Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector trends, and emerging issues affecting the nonprofit and philanthropic ecosystem, including those related to equity, climate change, and resilience. The series also seeks to share tools, perspectives, and sources of inspiration that support more effective, thoughtful, and sustainable nonprofit leadership, and that help those working for and with nonprofits carry out their roles with greater confidence, efficiency, and purpose.
Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources:
The Midterms Earthquake and The Charitable Sector: First Thoughts (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
NPO Leaders Celebrate Midterm Results, Express Resolution (Richard H. Levey, Nonprofit Times)
What the Midterms Change for Nonprofits, and What They Don’t (Ellis Carter, Charity Lawyer Blog)
How philanthropy has changed the world: from libraries to 911 (Kathleen Enright, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
State Charity Regulation: Insights for Nonprofits From the 2026 NASCO Conference and Annual Report (Yael Fuchs, Jason R. Lilien, Talia G. Metson, Hannah Kautz, Loeb & Loeb Client Alert/Reports)
2026 US Midterm Elections and the Impact on Philanthropy and Nonprofits (Lauren N. Moore, Debo P. Adegbile, Joshua A. Geltzer, Boyd Johnson, Alan Schoenfeld, Amy R. Segal, and Rachel Hester, Wilmer Hale Client Alert)
The Twin Pillars of Freedom: Economic Power is Democracy Infrastructure (Jennifer Swayne Njuguna, CEP)
Proposition 40 and the question at the heart of America’s safety net: Who should pay? (María Constanza Costa, NPQ)
The OMB Grant Rule Is Paused Until December 11 (Ellis Carter, Charity Lawyer Blog)
Before your nonprofit automates: Four questions to keep people at the center of decision making (Joey Hayes, NTEN)
Significant Events:
- “Get Ready for More Chaos Plane groundings and other disruptions may become more common. … Even if today has a boring explanation, the experts I’ve been talking with are pretty sure that plenty of days like this are coming, for two main reasons. … First, anyone can be a bad guy now. … Deterrence works on parties who have something to lose and an address where you can send a reply. The trouble with AI (um, one of the troubles) is that it may hand state-grade capability to people who have neither.” Atlantic
- “The White House’s top lawyer has warned the Democrat in line to lead the House’s chief investigative committee that aggressive oversight of the Trump administration “may cross the line into blatant criminality,” a threat that experts called legally dubious.” NY Times
- “But as clear as the midterm verdict was, the future is cloudier. After a decade in which Mr. Trump has dominated national politics, the country now faces a period of profound uncertainty, an interregnum between the time that Americans effectively decided that they were done with Mr. Trump and the time when he is actually done.” NY Times
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
Native American History (History) [Ed. November is Native American Heritage Month. See this proclamation from California Governor Newsom.]
Can ICE Be Abolished Now? (Anne Applebaum, Atlantic)
The Trouble With ‘Closing the Racial Wealth Gap’ (Nina Yancy & Aria Florant, SSIR)
Climate Change and Environment Articles & Resources:
AP Exclusive: Departing UN chief calls this ‘a moment of truth’ in fight to curb global warming (Seth Borenstein, AP)
Democrats plan to push clean energy to lower bills and challenge Trump’s fossil fuel agenda (Jennifer McDermott, AP)
Why even a fraction of a degree can escalate climate change impacts (Lauren Sommer, NPR)
Democracy Articles & Resources:
Opinion: ‘The light of dawn is on the horizon’: the best moments from US midterm victory speeches (Ted Widmer, Guardian)
8 Takeaways From the 2026 Midterms (Kelsea-Marie Pym, Nonprofit VOTE)
Oligarchy isn’t a bug of our political system. It’s a feature. (Jeffrey Winters, Christian Science Monitor)
A.I. Articles & Resources:
Artificial Intelligence And Worker Well-being: Principles And Best Practices For Developers And Employers (U.S. Department of Labor 2024, available at Data for Justice)
Reforming Data Centers and AI for People and Planet (Manish Bapna, SSIR)
Nvidia Opens Investigation Into Jensen Huang’s Relationship With Suspected Chinese Spy (Tripp MickleMaggie HabermanJonathan SwanJulian E. Barnes and Ana Swanson, NY Times) [Ed. Huang resigned as Nvidia’s CEO a few days later.]
Good Vibes:
Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix)
The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) enriches our world by collecting, preserving, and making accessible an astonishing variety of musical instruments and performance videos from every country in the world. MIM offers guests a welcoming and fun experience, incomparable interactive technology, dynamic programming, and exceptional musical performances [I had the pleasure of seeing Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra]. MIM fosters appreciation of the world’s diverse cultures by showing how we innovate, adapt, and learn from each other to create music—the language of the soul.