This time for America’s premiere nonprofit investigative news website: http://www.poynter.org/2017/flush-from-its-trump-bump-propublica-is-staffing-up-to-cover-the-president/448405/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=2a8d7cd7c2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-2a8d7cd7c2-399353617
Better Homes & Higher Incomes
Where philanthropy can help restore economic opportunity for low-income Americans: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/willa-seldon/a-better-place-two-approa_b_14578360.html
Wow!
Four nonprofits reject federal grant money intended to fight extremism due to concerns over Pres Trump’s rhetoric: http://www.the-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20170211/AP/302119903/
What’s in Store
2017 could be a good year for fundraising—“Rage Fundraising” will be key for progressive advocacy nonprofits:...
Rage Fundraising
You’re pissed. Your donors are pissed. Time for your nonprofit to finance its resistance with Rage Fundraising: http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=dbb8dc7853b6db7094e8e4228&id=47e09f4b64&e=4e2c209db9
Unusual Common Ground
Liberal and conservative nonprofits fight to protect the anonymity of their contributors: https://www.fastcoexist.com/3067817/future-of-philanthropy/should-nonprofits-have-to-tell-the-government-who-donated-to-them?elqTrackId=5d9ea3b39fd443ebb5d7d541fe6b053e&elq=8caabf50d7e6412ab045ed1fcb4eb2ee&elqaid=12472&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5079
More Fallout from the Election
More great reads from a month filled with lots of conversations about nonprofit advocacy and political engagement: http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=86ea69664802a0541ae4385f8&id=f4c4eebc32&e=c43990c969
Funding Social Change
Few funders are serious about social justice philanthropy because they fail to reflect the communities they want to help: http://www.theroot.com/the-national-interest-all-money-ain-t-good-money-the-1791979266?elqTrackId=06b904502c4f4d79819d56c8bac65752&elq=8caabf50d7e6412ab045ed1fcb4eb2ee&elqaid=12472&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5079
The Top Fifty
Nike’s co-founder tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of this year’s top 50 Americans donating to charity: https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Phil-Knight-Tops-Chronicle-s/239122?cid=ptspecial&utm_source=ptspecial&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=bed067730630444e83c0d5677c2932d0&elq=9c6f6ecbe4ee4458926e982d9e58fb52&elqaid=12466&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5074
The Johnson Amendment
Three very different views on the repeal of the prohibition against politicking by 501(c)3’s: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/02/06/losing-johnson-amendment-destroy-unique-political-role-nonprofits/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=3c5cfad087-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-3c5cfad087-12442753...
Hot and Heavy
Tons of great links from the Chronicle of Philanthropy on two hot topics—the impact of Trump’s travel ban on nonprofits that help refugees, how “Rage Fundraising” boosted the ACLU’s haul over the past two weeks, and the ongoing debate over repealing the Johnson Amendment that prohibits 501(c)3’s from politicking: https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Daily-News-Roundup-ACLU/239130?cid=cpfd_home
Nonprofit Advocacy Matters
The National Council of Nonprofits is fighting changes to the Johnson Amendment & the charitable tax deduction: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=503
