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September 8, 2025
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From: Philanthropy Today

Subject: Year-End Appeals That Work in Tough Times

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    Year-End Fundraising

    How to Craft a Winning Year-End Appeal in Challenging Times

    By M.J. Prest September 8, 2025
    Experts share nine tactics for running a fundraising campaign that hits revenue goals and helps you finish the year strong.
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    Opinion

    Word Jumble: When Nonprofits Talk Fancy, America Tunes Out

    By Matt Watkins June 17, 2025
    Our language is packed with elite-sounding jargon. It is ineffective — and dangerous — amid today’s heightened distrust of institutions and growing hostility to the sector.
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    Trump Wants to Axe an Affordable Housing Grant That’s a Lifeline for Many Rural Communities

    By Charlotte Kramon, Jesse Bedayn, Michaela Herbst, and Aaron Kessler, the Associated Press September 4, 2025
    Experts and state housing agencies say that would set back tens of thousands of future affordable housing developments nationwide, particularly hurting Appalachian towns and rural counties where government aid is sparse and investors are few.

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    October 8 at 1 p.m. ET | Register Now

    The nonprofit sector today is under deep strain — the work feels more urgent than ever, and the way forward is anything but simple. Join us for Leading Nonprofits Through the Twists and Turns, an interactive workshop with Melanie Ho, founder of Strategic Imagination. You’ll have a chance to step out of survival mode, explore ways to manage change, and understand how to lead well as complexity becomes the norm.

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    Today — September 9 at 2 p.m. ET | Register Now

    Join us for the forum Making the Case for Investments in Data to learn from Jacqueline La Gamma of Northwell Health, Lindsey Nadeau of UNICEF USA, and Kristin Richardson of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as they share proven ways to persuade leaders to invest in data tools and analysis. They’ll explain how to start out small and build up to bigger budgets over time, and they’ll offer tips on how to demonstrate return on investments.

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The Trump administration’s review of Smithsonian content could affect history and social studies lessons in classrooms across the country. Pressed for time and often lacking up-to-date textbooks, teachers often rely on the Smithsonian’s trusted digital offerings to create lessons. But they could be leery of using materials from collections curated to align with President Trump’s vision of American history. (Associated Press)

More on Education and Culture

  • Trump Is Exploring Ways to Take Over the Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum (New York Times)
  • Opinion: Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites (New York Times)
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  • The Old Climate-Activism Playbook No Longer Works. What Else Can? (New York Times)
    • Background from the Chronicle: Climate Change
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    • Background from the Chronicle: Newfangled Ways to Spark Old-Style Civic Life: 4 Groups Show the Way
  • How the Megabill Boosts a Charitable Tax Break for Seniors (Wall Street Journal— subscription)

Cuts and Closures

  • PBS to Cut 15% of Its Staff (New York Times)
  • As Local Governments Struggle With Budgets, They Discover Libraries, Museums as New Revenue Sources (Daily Montanan)

Note: In the links in this section, we flag articles that only subscribers can access. But because some journalism outlets offer a limited number of free articles, readers may encounter barriers with other articles we highlight in this roundup.

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