Two audits expose the corruption behind the non-profits set up by the LADWP and its union, showing them to be no more than political slush funds:...

Non-profit advocacy is essential to systemic change and your organization’s success and financial sustainability—but with that comes the risk of being attacked by your political opponents; learn how to fight back: http://bolderadvocacy.org/blog/how-organizations-can-weather-a-storm

If you are going to invest in helping out a community, be sure to include local folks, too:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/philanthropy/26053-knight-cities-challenge-in-detroit-leaves-locals-as-runners-up.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=17399668&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8-cZSIzSjdz4E-rajmqTxYEYDtDUBrnDe8fI1zIBXz8p2JdzU_KaZIrAl0w6t29-ibYqdPeeJ41TdOxwu785cUTu-89Jz_-HKIzOfUynBHOAWTccQ&_hsmi=17399668

A non-profit charter school gets caught up in the election for the LA Board of Education—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today:...

Examples of successful collaborative impact and advocacy initiatives are rare, but persistence is a key to success: http://www.bridgespan.org/Needle-Moving-Community-Collaboratives-Revisited#.VUELm5MYz9p

A textbook example of a non-profit sector that does NOT have a good relationship with its elected officials, but should: http://watchdog.org/214628/charter-schools-california-democrats/

A look at the ways philanthropy props up government institutions in America, from schools to parks, and what it means:...

Why did the NFL give up its non-profit status? Two stories, one of them my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/26044-why-did-the-nfl-give-up-its-tax-exempt-status.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=17372344&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_w0kqDdZHWWBlcxSCJHNMWfa_nqToKrAdCbUxdk3_do6YfHiGT15kQBOF15it07HCo8j8O0KeyWWCTbb2op8Ex823nNbvOvj9S-amQsnnbJ-7pDyc&_hsmi=17372344...

During a big crisis that doesn’t directly impact your non-profit:  http://gettingattention.org/2015/04/fundraise-communicate-crisis-disaster/?utm_source=Nancy+Schwartz+%26+Co.&utm_campaign=dd7f99a897-BLOG_POST_ALERT&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a940cd650c-dd7f99a897-70376481

A rating service will become a voice for educational technology & children’s issues: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/california-nonprofit-group-seeks-to-become-aarp-for-kids/2015/04/27/c925fbd8-ed04-11e4-a55f-38924fca94f9_story.html

Two climate-change non-profits have launched a campaign to persuade stockholders to force their investment fund managers to divest themselves of fossil-fuel dependent stocks: http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/04/27/climate-change-activists-ramp-up-legal-strategy-versus-funds/

San Francisco, like LA, engages a public-private partnership—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today:...