Who’s worse when it comes to over-employing trendy buzz words—academics or nonprofit leaders? Close call. I wish people would stop inventing new words to describe things that have been around since the year of the flood!...

Crowdfunding is a mixed bag for charities—it connects in a viral way with people and can make a real difference to those on the ropes; on the other hand, it is not a good fundraising tool for broader, more long-term systemic approaches to society’s needs.  The classic change vs. charity conundrum: ...

Participatory grant making, and foundations that do a better job than most connecting to their grantees and their communities because they work at the funder/grantee relationship—three good links: Participatory grantmaking: Power to the people...

If they work for a large mainstream nonprofit, like a museum, arts organization, national charity or university, a hell of a lot more than you do—read this and weep: https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Chronicle-Data-Shows-How/242035?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=84b078dddfb24f6e8e7f7ef0c6138e1c&elq=6a1c9e9f4cb24c6fb20f58e1febcd9f6&elqaid=17103&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7416

Some good stuff here—including some thoughts on what kind of internal conversations your nonprofit should have before engaging in advocacy in these politically polarized times: https://t.e2ma.net/message/9p1w8/1f4p2n

Check out the link to the chart comparing the impact on nonprofits from the House and Senate tax bills; that and more in the latest from the National Council of Nonprofits: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=1128