But don’t think this only works for large national nonprofits and causes; your local community-based advocacy and social justice organization can do this, too, and I can show you how: http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/times-up-has-raised-usd20-million-helped-over-1-000-people.html
Philanthropy & Journalism
Philanthropy continues to play a larger role in American journalism—this time with a donation to boost the leadership, diversity, innovation and technology of local television news: http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/local-tv-news-gets-a-2-6-million-boost-from-the-knight-foundation/
Big Bucks Doesn’t Always Mean Big Donors
Only 17 people on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans appear on this year’s Philanthropy 50 list—what does that mean? https://www.philanthropy.com/article/forbes-400giving/242458?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=9296912395c94fe5b2f7e0fd6fa84a74&elq=483395b461d7410dbafd373e330423a1&elqaid=17773&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7845
You Have to Do It
If fundraising is going to succeed, it has to be one of the top priorities of your social justice & advocacy nonprofit, requiring the proper investment of time & money—above all, everyone in your organization must embrace it: https://purposefulfundraising.com/fundraising-really-priority-organization/
Philanthropists Must Embrace the Rage & the Resistance
The challenge in the philanthropic sector is to amplify the impact of Rage Fundraising and support critical Resistance work in the months and years to come, and understand how it’s different from anything you’ve supported before—if you are a funder looking at how to do that, give me a call: https://www.ncrp.org/publication/responsive-philanthropy-winter-2018/amplifying-impact-outrage-giving