Author: Gene Takagi

Do you really know what ‘fiscal sponsorship’ is?

Published on: by Gene Takagi

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

Published on: by Gene Takagi

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 […]

2025 CEP Conference

Published on: by Gene Takagi

The biennial Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) conference was held in Los Angeles this year from November 3 through November 5. The conference attracted some great speakers and touched on many of the critically important issues facing philanthropy and the grantees, causes, and communities philanthropy supports. Here are some of the highlights with some additional resources and thoughts: […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 11/15/25

Published on: by Gene Takagi

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: The Charitable-Sector Pushback Against the Administration: One Year Post-Election (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group) Foundations Must Unite Against Government Pressure (Brian Byrd, Inside Philanthropy) We The Action: […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 11/8/25

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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: Senate GOP Ramps Up Attacks on Left-Wing Nonprofits (Isaiah Thompson, NPQ) Regulatory Compliance: A Nonprofit Organization’s First Line of Defense (Shannon McCracken, Nonprofit Alliance) Staying Committed to Social […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 11/1/25

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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: As Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger (Ryan Lucas, NPR) Nonprofits Facing Heightened Scrutiny via IRS Criminal Investigation Prosecutions May Soon Follow […]

2025 CalNonprofits Annual Policy Conference

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The CalNonprofits Annual Policy Conference 2025 will be held in Los Angeles on November 5 at The California Endowment. The topics are on point, and the speaker list is very impressive. I’m honored to be teaming with Rosemary Fei (Principal, Adler & Colvin) and Neil Chase (CEO, CalMatters) for the keynote. I hope many of […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 10/25/25

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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: Annual Report on State Enforcement and Regulation (National Association of State Charity Officials) Designing a Legal Framework to Encourage Nonprofit Success (Elizabeth Schmidt, De Gruyter Brill) Breaking: GoFundMe […]

California AB 1318: A Response to Federal Threats

Published on: by Gene Takagi

California Assembly Bill 1318 was signed into law by the Governor on October 7, 2025 and immediately made effective. AB 1318 was designed to protect state funding of charitable nonprofits from potentially unfair and unlawful revocation of such nonprofits’ federal tax-exempt status by a federal government hostile to their missions and activities. It accomplishes this […]