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.
Helpful Nonprofit Links
- John Haydon shares three strategies that will help with donor retention.
- Are you looking for ways to demonstrate progress toward your goals? Nancy Ryerson from Guidestar highlights five ways to do this.
- Erin Rubin from NPQ dives into Excelsior College and difficulty they’ve faced after they moved away from their mission.
- Facebook reported on the usage of Facebook stories (and adding ads to it). Andrew Hutchinson from Social Media Today explains the data and what’s next.
- Mary Cahalane provides specific examples from successful nonprofit social media campaigns and what can be learned from them.
- America’s Promise has a helpful list of education-focused grant opportunities.
Political News
- Lance Williams from Reveal outlines all of the ways that the Trump Administration is undermining student debt reform. The article highlights the nonprofit organization, Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS). The organization works to make higher education more available and affordable for people of all backgrounds.
- Kevin Stark and Winifred Birdmay from Pacific Standard report on the how the EPA is failing in its mission to protect and support poor and minority communities that face disproportionately higher rates of pollution.
- Steve Dubb from NPQ explains how the nonprofit Benetech’s is starting a new project to help poverty-alleviation nonprofits better coordinate their efforts.
- The chief executive at Oxfam is stepping down at the end of this year due to the number of major issues plaguing the organization. Kevin Rawlinson from the Guardian reports on the story.
- Vincent Shilling from Indian Country Today discusses the decision by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to no longer honor teams with Native mascots.
Sharing Stories
- The Washington Post shares a perspective from Mekita Rivas, a first-generation American who is marrying someone else who is first-gen.
Something Fun
- This is a few months old, but we just saw it. Every week Kyler of Clinton, MS excitedly greets the garbage truck at his grandmother’s house.
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