The ABA held a webinar, The Weaponization of Counterterrorism: Human Rights in the Crosshairs, on December 4, 2025. The invocation of terrorism is, and always has been, a convenient mechanism to disregard basic civil and human rights. States commit some of the most egregious human rights abuses in the name of counterterrorism: surveillance, arrest, detention, torture, […]
Author: Gene Takagi
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 2/7/26
Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector trends, and emerging issues affecting the nonprofit and philanthropic ecosystem, including those related to equity, climate change, and resilience. The series also seeks to share tools, perspectives, and sources […]
2026 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)
The 29th Annual Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO), my #1 go-to conference every year for the past 20 years, will be held in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 12, and Friday, March 13. You can register here. Early Bird pricing ends today (January 31, 2026). The UCLA School of Law Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 1/31/26
Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector trends, and emerging issues affecting the nonprofit and philanthropic ecosystem, including those related to equity, climate change, and resilience. The series also seeks to share tools, perspectives, and sources […]
Navigating the Practical Implications of the Illegality and Public Policy Doctrine – ABA Tax
As part of last month’s American Bar Association Exempt Organizations Committee meeting, Karl Mill (Mill Law Center), Tom Schroeder (Davis Wright Tremaine), and I discussed the use of (1) illegality and (2) violations of fundamental public policy as independent bases for the revocation of tax-exempt status in these ‘not normal’ times and appropriate counsel to […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 1/24/26
Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector trends, and emerging issues affecting the nonprofit and philanthropic ecosystem, including those related to equity, climate change, and resilience. The series also seeks to share tools, perspectives, and sources […]
Highlights from the ABA Exempt Organizations Committee Meeting 1/16/26
Here are some of the highlights from the American Bar Association Exempt Organizations Committee meeting held on January 16 as part of the ABA Midyear Tax Meeting. As with all of our posts capturing highlights of events, my interpretations, opinions, and additions of supplemental resources may be sprinkled in with the information provided by the presenters. Roundtable […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 1/17/26
Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector trends, and emerging issues affecting the nonprofit and philanthropic ecosystem, including those related to equity, climate change, and resilience. The series also seeks to share tools, perspectives, and sources […]
Nonprofit Radio: 2026 Outlook
I recently joined fellow Nonprofit Radio contributor Amy Sample Ward (CEO, NTEN) in conversation with host Tony Martignetti about what we expect to see in the new year. Listen to the podcast here. Our Esteemed Contributors kick off 2026 to share what they’re looking out for in the New Year. We talk about increased hesitation […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 1/10/26
Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector trends, and emerging issues affecting the nonprofit and philanthropic ecosystem, including those related to equity, climate change, and resilience. The series also seeks to share tools, perspectives, and sources […]