I’m in Washington DC today, September 11th, for a meeting of the Public Policy Committee of Independent Sector. Have a listen to Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris sing If This is Goodbye while perusing our curated nonprofit tweets of the week:

• The First Lady: Remembering and praying for all those we lost and their loved ones. May we honor their memory today and every day -mo
• Ellis Carter: DIY Nonprofit Law – Top Five Mistakes http://bit.ly/1C3aio7
• Venable Nonprofit Law: 5 marketplace risks #nonprofits face via @NonProfitTimes http://bit.ly/1IOMKkq
• Council of Nonprofits: What does it really cost to run a #Nonprofit? http://buff.ly/1XPXyKk #OwnYourOwnCosts
• Philantopic: Why Don’t Foundations Build Capacity in #Fundraising? http://ow.ly/S2raK @ncrp #philanthropy
• Gene: Regulating Human Rights Away: The Effects of Highly Professionalized Advocacy Nonprofit Quarterly
• Philanthropy: Exclusive: Sen. Chuck Grassley worries payout rule for donor-advised funds would backfire http://bit.ly/1K8FeSu
• Phil Buchanan: My 6th post in series on foundation staff — just up — may be short but it’s perhaps the most important point: http://tinyurl.com/qxvqca8
• La Piana Consulting: Mythbusting nonprofit mergers http://ow.ly/RqcYQ #collaboration @JoDeBolt
• Nell Edgington: Effective Altruism: A Primer http://wapo.st/1K4a0Mj A new series from @washingtonpost #philanthropy #nonprofit
• Kevin Doyle Jones: Putting the 10 common claims about Impact Bonds to the test http://brook.gs/1hQ9Y40