Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 10/13/24

Flooded street with palm trees blowing from hurricane, homes in background

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 Growing Pains of America’s Nonprofit Sector (Sara Herschander, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

U.S. Treasury says tribally owned entities should be tax-exempt (Kadin Mills, ICT)

BDO Unveils Its 2024 Nonprofit Standards Benchmarking Survey (BDO, NonProfit Pro) [Ed. It’s important to understand that the survey sample trends to very large nonprofits – 75% with annual revenues of ast least $25 million and 84% with assets valued at $25 million or higher.]

Race-Conscious Grantmaking Litigation Updates: What Nonprofits Need to Know (Janice M. Ryan Ashleigh A. Allione Sarah E. Fisher, Venable)

What’s Next for Philanthropy After the Fearless Fund Settlement? (Ben McDearmon, Inside Philanthropy)

When It Comes to Understanding Donors, Does Size Matter Most? (Cathleen Clerkin, Grace Sato & Edward Moore, Stanford Social Innovation Review)

Young Donors Want Opportunities to Volunteer and Collaborate (Maria Di Mento, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

NIMBY Charities (Lauren Rogal, Connecticut Law Review)

The big winner if OpenAI becomes a for-profit business? Microsoft. (Alexis Keenan and Daniel Howley, Yahoo/Finance) [Ed. I’m quoted in this article emphasizing what I believe to be the critical issue: “Did they get fair market value for the asset at the time [of the transfer of charitable assets to the for-profit joint venture]?” Based on the absence of much public information on point, there are so many unknowns, including what intellectual property was transferred to the joint venture and when, and whether the value of that intellectual property soared only before or after it was transferred, that it seems difficult to presume much at this point. I’m very interested in seeing how this matter develops and what lessons we’ll learn from how OpenAI was structured at the start.]

What is Harris’ “Medicare at Home” plan and how would it work? (Alexander Tin, Aaron Navarro, CBS News)

Significant Events:

“Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida, where it knocked out power to more than 3 million customers and whipped up 150 tornadoes. The storm caused at least four deaths and compounded the misery wrought by Helene while sparing Tampa a direct hit.” AP
“Over four decades, in an effort to preserve itself, project regional influence, and deter adversaries, the Islamic Republic of Iran has invested in three projects: funding and arming a network of nonstate allies; developing ballistic missiles that can reach its rivals; and launching a nuclear program that can be either dialed down to deliver economic benefits or dialed up to deliver a nuclear weapon. Setbacks to the first, mixed results from the second, and uncertainty over the third have increasingly called this strategy into question.” Foreign Affairs
“America’s immigration debate has taken a restrictionist turn. Eight years ago, Donald Trump declared that “when Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” and promised to build a “big, beautiful wall” on the southern border. That rhetoric, extreme at the time, seems mild now. Today, he depicts immigrants as psychopathic murderers responsible for “poisoning the blood of our country” and claims that he will carry out the “largest deportation operation in the history of our country.”” Atlantic