Each week we bring you a collection of links that highlight political news that impact nonprofits, helpful links for nonprofit professionals, and something positive to end your week.
Helpful Nonprofit Links
- Anne Paschkopić from M+R shares tips on how your organization’s emails can avoid the spam folder.
- Stephanie Van Schilt from VICE interviews a few women who are working hard to make podcasting less bro-y. Podcasts are a great medium for nonprofits focused on sharing stories.
- Mary Cahalane digs into a serious and helpful question – what purpose does your annual report serve? Is it a vanity piece or a hard worker?
- Michael Wyland from NPQ details information about IRS audit guides for nonprofits.
- Sheena Greer is a nonprofit consultant in Canada and a great person to follow on Twitter. In March 2017, Sheena shared a thread of “real things real men in our sector have said to me in the 4 years of running my own business.”
Political News
- Caitlin Lowell from National Women’s Law Center has a helpful (and dispiriting) summary of the impact that the Trump administration’s removal of the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit and DOJ’s reversal of protection of transgender workers will have.
- Sarah McBride details in a Cosmo article how the actions of this administration are the most explicitly anti-LGBTQ presidency in U.S. history.
- The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from UNESCO may affect NGOs and NPOs working throughout the world. For more information about this decision check out Eli Rosenberg and Carol Morello article in the Washington Post and Zack Beauchamp’s article for Vox.
Something Positive
Need a palate cleanser after this week? We do too. How about some corgis pulling another corgi on a sled?