Content marketing for nonprofits is about more than getting donors—you can use it to advocate for your cause:   http://www.nonprofithub.org/nonprofit-marketing-plan/make-content-marketing-work-nonprofit/

Nonprofit hospitals in NJ have agreed to pay fees to local governments in lieu of losing their tax-exempt status:  http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/nj_panel_approves_first-ever_tax_on_nonprofit_hosp.html

Donors who support social and economic justice issues must understand their motivations, identify what success looks like, and understand that progress will be slow: http://ssir.org/articles/entry/how_individual_donors_can_help_build_movements?utm_source=Enews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=SSIR_Now&utm_content=Title

The IRS has backed off its controversial proposed rule to require detailed donor data from nonprofits: https://philanthropy.com/article/IRS-Reverses-Course-on/234837?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elq=0d6d3170d17743608ba5bf2fec5bf193&elqCampaignId=2179&elqaid=7452&elqat=1&elqTrackId=30e5394f22b7486da929c456aa35b463

Did this Ohio community development nonprofit lose its local funding because it criticized the city?  My Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today:  http://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/01/07/community-development-nonprofit-shuts-its-doors-but-why/

Good for both nonprofit advocacy and fundraising—using “audience personas” to connect with & convert supporters: http://gettingattention.org/2016/01/nonprofit-audience-personas/?utm_source=Nancy+Schwartz+%26+Co.&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9b3a3b26e7-BLOG_POST_ALERT&utm_term=0_a940cd650c-9b3a3b26e7-70376481

The 2016 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report is out & here’s a summary: http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2016/01/05/the-2016-nonprofit-communications-trends-report-infographic/

What’s the secret to successful nonprofit-led social change movements? This SSIR webinar may help you figure it out: http://ssir.org/webinar/building_better_movements?utm_source=Enews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=SSIR_Live&utm_content=Register

Donor-Advised Funds are not so good for nonprofits—a call for Congress to require spending them down faster: https://philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-Congress-Needs-to/234712?cid=pw&utm_source=pw&utm_medium=en&elq=4b3e17c7a3c8481388afd22933b82502&elqCampaignId=2158&elqaid=7406&elqat=1&elqTrackId=89e6bcf808a140779bcab4f976477064

The Chronicle of Philanthropy profiles up and comers influencing the nonprofit sector in America—a couple are from LA:  https://philanthropy.com/interactives/fortyunder40?elq=28fdc3cca52b490fa8f9d2f6691b8ab3&elqCampaignId=2157&elqaid=7405&elqat=1&elqTrackId=a125f13310a244e2a800d636dd9d40e7

Nonprofit Advocates—pitching an op-ed to your local newspaper? Check out this roster of editors: http://www.mrss.com/lab/opinion-page-yellow-pages/

The National Council of Nonprofits sizes up the challenges nonprofits will face at the hands of state governments across the U.S.:  http://pages.omkt.co/archive/bWVzc2FnZV8yMjAwOTA5XzEzNDBfMTAyNl8zNDQ0OA==?type=100&channel=199