Now, Please Give—Facebook will be prompting you to create a charity fundraiser for your birthday: https://venturebeat.com/2017/08/16/facebook-will-now-prompt-you-to-create-a-charity-fundraiser-for-your-birthday-2-weeks-in-advance/

A coalition forms to oppose a California state bill limiting counties’ ability to contract out: http://stopab1250.com/

A Norcal nonprofit decides to close up shop rather than find a new executive director: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/08/17/marinspace-longtime-ceo-steps-down/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=8b895684c4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_8_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-8b895684c4-12442753

How America’s nonprofit leaders responded to Charlottesville from the Chronicle of Philanthropy:  https://www.philanthropy.com/article/An-Intolerable-Failure-/240949?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=1b4874c0de01435eaea9555ab0374f18&elq=03173df156ce4932aeec6954ff5c4f57&elqaid=15195&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=6477

The biggest challenges nonprofits face right now is the inability to adequately compensate staff and funder demands for information: https://www.501c3lawblog.com/2017/08/16/current-challenges-nonprofit-sector/

In the age of benchmarks and outcomes, nonprofits need to move beyond the argument that advocacy is part of their mission; instead, they need to show how an expanded definition of outcomes leads to longer-term measurable results:...

Lobbying is a way nonprofits can advance their missions, educate policymakers, & protect their values—dos & donts: https://www.bolderadvocacy.org/resource/amplify-voice-lobbying-dos-donts

Maintaining the important voice of alternative media in America’s cities:  https://www.poynter.org/2017/last-month-baltimore-city-paper-said-it-was-closing-now-a-nonprofit-is-working-to-restore-the-citys-alternative-media/470245/

Joining the Resistance and weighing in on Charlottesville and Alt-Right influences in Trump’s White House: https://www.philanthropy.com/article/After-Charlottesville/240920?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=031a18f872934a128cfb12fa6663b83b&elq=c22cd71fb54e4b51be9e17e5887795e0&elqaid=15159&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=6458

Blogging is an effective way for your nonprofit’s leaders to fundraise and advocate (2 links): http://blog.capterra.com/3-reasons-a-blog-is-crucial-to-your-nonprofit/  Blogging Best...

ProPublica has developed a new 990 evaluation tool for the media—but it’s good for researching your funders, too: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/08/11/propublica-announces-step-forward-nonprofit-form-990-analysis/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=c1236b7c82-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_8_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-c1236b7c82-12442753

Yes, your community-based grassroots advocacy organization can create a culture of fundraising and be successful at it.  I’m tired of hearing people from grassroots community-based organizations say they cannot develop a culture of fundraising and cultivate individual donors. Instead, they don’t bother to try and spend a lot of time complaining about foundations (which deserve to be complained about, true). CHiRLA—a wonderful Los Angeles...