So how does the ACLU intend to hang on to the new donors it just got through “Rage Fundraising?” Lessons learned for all of us:  http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/PDFDownloads/ACLUTestsStrategiestoKeepWaveofNew%20Donors%20-%20The%20Chronicle%20of%20Philanthropy.pdf

Sometimes, state and local governments try to extract the revenues they need from the local nonprofits that  provide the very same public services they do—and the nonprofits fight back: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/04/27/nonprofits-oppose-new-ct-plan-cut-sales-tax-exemption/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=ac77a89df0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-ac77a89df0-12442753

Especially when your public funding is at stake—a success story in my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/04/26/advocacy-model-community-pressure-staves-off-cuts-local-nonprofits/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=6d75118077-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-6d75118077-12442753

A few more examples of the Trump Administration’s policies spurring Rage Fundraising by progressive nonprofits—and then two other items: a thoughtful discussion of purposeful Rage Philanthropy and a recent survey that looks at foundation leaders’ attitudes about the new political reality in Washington: Donors vs. Feds: Executive Order Sparks Interest in Immigration Related Groups...

M+R’s 11th Benchmarks Study of nonprofit digital advocacy, fundraising, social media use, and advertising is out: http://mrbenchmarks.com/#

The nonprofit sector is not immune to the apparently universal trend of large organizations scaling up at the expense of smaller ones: http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/4/24/15377056/big-charities-best-charities-evaluation-nonprofit?elqTrackId=63af7ab6db3e44118f8424abbf19bb0f&elq=2a9e0a69bc334d8392a5d329d7e1a36b&elqaid=13649&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5664

Middle-class families aren’t the only ones getting priced out of the Bay Area’s stratospheric real estate prices—now nonprofits can’t even afford Oakland: http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-sees-exodus-of-nonprofits-from-downtown-11091093.php?elqTrackId=b35aae23902c40e4be9bd332d4ea6501&elq=17657117abe0431380cbc5be4652384a&elqaid=13626&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5655

How well does your nonprofit retain donors and what steps can you take to do better?  https://www.causevox.com/blog/measure-donor-retention/

Most of the growth in online giving is just simply cannibalization from direct mail as older donors get more comfortable with it: https://npengage.com/nonprofit-fundraising/whats-really-driving-the-increase-in-online-giving/

Connecticut’s legislature looks at ending the sales tax exemption for nonprofits in that state (California doesn’t do this):  https://ctmirror.org/2017/04/19/finance-panel-eyes-ending-sales-tax-exemption-for-nonprofits/?elqTrackId=12a8a85085c04694bd9bd9ab5615585f&elq=61cac5833dda4cd5b1a4bfdedd787be2&elqaid=13592&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5640

Five Predictions and 11 Tips from Guidestar:  https://trust.guidestar.org/will-philanthropy-get-a-trump-bump-5-predictions-and-11-tips?utm_campaign=GuideStar%20Newsletters%20-%20Individuals&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=50948704&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_gn1RT9BWYrg5vLU6jniRqwWV2ywz6xadBK-5EIIhnlmUmBr3d4LI17Rria4iEWdN9uik9g3azz0N0BLkIEEFEQ9uLtyOCyeB2m4qWHErGoBy2l4I&_hsmi=50948704

The latest value of a volunteer hour to America’s nonprofits is $24.14—$28.46 in California: http://link.independentsector.org/m/1/82346540/02-b17110-e1bb7b2d27d64cc798901b0f860071bf/12/514/f273b8da-752f-406f-b52c-a195733fcf57