There’s a fine line between an effective campaign and spam, but nonprofits that have a good handle on email communications have seen a steady uptick in money raised: https://www.fastcompany.com/40520117/why-inbox-inundation-may-be-the-best-fundraising-tactic-for-nonprofits

Niche journalism websites continue to become a larger part of America’s nonprofit sector—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire this week:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/02/19/2017-banner-fundraising-year-nonprofit-news-websites/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=552c27e01f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-552c27e01f-12442753

Your non-profit may have an excellent donor prospect program, but after that first gift you don’t know what your next move should be, other than thanking the donor and keeping in touch with them in the hope that they might give again: https://www.customerinsightgroup.com/loyaltyblog/nonprofit/donorstewardship

The Alliance for Justice’s free Advocacy Capacity Tool helps your nonprofit benchmark your advocacy skills, identify specific gaps and opportunities in your advocacy strategies, and efficiently focus resources to get the best results: https://bolderadvocacy.org/tools-for-effective-advocacy/evaluating-advocacy/advocacy-capacity-tool

We’ve all read and talked a lot about it, and many of us have lived through it—but this study challenges some of the conventional wisdom around it: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/making_founder_successions_work#cprmo

Is this good for the independence of the nonprofit sector? A powerful state legislator is named CEO of a charity in Delaware that receives public funding—too cozy of a relationship with government?  https://delawarestatenews.net/government/house-majority-leader-running-state-funded-nonprofit/

Another nonprofit news outlet opens its doors—this time in the heartland as the trend continues:  http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/business-journal/2018/02/13/nonprofit-news-group-aims-investigate-south-dakota-issues/334740002/

When nonprofit and charitable organizations advocate, for whom are they actually speaking? When organizations claim to represent a specific constituency, must there be a process that includes that group in setting their advocacy agenda?...

The charitable giving landscape in the U.S. is likely to see significant changes over the next two years, driven by the combined effects of new tax legislation and macroeconomic conditions:  http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/outlook-for-2018-19-charitable-giving-mixed-report-finds?utm_campaign=news%7C2018-02-14&utm_source=pnd&utm_medium=email

Two Public Private Partnerships in two very different cities—Los Angeles and Stockton: https://www.colorlines.com/articles/ava-duvernay-launches-entertainment-diversity-initiative-city-los-angeles Stockton to Test Cutting-Edge Economic Policies through Nonprofit...

For many nonprofit organizations, donor stewardship is the poor stepchild of the fundraising process; it is often ignored or poorly implemented; it is usually an underfunded activity—As a result, donor-retention rates for the nonprofit sector are pathetic:  https://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2018/02/14/how-to-get-last-years-donors-to-give-more-this-year/

As the landscape of journalism continues to evolve to incorporate more collaborative and nonprofit activity, the move of the popular PolitiFact to Poynter makes great sense:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/02/13/politifact-becomes-division-within-nonprofit-poynter-institute/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=0b2fd577cd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-0b2fd577cd-12442753