In many nonprofits, it’s all about having a culture of fundraising — attitudes and leadership issues are what’s really holding you back:  https://www.gailperry.com/reasons-for-major-gifts-fundraising/?inf_contact_key=13fc22556b35b0498c0615602bbc3ef70db11ba16def939a846e0b39966051dc

Three links on the impact of the new tax law on the charitable sector—affordable housing, giving incentives and the inability of the sector to compensate for government cuts:...

The Columbia Journalism Review writes about the Guardian’s foray into philanthropic support for its work, with some help from my alma mater, USC’s Annenberg School: https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/guardian-nonprofit-philanthropy.php

Research is revealing a not-so-attractive side to Giving Tuesday, one which could turn this innovative fundraiser into just another ask at the end of a long year of solicitations: http://www.burksblog.com/burk-donor-survey/is-giving-tuesday-helping-or-hurting-fundraising-1052/?utm_source=Campaigner&utm_campaign=Thursday_December_7_2017_-_1&cmp=1&utm_medium=email

Mindshare describes the level of awareness that your nonprofit has in people’s minds. It’s less about what people think about your nonprofit and more about how much they think of you. If they aren’t thinking about you much, you lack mindshare, and that’s bad for fundraising and advocacy:...

In PA, one files an amicus brief in a state gerrymandering case; in CA, funders develop a rapid-response ethos & inject more than $40 million in emergency support to DACA nonprofits: https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/pittsburgh-foundation-files-amicus-brief-in-state-gerrymandering-case...