Jo Ann Jenkins

My favorite REPORT OF THE YEAR is here: The 2024 Philanthropic Landscape by CCS Fundraising Calling all #nonprofit leaders, fundraising professionals, and board members—this incredible #resource is for you! Every year, the #CCS team compiles and analyzes Giving USA data and research from across the field to provide a snapshot of the state of #philanthropy today. The Philanthropic Landscape #report unpacks the impressive $557 BILLION invested in the philanthropic marketplace in 2023 and offers a deep dive on individual, foundation, corporate, and planned #giving to illustrate key trends and inform nonprofit #fundraising strategies. This year’s 13th edition discusses key #themes in today’s landscape including: - The leading role that #individuals play in driving philanthropy - How the U.S. presidential #election might influence philanthropic trends - Steps to build an #AI-ready culture If you’re like me and you geek out to the #GivingUSA data, then you will love this report! The timely insights and action-oriented #strategies will prepare you and your #teams to advance fundraising activity in the months and year ahead. ** Download your (free) copy HERE ** https://lnkd.in/eJgT5rJ9 Glennis Melley Mollie Wormser Kara Christ Margaret Fleming Caroline Lentz Caroline Bushman

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St. Mary's Center Seniors respond to the removal of RM4 from the ballot Senior Advocates for Hope and Justice debriefed the removal of the regional housing bond, RM4, from the November 2024 ballot on August 20. The group was shocked and surprised about the last-minute change and reflected on more than 18 months of policy analysis and advocacy, including this January 2024 Equity Forum with Oakland and Alameda County. St. Mary's Center Seniors won one of the only concessions from the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, a required evaluation of the production of extremely low-income homes (under 30% Area Median Income) through the Bond. However, we remain committed to advocacy for acutely low-income homes (under 15% Area Media Income.) We will participate in planning in Oakland and Alameda County to ensure more housing serving people in greatest need. Our Seniors recommend endorsing and fighting for Yes on Prop 5 this fall to create future opportunity for housing. Comments I'm very disappointed. We should let the people decide. I will never forget it.  I heard it on the news. I realized there was a 50-50 chance it would pass. We did everything that we could. I feel bad for the Seniors who won't get housing now. It's not about the work we put in but about the people who need a place to live. It just wasn't the right time this November. I remember hearing early on about the 2/3 requirement and knowing that the highest polling was about 55%. I do want a T-shirt for Yes on Prop 5. Prop 5 passing will breathe new life into a regional housing bond. It's a tough hill to climb and this hill will be easier. It's indicative of what's going on in politics. Everything is moving in a specific direction and things that are good for people are attacked. They're rolling back things like federal money for public housing. But there's things like surplus land act that we can work on. We need to be strategic, intentional and collaborative and build people power.

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The association community, through ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership, has urged both presidential campaigns to recognize and prioritize the contributions of trade and professional associations in their policy agendas. From the letter, associations account for over 1 million jobs, generating more than $71 billion in wages, and hold more than 272,000 events every year that attract nearly 52 million participants and generate $42 billion in spending. Associations also pay almost $28 billion in federal, state and local taxes each year, and events generate an additional $7.5 billion in taxes. https://lnkd.in/g5bkmP7Q #associations #associationmanagement #policy #vote

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