Why are nonprofits seeing the first slow-down in the rate of growth in charitable giving since the Recession? https://blog.tecdonor.com/missed-fundraising-goals-what-to-do-about-it-3a3f8d9e1b7d

The latest newsletter from the National Council of Nonprofits—check out the coverage of Trump Administration cuts to Community Development Block Grants, a key funding source for many community-based nonprofits: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=716

Facebook has become a key platform for nonprofit advocacy and fundraising—some useful findings from M&R to help you maximize it: http://www.mrss.com/lab/earned-reach-average/?utm_source=newpost&utm_medium=emaildigest&utm_campaign=Lab

Like many advocacy nonprofits, Black Lives Matters has decided to stop wasting its time on Federal policy and focus on state and local issues:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/05/15/age-trump-blm-pivots-local-politics-joins-majority/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=b3f65d27a1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-b3f65d27a1-12442753

Is donor-centric fundraising a good thing or is it being carried too far?  Two perspectives: How donor-centrism perpetuates inequity, and why we must move toward community-centric...

State and Federal pushback against sanctuary cities has a negative on the noprofits serving undocumented populations—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/05/15/states-approach-sanctuary-cities-hits-nonprofits-serving-undocumented-populations/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=b3f65d27a1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-b3f65d27a1-12442753

If you cannot convey your nonprofit’s “why,” you cannot successfully fundraise—my monthly missive for May: http://mailchi.mp/e2ed97e25415/test?e=4e2c209db9

How well is your nonprofit’s fundraising program doing?  Take this test that raises some key issues:  https://firedup.infusionsoft.com/app/hostedEmail/16652385/c631663635dd6bca

While all of us are fixated on the shenanigans in Washington, nonprofit leaders must remember that there is plenty of action on the local level—funding decisions are often made by city and county councils, as these charities in Maryland are learning:  http://www.oceancitytoday.net/p/nonprofit-donations-scrutinized-by-county/1651536

In the name of equity, New York City diverts public arts funding from big prestige arts organizations, like the Met and Lincoln Center, to arts and culture nonprofits in underserved communities across the city:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/arts/design/deblasio-museums-cultural-plan-funding.html?_r=1&WT.mc_id=SmartBriefs-Newsletter&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=smartbriefsnl

Town & Country’s “Top 50 Philanthropists”—not surprisingly, heavy on celebrity and leisure-class representation: http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/g9598806/top-50-philanthropists-of-2017/?elqTrackId=552a26a9173542ca8997ef489bd62c57&elq=e450e0060efa43d1b6c823b778a1dc35&elqaid=13846&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5770&thumbnails

Nonprofit, nonpartisan media is having its moment—a case study in an unlikely town: https://www.cjr.org/local_news/nonprofit-news-local-tulsa-frontier.php