This study puts a number–$13 Billion–on the hit America’s charities might take if Pres Trump’s tax plan becomes law: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2017/05/18/charities-could-lose-13-billion-a-year-under-trump-tax-plan/#1b21e6a4611b

The future of journalism in America is a nonprofit business model—and productive partnerships are key to success: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/05/19/evolving-new-nonprofit-enterprise-model-journalism-lesson-platforms-scaling/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=0ee5e43d4f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-0ee5e43d4f-12442753

How do staffers to legislators like to be approached?  Some insights for nonprofit advocates:  http://connectivity.cqrollcall.com/congressional-staffers-reveal-all-on-how-they-like-to-be-approached/

Sometimes obscure regulations can trip up nonprofits inadvertently—another reason to stay on top of public policy: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/05/17/paperwork-problems-lead-tax-problems-nonprofits/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=cd205f4e86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-cd205f4e86-12442753

Many nonprofit leaders are warming up to the idea of a universal deduction to incentivize charitable giving:  http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/tax-reform-charity-officials-debating-strategy/

Why are nonprofits seeing the first slow-down in the rate of growth in charitable giving since the Recession? https://blog.tecdonor.com/missed-fundraising-goals-what-to-do-about-it-3a3f8d9e1b7d

The latest newsletter from the National Council of Nonprofits—check out the coverage of Trump Administration cuts to Community Development Block Grants, a key funding source for many community-based nonprofits: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=716

Facebook has become a key platform for nonprofit advocacy and fundraising—some useful findings from M&R to help you maximize it: http://www.mrss.com/lab/earned-reach-average/?utm_source=newpost&utm_medium=emaildigest&utm_campaign=Lab

Like many advocacy nonprofits, Black Lives Matters has decided to stop wasting its time on Federal policy and focus on state and local issues:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/05/15/age-trump-blm-pivots-local-politics-joins-majority/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=b3f65d27a1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-b3f65d27a1-12442753

Is donor-centric fundraising a good thing or is it being carried too far?  Two perspectives: How donor-centrism perpetuates inequity, and why we must move toward community-centric...

State and Federal pushback against sanctuary cities has a negative on the noprofits serving undocumented populations—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/05/15/states-approach-sanctuary-cities-hits-nonprofits-serving-undocumented-populations/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=b3f65d27a1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-b3f65d27a1-12442753

If you cannot convey your nonprofit’s “why,” you cannot successfully fundraise—my monthly missive for May: http://mailchi.mp/e2ed97e25415/test?e=4e2c209db9