An example of poor relations between a nonprofit and political leadership:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/06/07/maines-governor-harasses-environmental-groups-donors/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=f45a011a04-Daily_Digest_23236_7_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-f45a011a04-12442753

Half the Knight Foundation’s civic engagement & innovation winners were nonprofits: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/06/07/nonprofits-figure-big-as-knight-foundation-honors-best-in-city-innovation/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=f45a011a04-Daily_Digest_23236_7_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-f45a011a04-12442753

Five tips for turning your nonprofit’s advocates and supporters into volunteers and donors: http://nonprofithub.org/volunteer-recruiting/five-tips-for-turning-advocates-into-volunteers/

Charitable Giving in Los Angeles Declines Considerably as Big Dollars Go Elsewhere—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/06/06/charitable-giving-in-los-angeles-declines-considerably-as-big-dollars-go-elsewhere/

Study says that charitable giving is not impacted by election fundraising this year:  https://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/will-charitablegiving-suffer-because-of-the-election/

The MacArthur Foundation offers a $1 million award to any organization that can solve a societal problem that might not be on its radar:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/06/02/macarthur-foundation-is-offering-100-million-to-any-group-that-identifies-a-social-problem-and-can-solve-it/

The city of Baltimore engages local nonprofit institutions for the delivery of key municipal services—basically PILOTs in the form of in-kind services: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-mou-20160531-story.html

In an unusual move, the Natural Resources Defense Council’s political action arm has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/06/01/key-environmental-nonprofit-endorses-clinton-for-president/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=a81e8c2da7-Daily_Digest_23196_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-a81e8c2da7-12442753

Introducing new information on charities’ quantitative metrics about their work: https://nonprofitchronicles.com/2016/05/31/polite-applause-for-guidestar-platinum/

Sure, it’s a sales tool, but still quite useful—a comparison of online engagement tools for nonprofit advocacy and fundraising: http://www.fireflypartners.com/resources/download-our-nonprofit-guide-to-online-engagement-tools/

Two telling examples of how state government policy impacts nonprofits—debating the minimum wage in TX and the financial effect of PA’s budget impasse: Advocates Divided over Paying People with Disabilities Below Minimum Wage...

A report from Grantstation lays out some important numbers on both public and private grantmaking:  http://grantstation-trendtrack.com/state-of-grantseeking/spring-2016-state-grantseeking-0