Martin Luther King was the head of a non-profit that advocated for voting rights in Selma in 1965: http://pages.omkt.co/archive/bWVzc2FnZV8yMjAwOTA5XzkzNl8xMDI2XzM0NDQ4?type=100&channel=199
Diversity in Philanthropy
Or lack thereof!—a recent survey and a thoughtful analysis: https://www.blackbaud.com/nonprofit-resources/diversity-in-giving-study?utm_expid=9520401-14.mJZaEZUHQlqEebLLhILF8A.1&utm_source=fs&utm_medium=enews&utm_content=MarFR&utm_campaign=2015dig...
They Have to Hear the Tree Fall
Your non-profit’s advocacy will amount to nothing if your stakeholders don’t open your newsletters—a tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWwR9JGoTMU
Uncle Sam to the Rescue
A big chunk of money in the just-passed Homeland Security appropriation will go toward protecting vulnerable religious and non-profit institutions: http://www.jta.org/2015/03/04/news-opinion/united-states/auto-draft-59
Too Much Transparency
A non-profit hospital in Mississippi fights off a move to require it to open all its board meetings to the public: http://www.sunherald.com/2015/03/05/6105646_foundation-opposes-mississippi.html?rh=1
Self-Regulation is Not Enough
Pablo Eisenberg says the philanthropic sector needs government regulation to ensure transparency & accountability: https://philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-Independent-Sector/228239?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en
A Big If
The full House and Senate Finance Committee approved several tax bills that, if enacted, would impact non-profits and foundations: http://www.mcguirewoods.com/Client-Resources/Alerts/2015/3/Congressional-Proposals-Nonprofit-Tax-Breaks-Extenders.aspx
A Public Private Partnership in the Birthplace of PILOTS
Non-profits may bail out Pittsburgh’s pension funds: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/7899448-74/pension-peduto-pittsburgh#ixzz3TWQiMvwJ
A Lack of Diversity
It continues to hobble philanthropy and charity in America—two links from the Chronicle of Philanthropy: https://philanthropy.com/article/Charities-Lose-Big-Revenue-by/228127?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en https://philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-Foundations-Must/228247?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en
A Rising Tide Does NOT Lift All Boats
San Francisco supervisors will not increase non-profit funding from the city’s budget surplus this year; my Non-Profit Quarterly newswire today:...
Non-Profits Are Hiring
Good news for non-profit professionals looking for a new job: https://philanthropy.com/article/Half-of-Nonprofits-Plan-to-Add/228129?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en
Arts Non-Profit Diversity in NYC
Mayor de Blasio wants to look at the diversity of cultural non-profit boards in New York City: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/arts/new-york-city-plans-to-study-the-diversity-of-its-cultural-groups.html