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:
Unleashing the Superpowers of Executives: How Boards Can Help Us Soar (Monika Kalra Varma and Jamie Allison, BoardSource)
How a State AG Can Short-Circuit A Fed Executive Order (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
What’s Next? Predictions for Philanthropy, 2026 (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Wikipedia’s Army of Volunteers Is Its Superpower (Tamara Straus, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Lessons of Resistance: How Activists Navigated Hoover’s FBI and Political Scrutiny (Zane McNeill, NPQ)
Government Settlement Agreements and Actions Against Charities (BBB Wise Giving Alliance)
Donor Trust Report: Public Awareness of Challenges Facing the Charitable Sector in 2025 (BBB Wise Giving Alliance)
Nonprofit Standards: A Benchmarking Survey – Industry Overview (BDO)
The Strengths Small and Midsize Nonprofits Build on to Create a Resilient Funding Strategy (Ali Kelley, Naomi Senbet, Lucia McCurdy, Cecilia Reis, Bradley Seeman, Bridgespan Group)
Four Lessons From $4 Billion in Impact-focused Giving (Alexander Berger, SSIR)
Significant Events:
- “A handful of US representatives have reacted furiously to a leaked recording in which the special envoy to Ukraine reportedly coached Moscow on how to handle Donald Trump, but most have so far remained mute on the revelation that American officials were advising a US adversary.” Guardian
- “In an era defined by major political divisions and massive wealth accumulation for the richest Americans, billionaires are spending unprecedented amounts on U.S. politics. Dozens have stepped up their political giving in recent years, leading to a record-breaking surge of donations by the ultrarich in 2024. Since 2000, political giving by the wealthiest 100 Americans to federal elections has gone up almost 140 times, well outpacing the growing costs of campaigns, a Washington Post analysis found.” Washington Post
- “Before an Afghan refugee, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, yesterday shot and seriously injured two National Guard members who had been deployed by President Donald Trump to Washington, D.C., military commanders had warned that their deployment represented an easy “target of opportunity” for grievance-based violence. The troops, deployed in an effort to reduce crime, are untrained in law enforcement …. The Justice Department countered that the risk was merely “speculative.” It wasn’t.” Atlantic
Equity & Justice Related Articles & Resources:
Understanding Thanksgiving from Our Side of the Table (First Nations Development Institute)
How We Got Here: Jelani Cobb on Rise of Trump & White Nationalism After Push for Racial Justice (Democracy Now!)
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers (Eli Hager, Pro Publica)
Climate & Environment Articles & Resources:
Giving Thanks in This Climate Moment (Erika Spanger, Union of Concerned Scientists)
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy (Maxine Joselow, NY Times)
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff (Fiona Harvey, Damian Carrington, Jonathan Watts and Damien Gayle, Guardian) [Ed. Despite the slightly misleading headline, the main message appeared to be: “Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries.” The U.S. was not among the 194 countries present at Cop30.]