How will Trump Administration policies impact nonprofit arts organizations across the country?  https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/forget-about-the-art-of-the-deal-how-will-trump-deal-with-the-arts/2016/11/23/d0e9ffd2-b0f2-11e6-840f-e3ebab6bcdd3_story.html?wpisrc=nl_sb_smartbrief

When it comes to Silicon Valley’s philanthropy—think Carnegie and Rockefeller; they treat charity like a start-up:  https://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/tech-moguls-found-a-winner-with-free-market-philanthropy?elqTrackId=bacb60b148194beb897dfba02dd52e1d&elq=773c4d34abc347ef82018a531a34e204&elqaid=11613&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=4589&utm_term=.wwa8eqp2zZ#.mhwLewg9AE

Poll says that no nonprofits raised more than half their annual donations from their year-end asks: http://nonprofithub.org/fundraising/year-end-fundraising-numbers-infographic/

The latest from the National Council of Nonprofits—the upshot is that on a Federal level, there is a lot that we don’t know yet: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=413

Big cities aren’t the only places where public-private partnerships bring culture to local communities—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/11/28/traditional-public-private-arts-partnerships-abound-small-town-america/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=d43229ba6f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-d43229ba6f-12442753

The election will have little impact on overall year-end philanthropy, although left-of-center charities will find it easier to raise money because of Trump’s victory—here’s how to make lemonade: https://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/will-the-election-be-good-or-bad-for-fundraising/

2017 predictions for the nonprofit sector; & its all about trends in advocacy & fundraising: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-nonprofit-trends-2017-dr-john-b-charnay

” . . . philanthropic vehicles such as donor-advised funds and private foundations [have] become an extension of private wealth and power and the narrow interests that control them.   [We must] modernize the rules governing charitable giving to encourage broader giving, protect the health of the independent sector, discourage the warehousing of wealth in private foundations and donor-advised funds and increase accountability to protect...

The nonprofit sector has a longstanding problem with the compensation and working conditions in a few underpaid fields: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/11/22/nonprofit-sectors-complicity-wage-ghettos-race-based-poverty/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=ce442219b9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-ce442219b9-12442753

Explore the nonprofit sector’s gains and losses in your metro area over the past 20 years with the Urban Institute:  http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/database-shows-36-charities-10/

The last thing you want to do is get into a debate over the election results with a donor or potential donor: https://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/how-to-avoid-a-disastrous-political-debate-with-donors/

A nice perspective from someone NOT in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, appropriate to this time of year:  http://blog.capterra.com/7-reasons-to-be-thankful-for-nonprofits/