Each week we try to bring you a collection of links that highlight political news that impact nonprofits, helpful links for nonprofit professionals, the importance of sharing stories, and something positive to end your week.
Political News
- This week’s political news was understandably dominated by coverage of the separation of families seeking asylum or to immigrate into the United States. We compiled a list of 12 nonprofits that work with immigrant communities. The list includes the organization’s websites, mission statement, Guidestar link, social media links, and – most importantly – links to donation pages.
- Two crucial links that describe life for young people in detention centers. Matt Smith and Aura Bogado from Reveal describe conditions at Shiloh Treatment Center, which houses immigrant minors. They are being sued for forcibly injected immigrant children with drugs. Marilyn Haigh of the Texas Tribune looks at Southwest Key Programs is a non-profit company hired by the U.S. government to house approximately 5,000 immigrant minors in Texas, Arizona, and California.
- The Union of Concerned Scientists published a report: Underwater: Rising Seas, Chronic Floods, and the Implications for US Coastal Real Estate. This report has helpful information for environmental justice nonprofits.
- Nonprofit journalism is increasingly vital in communities throughout the United States. Steve Dubb from Nonprofit Quarterly looks at how nonprofit journalism is attempting to fill in gaps as for-profit journalists continue to get laid off.
- Bolder Advocacy, a project from Alliance for Justice, held a Facebook Live event for nonprofits on how they educate voters during an election year.
Helpful Nonprofit Links
- Corporate funders gave nearly twice as much to LGBTQ philanthropic causes in 2016 as they did in 2012. Philip Rojc from Inside Philanthropy writes about how and why corporations have increased their support.
- Are you a Kristy, Mary-Anne, Stacey, or Claudia? Julia Claire Campbell shares six marketing lessons for nonprofits that are learned from The Baby-Sitters Club.
- Claire Axelrad writes a helpful blog post, Donor-Centered Digital Communications: How to Leverage the ‘Me-Cosystem’. “If you’re not coming from a place of service, gratitude and abundance in interactions with your audiences they’re not likely to stick with you very long.”
- Kelly Velasquez-Hague published a post on Guidestar that lists five strategies to boost your donor retention rates.
- Allison Gauss from Classy shares strategies to overcome a nonprofit growth plateau.
- There are two items we published this week. 1) If you’re going to survey teens, use language they use. Justin Clark looks at the importance of testing for relevant language. 2) Annemarie Henning writes about how color choices can support your nonprofit. “Color choices can drive the feeling communicated to your audience, can positively affect the perception of the organization, and possibly drive donations.”
Sharing Stories
- Pierre-Antoine Louis from the New York Times shares responses from readers who were asked what Pride Month means to them and what should come next.
- Philanthropy News Digest interviews Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change about the organization’s work, racist language and hate speech, race relations, and how Rashad got involved with the organization.
Something Fun
We usually highlight one thing in this space. But after an exhausting and – frankly – depressing week, here are a few things we enjoyed.
- Explore.org is a multimedia organization with more than 250 original films and 30,000 photographs from around the world. They also have many live cams. If you need a mental health break after this week, explore their site. A few favorites: Summit Assistance Dogs, Baby Pandas at Happiness Village Park, any of the feeds in Oceans, and Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary.
- In the Netherlands two police officers stayed behind after a medical emergency to cook for five kids and clean dishes.
- Finally, we always enjoy a fun social media fail. The NBA draft was Thursday night. And one draft pick is also a rookie at promotional posts on Twitter. Instead of tweeting about a video game, Deandre Ayton seemed to copy and paste what the PR person sent to him.
The single greatest sponsored tweet of all time. pic.twitter.com/8L8Pp7f38w
— Fork Parker (@ForkParker) June 20, 2018
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