Five ways America’s nonprofits can increase their clout—through collective advocacy:  https://philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-5-Ways-to-Increase/234967?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elq=31184fd65df84ef592cc58788138524e&elqCampaignId=2246&elqaid=7563&elqat=1&elqTrackId=9c3319cd20504c19af4ac2e15e745245

Something every nonprofit leader and advocate should know:  http://www.causevox.com/blog/10-tips-pitching-journalists/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=25331177&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–lXOb2qxH2d1Bt6eHvCFOu7RkMe_7wxOsA5OcxhwI-36Wy2wK5MIMvuWce649cfQpRXiffL9joC5z3f9ZPDwfLfOTQJY3JHTy3WWNBcuLo_qpilNo&_hsmi=25331177

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy has released the Disaster Philanthropy Playbook:  https://philanthropy.com/article/New-Playbook-Helps/234944?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elq=b7081e2b19534a369edd976abd59a463&elqCampaignId=2235&elqaid=7551&elqat=1&elqTrackId=848e886213194b2ba37a3db0bfe5e4e3

Is the Philadelphia experiment indicative of where it’s going? http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/newspapers-philadelphia-inquirer-daily-news-nonprofit-lol-taxes/423960/

LA’s County Fair Association is a case in point: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-fair-20160114-story.html

Grantmaking is going up, slightly—Grantstation’s State of Grant Seeking Fall 2015 Report: http://www.granthub.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/The-Fall-2015-State-of-Grantseeking-Report.pdf?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohu6zMZKXonjHpfsX56uUpWKaylMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ATcNiMa%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7PAKs120sIQWBDr

Actually, these are pretty interesting and thought-provoking: http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/1/6/philanthropy-forecast-2016-trends-and-funders-to-watch.html

What happens when nonprofit leaders get mixed up in political corruption and government scandals: https://philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-Charity-Leaders-Need/234889?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elq=f45934fe614b436c8d5dd7ff053d4063&elqCampaignId=2221&elqaid=7527&elqat=1&elqTrackId=60d1d5241585416aad0c6cd6be99c6ec

Is philanthropy an alternative to government or a way to embolden it? Is it the privatization of public policy? https://philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-Philanthropy-Is-on-a/234886

Is your board avoiding its role in fundraising? It’s a problem if they are: http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=86ea69664802a0541ae4385f8&id=3803303656&e=c43990c969

The owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, a legacy newspaper, donates the whole kit and kaboodle to a new nonprofit media institute:  http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20160112_Lenfest_donates_newspapers__website_to_new_media_institute.html#UjLrD5ewus35UWaU.99

The latest from the National Council of Nonprofits—IRS Follies, state budget impasses and taxing nonprofit hospitals top the list:  http://pages.omkt.co/archive/bWVzc2FnZV8yMjAwOTA5XzEzNTZfMTAyNl8zNDQ0OA==?type=100&channel=199