Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Commentary: To Build A Nation For All, We Need A Founders’ Leadership Stance (Michael McAfee & Ashleigh Gardere, Nonprofit Times) Here’s what you missed at Turning Point’s chaotic […]
Author: Gene Takagi
Best of the Nonprofit Law Blog 2025
2025 was the year of fear and greed. It was the year of attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and climate change mitigation efforts. It was the year of disregard for science and ethics, but also the year championing the business of science and technology, particularly around artificial intelligence. It was the year of […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 12/20/25
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Telling the Story of the Nonprofit Sector (Angelica Frias, Center for Nonprofit Management) Your Organization is a Gem: It Can’t Be Hidden (Joan Garry) Deleting DEI (Ellis Simani, […]
TEGE Exempt Organizations Council Update
The TEGE Exempt Organizations Council, in cooperation with D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education and The Greater Washington Society of CPAs, provided a webinar update on November 21, 2025. Here are some highlights and my notes from the webinar with additional links to some supplemental resources: Beyond the Bill: Navigating the Implementation and Impact of 2025’s […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 12/13/25
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals (Ken Klippenstein, Substack) Stronger Together: the Benefits of Joining Nonprofit Networks (Laurie Mazur, Chronicle of Philanthropy) Opinion: How the […]
ARNOVA Pre-Conference: Future State of the Philanthropic Sector
The 54th ARNOVA Annual Conference took place in Indianapolis last month. The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) describes itself as “a diverse community of scholars, educators, philanthropists, and practice leaders focused on strengthening the field of nonprofit and philanthropic research to improve civil society and human life.” The ARNOVA conference […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 12/6/25
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector (Independent Sector) [Ed. Among the reported findings: 81% of nonprofits report struggling to raise enough funds to cover all their costs; 14 […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 11/29/25
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Unleashing the Superpowers of Executives: How Boards Can Help Us Soar (Monika Kalra Varma and Jamie Allison, BoardSource) How a State AG Can Short-Circuit A Fed Executive Order […]
Do you really know what ‘fiscal sponsorship’ is?
Fiscal sponsorship sometimes gets a bad rap because an organization setting itself up as a fiscal sponsor fails – sometimes for ordinary reasons, similar to why other nonprofits and for-profit businesses fail at a relatively high rate, and sometimes because someone did something wrong, similar to what can happen with other nonprofits and for-profit businesses. […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 11/22/25
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Meeting “Flood the Zone” with “Rule-of-Law Shock and Awe” (Lauren Girardin, NPQ) ACLU v. Trump (David V. Johnson, Anthony D. Romero, A.J. Hikes & Aletheia Henry, SSIR) Protest […]