Why nonprofits live or die by what government does or doesn’t do: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/09/18/80-days-without-a-budget-a-tale-of-two-states/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=22147853&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–K60Lb-eyvEjBkadOEzgEChA6kJem5NFedetajNcUDVIvk1tJdnP57lge2RVM34XdobZT1RQD1c4bQtNylVm18PAweJav6Gyx4ntCdoZyrI_ILIeU&_hsmi=22147853
Across the Board for County Minimum Wage
LA Supervisors reject minimum wage exemptions for nonprofits—my NPQ newswire today: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/09/17/l-a-supervisors-reject-nonprofit-exemption-in-new-minimum-wage-law/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=22112407&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–oLcY7ovXBlcLX5w6259nUxlFfbgRnjV0Dt4eAaNvRIMmqFQ3X9wBI1wwWgjEG8Vs_C9hpEr9B-fMQ1VAdN4mcUIIECFk-38TVk6pG0Mfy3L6Jg5s&_hsmi=22112407
Another Cautionary Tale
Here’s what happens when politicians start looking at your nonprofit with a magnifying glass: http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/proposed-legislation-would-open-red-cross-to-outside-scrutiny?utm_campaign=news|2015-09-17&utm_source=pnd&utm_medium=email
The Power of Social Proof
Nonprofits can advocate by showing that individuals with authority, or those people can relate to, support their cause: http://101fundraising.org/2015/09/the-power-of-social-proof/
The Latest Fundraising Trends
Institutional grants are becoming a smaller part of nonprofit funding—and that’s a good thing: http://www.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2015/early-trends-in-the-2015-state-of-grantseeking.aspx?cm_mid=4994513&cm_crmid=28586223-8314-e411-adbd-0050569e1644&cm_medium=email&utm_source=all&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2015/3/19%20-%20Newsletter%20-%20Nonprofits
How to Talk to Politicians’ Staffers
Nine ways to approach Congressional staffers to get your nonprofit’s issues heard works for state legislatures and city councils, too: http://connectivity.cqrollcall.com/9-ways-to-approach-congressional-staffers/
A Reason to Advocate
Congress wants to kill the Social Innovation Fund, which mobilizes government and philanthropic money to expand local programs: https://philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-Congress-Shouldn-t/232951?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en
Lesson Learned
An expensive cautionary tale for philanthropists who want to invest in meaningful social change: https://philanthropy.com/article/Zuckerberg-Was-So-Naive/232931?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en
Sometimes it’s About What Government DOESN’T do
The budget impasse in Illinois hits these nonprofits hard: http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-budget-impasse-cuts-services-to-homeless/article_e031de9a-1887-5410-99bb-3d41fc1b09c1.html
Another Nonprofit Runs Into Neighborhood Opposition
This time it’s about more than traffic and parking—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/09/14/proposed-muslim-center-in-bayonne-nj-generates-controversy/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=22002430&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8lvyObdRPd3C0CeTgibMHKpcou4oy6J5rdFY-dTgJbzBhEtACFYJN8yrIlcRR-_SHMmO-ETikQAN9RY7UM0jb2IozF0JERrIU4gf471J7mhEAsKsU&_hsmi=22002430
Warning!
Congress is busy looking at the charitable tax deduction and donor-advised funds: https://philanthropy.com/article/Coalition-Urges-Congress-to/233037?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en https://philanthropy.com/article/Sen-Grassley-Worries-Payout/232991?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en
Nonprofit Vote
The latest from Nonprofit Vote, including a link to a staff and volunteer voter registration toolkit: https://t.e2ma.net/message/plloo/x34lkb