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:

Presidential Memorandum on Countering Domestic Terrorism: Legal and Enforcement Implications (Ann K. Batlle, Megan E. Bell, Sarah E. Bouchard, Katelyn M. Hilferty, Tomer J. Inbar, Sandra Moser, Morgan Lewis)

Open Letter: Stand Together Against Trump’s Threats to Non-Profit Organizations (Public Citizen)

Administration Targets Charities Aggressively (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)

How Should Funders Respond to an “Existential Threat?” (David Callahan, Inside Philanthropy)

Guarding Against Complacency in the Face of Existential Threats (Phil Buchanan, CEP)

Federal Judge Finds Limits on 501(c)(4)s’ Political Activity Unconstitutionally Vague (Wade S. Hauser, Lathrop GPM)

Give In or Fight Back? Colleges Are Torn on How to Respond to Trump. (Alan Blinder and Stephanie Saul, NY Times) [Ed. Interesting issue raised by a UC Berkeley faculty member about compliance with authoritarian demands of the federal government versus acting in the best interests of the organization and its mission (my paraphrasing). While he directed the issue at a public university’s attorney (who must manage professional ethical duties in any response), it’s perhaps a more relevant issue for many board members of nonprofits that have been, or may soon be, targeted by the administration.]

AI With Purpose: How Foundations and Nonprofits are Thinking About and Using Artificial Intelligence (CEP)

The Do (More) Good (Better) Newsletter #49: UNGA/Climate/CGI Week Top Takeaways (Scott Curren, Beyond Advisers)

Guidance for lawyers building relationships with social movements (Movement Law Lab) [Ed. A quote from Movement Law Lab Founder and Executive Director Purvi Shah: “Crisis offers an opportunity to think long term about the infrastructure our movements need. What kind of infrastructure allows us to build the democracy of our dreams?”]

Significant Events:

• “The US government shut down on Wednesday, after congressional Democrats refused to support a Republican plan to extend funding for federal departments unless they won a series of concessions centered on healthcare.” Guardian
• “Donald Trump followed Hegseth’s call [to a crowd of hundreds of generals and admirals] to embrace the virtues of lethality as a doctrine with a suggestion buried in an hour-long campaign-style speech that the gathering of officers and senior enlisted advisers should consider targeting US cities and civilian populations as a training exercise.” Guardian
• “President Trump has given Hamas until Sunday evening to respond to the ceasefire deal the White House proposed earlier this week, which Israel has agreed to. … “If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.” NPR [Ed. Hamas accepts some elements of Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, others require negotiation (AP).]

Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:

Court revives White former NYC school executive’s bias case over allegedly racist DEI training (Ryan Golden, Yahoo! News)

Opinion: The Tax on Being a Girl (Nicholas Kristof, NY Times)

Groundbreaking Journalist Belva Davis Dies at 92 (Scott Shafer, KQED) [Ed. I had the great pleasure of briefly working with Belva, one of the founding members of the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), in securing a home for the museum around 2002. She was an incredible and inspiring trailblazer. And she was also so generous and warm.]

Climate Change Articles & Resources:

In front of drowning nations, Trump calls climate change a ‘con job.’ Here are the facts and context (Melina Walling and Seth Borenstein, AP)

How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change (Benjamin Storrow, Chelsea Harvey, Scott Waldman, and Paula Friedrich, Politico)

‘A remarkable ability to inspire’: global tributes pour in for Jane Goodall (Patrick Greenfield, Phoebe Weston and Helena Horton, Guardian) [Ed. A truly impactful and inspirational woman and scientist upon whose shoulders many who advocate for animals, the environment, and women stand and will stand.]

Good Vibes:

Eureka Day – Pasadena Playhouse (hilarious satire on nonprofit governance in a Berkeley, California private school)