Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week (now publishing on Saturdays).
Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources:
10 Challenges: Polarization and the need for action (with Hana Takagi, The Nonprofit Times)
Net Neutrality (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Board Passages: Three Stages in a Nonprofit Board’s Lifecycle (BoardSource)
What a CEO Shooting Can Teach Nonprofits About Our Health Insurance Mess (Jan Masaoka, Nonprofit Quarterly)
Can a Merger Expand Your Impact? 5 Lessons From Leaders Who Did It (Janet Carter and Jason Sacks, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
What Could Citizens’ Assemblies Do For American Politics? (Nick Romel, New Yorker)
Nonprofit Sector State Profiles (Independent Sector)
Just One More Fundraising Task…. (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
“What the skibbidi Ohio sigma rizz?!” Gen Alpha slang explained for nonprofit professionals (Vu Le, Nonprofit AF)
Need a Lift? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2024 (SSIR)
Significant Events:
- “The year 2024 was filled with consequential Supreme Court decisions, and 2025 is shaping up to be another pivotal chapter as the justices prepare to address contentious issues ranging from gun regulation and gender-affirming care to disability rights and free speech.” US News & World Report
- “10 policies Republicans could use to pay for new tax cuts Extending the expiring 2017 tax cuts could add $5 trillion to the national debt; Trump and GOP lawmakers are considering these policies to offset that cost.” Washington Post
- “Federal net neutrality rules, which briefly came back from the dead under the Biden administration, have been struck down by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.” Verge
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
Column: Business leaders bow to anti-DEI activists — except at Costco (Michael Hiltzik, LA Times)
Opinion: Pay attention: There’s a second civil rights movement (Juan Williams, Washington Post)
‘A place to heal’: Native tribes urge Biden to protect sacred lands before leaving White House (Maanvi Singh, Guardian)
Climate Change and Pollution Articles & Resources:
Climate change impacts grip globe in 2024 (World Meteorological Organization)
Trump Wants Greenland and the Panama Canal. It’s About Climate. (Lisa Friedman, NY Times)
Will Trump Cut Short the Biden Clean-Energy Boom? Investors Are Nervous. (Lydia DePillis, NY Times)
Good Vibes:
[Blink] (film – 2024)
Chronicles a family’s global trip before their children lose vision to a rare genetic disorder, capturing their journey to experience the world’s beauty while they can still see it, and preparing for an inevitable future.