Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 12/20/25

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:

Telling the Story of the Nonprofit Sector (Angelica Frias, Center for Nonprofit Management)

Your Organization is a Gem: It Can’t Be Hidden (Joan Garry)

Deleting DEI (Ellis Simani, Pro Publica) [Ed. Includes a quote from me and a link to one of our blog posts.]

Opinion: Will DEI Die? The Fate of Equity Efforts in 2026 and Beyond (Michael McAfee and Gara LaMarche, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions (Collin Binkley, AP)

Enumerating Environmental Exemptions in Section 501(c)(3) (Samuel D. Brunson, Pace Environmental Law Review)

Philanthropy Should Reject a “Citizens United” Defense (Glen Galaich, Who Gives?! Substack)

A conversation with the Philanthropy Project’s Jan Masaoka – Part 1, Part 2 (Giving Review)

Nonprofit Security Grants: Prepare Now for Next Round (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)

The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2025 (SSIR Editors)

Significant Events:

  • “The Justice Department on Friday publicly released a portion of the Epstein files in response to a law that garnered near unanimous support from both parties in Congress. … Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle accused the Trump administration of violating the law, which, but for a few exceptions, required the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files in full.” The Hill
  • America Is Failing Its Children Yesterday’s attack at Brown University is just the latest example.” Atlantic
  • “Two gunmen shot at a crowd of beachgoers in Sydney, Australia, killing at least 12 people and wounding at least 30 during a Jewish holiday event at Bondi Beach on Sunday, in what Australian authorities are calling a terrorist attack.” Time

Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:

DOJ Issues Sweeping New Domestic Terrorism Directive: What the Attorney General’s December 4 Memorandum Means for You (Nicholas Casmier Anway Sam Callahan Eun Young Choi Rachel F. Cotton Deborah A. Curtis Burden H. Walker, Arnold & Porter)

2025 in review: Anti-DEI lawsuits targeted employers over diversity practices (Kristen Parisi, HR Brew)

‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ (Yair Rosenberg, Atlantic)

Climate Change Articles & Resources:

AP photographers capture destruction, heartache and resilience as climate change advanced in 2025 (Peter Prengaman, AP)

Nowhere to move: How climate change became the property market’s biggest nightmare (Liam Filliver, Euronews)

Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in the Race to Harness It. (Raymond ZhongChris BuckleyKeith Bradsher and Harry Stevens, NY Times)

Good Vibes:

Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100 (Xan Brooks, Guardian)