lights on—they finance critical changes. But not all of them easily open their wallets. After over a decade fundraising for the ACLU, Matthew Freeman is well aware of this reality.