Five strategies that help nonprofit start-ups break through the critical threshold of $500,000 in fundraising:  https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Kathleen-Kelly-Janus-on-What/242773?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=afc0e0a3e85a42d39954c42eb724189e&elq=2769c925e4a14eb3aca1bbd1181db1f1&elqaid=18136&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=8079

If you are a community-based social justice or advocacy nonprofit, you should know this; obvious points for me because my consulting niche is fundraising for such organizations in Greater Los Angeles:  http://nonprofitaf.com/2017/05/9-principles-of-community-centric-fundraising/

Two local organizations are finalists in BoardSource’s “Stand for Your Mission” Awards that recognize nonprofit boards that have established advocacy as an expectation for engaged and effective board leadership: ...

85 percent of nonprofits told CEP that the changing political environment had affected them, mostly negatively, leading to changes in goals and approaches—while a majority of foundations said they were changing the emphasis they placed on collaboration, policy/advocacy work, creating local engagement, and hearing from beneficiaries: ...

Two short profiles, one of Jeff Bezos (the Amazon guy) and one of Robert Smith (Forbes calls him the nation’s richest African-American): http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-richest-person-philanthropy-2017-7?elqTrackId=10d82b6114db46d085af715336a66f9d&elq=d3b746c84e8841a59edf9cb79a3b5af2&elqaid=18089&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=8057...

The release of a new Resilient Los Angeles report, thanks to funding from the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities program: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/03/06/retrofitting-los-angeles-engaged-resilience/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=47ac22a238-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-47ac22a238-12442753