The top ten Facebook posts so far this month by progressive advocacy groups: http://www.epolitics.com/2018/03/13/top-ten-progressive-advocacy-facebook-posts-3-5-3-12-2018/
Silicon Valley and Charities
First, how Facebook’s troubles could impact nonprofits; then how Google’s big journalism initiative is supporting nonprofits as well: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-cambridge-analytica-fundrais/charity-fundraising-after-facebooks-data-breach-risks-but-little-choice-idUSKBN1GY0EZ?elqTrackId=e6d90f50ecea461ba1351e87bdbcf71e&elq=cef82fb5c6af4ed68b8402183aa98abe&elqaid=18284&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=8179...
Philanthropy & Community Development
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/03/22/will-michigan-philanthropys-support-economic-development-inclusive/?utm_source=NPQ+Newsletters&utm_campaign=b1ded4632e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-b1ded4632e-12442753Institutional funders and their grantees are expanding and venturing into partnerships with government and for-profit businesses to focus on economic development—my latest Nonprofit...
The Next Generation of Nonprofit Journalists
Northwestern University’s Medill School and the Institute for Nonprofit News will collaborate on a new course this spring offering graduate students experience building an audience for news and helping nonprofit publishers build engagement: https://www.newswise.com/articles/medill,-institute-for-nonprofit-news-partner-on-course-to-help-public-service-news-sites-build-audiences
Nonprofits Get Younger Voters to the Polls
Nonprofit VOTE reports on the impact that nonprofits have on the communities they serve—how the interactions of voters under 30 with nonprofits drove them to the polls more than five points higher than comparable voters: https://t.e2ma.net/message/xvm69/x34lkb
DAF’s and More
Billions of dollars of philanthropic dark money are flowing into so-called donor-advised funds, the black boxes of philanthropy—private foundations and charities, meantime, have devised their own ways to avoid public scrutiny: https://nonprofitchronicles.com/2018/03/20/philanthropys-dark-money/
Buy, Don’t Rent
Could nonprofits in Southern CA end up like their brethren in the SF Bay Area—priced out due to skyrocketing real estate values? Here’s one organization that got public support to hedge its bets in a community that is a gentrification ground zero: ...
A Better Donor Experience
Your nonprofit can turn first-time donors into recurring supporters with a sense of loyalty by providing a better donor experience—nothing new in this white paper, but perhaps if you read this stuff enough times, it will sink in: ...
Nonprofit Journalism
Another online publication changes its business model from for-profit to nonprofit—this time, it’s Indian Country Today, a national news source for and about Native people in North America; it was founded in 1981 as a weekly newspaper: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/03/19/news-outlet-indian-country-today-reopens-nonprofit-ownership/
Too Expensive
At some point, the San Francisco Bay Area will be a victim of its own success—the outrageous cost of housing there has made it difficult for local nonprofits to attract and retain the lower-paid staff essential to their services: https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/South-Bay-nonprofit-to-discontinue-home-care-amid-12760218.php
Guest Posting
Your nonprofit and your cause stand to benefit if you are seen as an authority and thought leader. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to start guest posting to accomplish that goal: https://www.godaddy.com/garage/how-to-start-guest-posting-for-your-business/?isc=nsBloga&utm_content=180316_4013_x_x_x_x_nsBloga_773L4osTMbgAPiC8Isu1uk
Ignore the New Tax Law
Ignore the much-discussed speculation about the new tax law and renew your focus on your nonprofit’s donors—that’s the advice from the Agitator, a site dedicated to advocacy and fundraising, in this excellent three-part blog post (link is to #3):...