Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week – our refresh of the Tweets of the Week posts that ran for 14 years.
Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources:
- Gene: Good news from CA Supreme Court (8/3): Director of nonprofit public benefit corporation who initiates derivative actions on behalf of corporation does not lose standing to litigate those actions upon expiration of term as director (incl due to removal). The Recorder (8/4/23)
- California Supreme Court Expands Ability of Public Interest and Non-Profit Trade Groups to Sue for Alleged Unfair Business Practices Under Section 17200 of The Business & Professions Code (Womble Bond Dickinson, JD Supra)
- 33 Leaders Standing Up to Big Tech in the Age of A.I. (Drew Lindsay, The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
- Mitigating Legal Risks of ESG, DEIA Programs Of Supreme Court Decision (Jeffrey Tenenbaum, Nonprofit Times)
- Barbie and the Problem of Corporate Power (Rithika Ramamurthy, Nonprofit Quarterly)
- Is This Self-Dealing? Three Quick Questions To Ask (Exponent Philanthropy)
- A Different ACE Act Targets Exempt Organization Election-Related Activity & Reporting (Lloyd Mayer, Nonprofit Law Prof Blog) [Ed. This bill was introduced as “the most conservative election integrity bill to be seriously considered in the House in over 20 years.” Highly problematic on many levels.]
- Navigating Game-Changing Grants: A Playbook for Nonprofit Leaders (Panorama Global)
- A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul: The Times unraveled a financial network that stretches from Chicago to Shanghai and uses American nonprofits to push Chinese talking points worldwide. (Mara Hvistendahl, David A. Fahrenthold, Lynsey Chutel and Ishaan Jhaveri, NY Times)
- Twitter Threatens Legal Action Against Nonprofit For Claiming Hate Speech Rose After Musk’s Takeover (Derek Saul, Forbes)
Significant Events:
- “A grand jury indicted former president Donald Trump on Tuesday for a raft of alleged crimes in his brazen efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election — the latest legal and political aftershock stemming from the riot at the U.S. Capitol two and a half years ago.” Washington Post
- “Long before the National Rifle Association tightened its grip on Congress, won over the Supreme Court and prescribed more guns as a solution to gun violence — before all that, Representative John D. Dingell Jr. had a plan. … First jotted on a yellow legal pad in 1975, it would transform the N.R.A. from a fusty club of sportsmen into a lobbying juggernaut that would enforce elected officials’ allegiance, derail legislation behind the scenes, redefine the legal landscape and deploy “all available resources at every level to influence the decision making process.”” NY Times
- “Vladimir Putin wants to lead Russians into a civilizational conflict with the West far larger than Ukraine. Will they follow him?” NY Times
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
The Bold Truth about Critical Race Theory (Eric Ward, BOLD ReThink – YouTube)
Indigenous youth must be at the forefront of climate diplomacy (Temitope Olawunmi Sogbanmu, Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon, Lahcen El Youssfi, Fridah Dermmillah Obare, Seira Duncan, Marion Hicks, Khadeejah Ibraheem Bello, Faris Ridzuan & Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, Nature)
Disability Rights and Racial Justice (Marisa Wright, Legal Defense Fund)
Climate Change Articles & Resources:
Some July Heat: ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Climate Change, Analysis Finds (Delger Erdenesanaa, NY Times)
It’s not just hot. Climate anomalies are emerging around the globe. (Brady Dennis and Scott Dance, Washington Post)
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (Dharna Noor, The Guardian)