The saga over the tax-exempt status of New Jersey’s nonprofit hospitals continues—the situation has national implications: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/08/30/in-wake-of-morristown-decision-35-additional-nj-hospitals-sued-by-local-communities/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=797d29b2c0-Daily_Digest_23828_30_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-797d29b2c0-12442753
Overtime Angst
There’s no doubt that nonprofits today face serious financial difficulties and constraints, but do they have no choice but to demand long, unpaid hours of their employees? http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/08/the-plight-of-the-overworked-nonprofit-employee/497081/
Don’t Do This at Home
What happens when a community-based nonprofit runs into trouble with local regulators: http://www.unionleader.com/politics/Problems-persist-for-car-charity-Good-News-Garage-08282016
The Candidates and Charity
What do we know about Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s approaches to charitable giving? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-we-know-about-the-charitable-giving-by-hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump/2016/08/25/1b261400-6a30-11e6-ba32-5a4bf5aad4fa_story.html
Getting Off to a Strong Start
Your first welcome email is the single most important email you’ll send to your nonprofit’s supporters: http://gettingattention.org/2016/08/nonprofit-email-welcome-series/?utm_source=Nancy+Schwartz+%26+Co.&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4cb4dd4be2-BLOG_POST_ALERT&utm_term=0_a940cd650c-4cb4dd4be2-70376481
Nonprofits vs Cities
The battle over property tax exemptions for nonprofits resonates from Boston to Juneau: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-22/wealthiest-private-colleges-are-slow-to-open-purses-to-hometowns Assembly to hear Southeast nonprofit’s appeal on denied tax exemptions...
NY Regulates Nonprofit Advocacy
New York State’s ethics watchdog agency accuses an advocacy nonprofit of laundering contributions—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today; at the same time, the New York Civil Liberties Union slams the Governor’s move to strengthen the agency, saying it will chill free speech by politically active nonprofits:...
Get Found in the Digital Age
For more effective fundraising and advocacy, grow and engage your nonprofit’s membership base: https://www.thecampaignworkshop.com/guide-to-growing-and-engaging-your-membership-base?_hsenc=p2ANqtz–naV23gwDxEb_MvjWMaH1I_VKv0j6NFoiSV_E-pahso-CVJMGKL0Uo-SX8qVWrH5DYNgj5qRyvxnOck8QIPV2nULxOONr71u6_nEsi5e6h4qBsijE&_hsmi=33229749
Nonprofit Advocacy Matters
Social impact bonds and the impact of the NEXT recession from the National Council of Nonprofits latest newsletter: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=275
Nonprofit Vote
How and why Nonprofit Vote ties in the sector’s mission with the goals of nonpartisan voter engagement: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/08/22/a-nonprofit-response-to-democracys-challenge/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=2c5738c8fb-Daily_Digest_23768_22_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-2c5738c8fb-12442753
Advisory Councils
Everyone likes to form nonprofit advisory councils—but they have to actually help advance your mission:...
How to Hire a Grantwriter
Good advice if your nonprofit plans on outsourcing: https://www.causevox.com/blog/hire-grant-writer/?utm_campaign=Blog+Notification+Emails+-+2016&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=33098869&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_x8TV35A0Jbb6cDwO1DX10_XQJugT8mnTT97z1WXZzoZttfH18P8qhdprrA5Leoujk6rkNCoUXXWBtr_v367MVsvWkC3OOgD8cknBBRXyC9Vl5Ib8&_hsmi=33098017
