Government at all levels, from small towns to the Feds, is increasing its scrutiny of nonprofit grantees, for both financial and political reasons—two examples: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/us-interior-department-put-academic-nonprofit-grants-through-political-review...

Your nonprofit’s advocacy success depends on effective media relations, and that’s about more than just shooting out a press release: https://www.philanthropy.com/article/5-Ways-to-Get-the-Attention-of/242190?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=6a4bed7bdf70434781810b69d493b9c6&elq=799ac769266e4ea89cf2d6672d725eea&elqaid=17390&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7583

Good advice on how your nonprofit can use its social media advocacy network to catch the small print in bills before the state legislature: ...

Advocacy nonprofits on the front lines of the Resistance—Environmental justice groups across America take on the Trump Administration:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/01/09/environmental-justice-movement-felt-heat-2017/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=7461f453fc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-7461f453fc-12442753

Should a nonprofit receiving public funds submit expenditure reports to the government institution that awarded the money? They are debating that in South Carolina:  http://www.islandpacket.com/news/politics-government/article193575919.html

San Francisco considers regulating behested payments – donations made by third parties, at the request of a public official, to a government project or charitable organization:  https://www.thebaycitybeacon.com/politics/new-ethics-regulations-could-freeze-non-profit-donations/article_35133448-f4d5-11e7-89f2-638731ca7497.html

You can’t fight the Resistance on gumption alone—your progressive advocacy nonprofit needs the resources that come out of Rage Fundraising; my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today shows what the ACLU is doing with the fruits of its labor:...

If you are just getting your Rage Fundraising individual donor donor program started, follow this sage but simple advice on how to say thank you (yes, like your mother taught you, ALWAYS say thank you!):  https://www.networkforgood.com/nonprofitblog/december-fundraising-dos-donts/

If this spreads to other states, Oklahoma’s ruling that nonprofits that are even only partly supported with government grants are subject to open meeting laws could have a huge impact on how we do business (yes, your board meetings could be public): ...

The hit on charitable giving from the new tax law may be overblown—this piece confirms my initial reaction in December, that there are other much more important factors impacting your nonprofit’s ability to fundraise, starting with your own efforts:  https://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/how-bad-is-the-new-tax-code-for-your-charity/

Another great example of a public-private partnership, where local government contracts with community-based nonprofits to bring critical services to neighborhoods—can you think of other examples?  There are many here in LA: ...

Some real basic stuff here on how to ask for donations; it starts with a mindset, called a culture of fundraising—you can’t fulfill your mission without this:...