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:
Preparing the Nonprofit Sector to Meet the Challenges of 2025 (Independent Sector) [Ed. This blog post announces Independent Sector’s newly released 2024 Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector: Annual Review.]
The report shows that Americans trust nonprofits significantly more than any other part of American society, including the military and small businesses. … Groundbreaking research this year found that 22% of nonprofit workers live in households unable to afford basic necessities like housing, food, health care, transportation, and child care. Nearly one-third of workers at social assistance organizations are in this category ….
Trump planning to target progressive non-profits, US watchdog warns (David Smith, Guardian)
National Council of Nonprofits Position on H.R. 9495
It must be appreciated that the action alerts and advocacy from the charitable and philanthropic communities have turned an under-the-radar bill into an extremely controversial and high-profile measure that cannot advance without generating even greater outrage. Thanks to that advocacy to date, the proponents of the legislation have very few – if any – realistic options for securing enactment of the bill either this year or next; significant procedural burdens and the very slim margins in the House and Senate make passage virtually impossible. For this reason, the National Council of Nonprofits will remain vigilant, but focused on positive policy solutions and other threats arising in the coming weeks and months that have greater likelihood of movement in Congress.
The Laws About Lobbying for or Against Nominees for the New Administration (Thomas Antonucci and D. Mark Renaud, Wiley Rein, JD Supra)
Progressive Philanthropy And “The Groups” Critique (Benjamin Soskis, HistPhil)
Opinion: 5 Conservative Proposals That Could Reshape Philanthropy — and How to Prepare (Craig Kennedy, Chronicle of Philanthropy) [Ed. This conservative-leaning opinion from a Senior Fellow at the Giving Review has a contrary view to the one above on the likelihood of H.R. 9495 being passed by Congress.]
No More “Chevron Deference”: A Primer for Nonprofits (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
How OpenAI Hopes to Sever Its Nonprofit Roots (David A. Fahrenthold, Cade Metz and Mike Isaac, NY Times)
The Future of Equitable Philanthropy (Darren Isom, Cora Daniels & Lyell Sakaue, Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Resilience from Political, Legal and Cyber Threats (Joshua Peskay, LinkedIn)
Significant Events:
- “President-elect Donald Trump’s last-minute demands for a congressional funding package were rejected by dozens of Republicans this week, foreshadowing the legislative challenges he could face next year — even with unified GOP control. … The Senate passed a new bill to avert a government shutdown early Saturday; the bill did not include Trump’s debt limit demand.” Washington Post
- “Moscow’s actions underscore how, after almost three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor, Putin is now more committed than ever to the war with Ukraine and his broader confrontation with the West. Although the conflict is first and foremost an imperial pursuit to end Ukraine’s independence, Putin’s ultimate objectives are to relitigate the post–Cold War order in Europe, weaken the United States, and usher in a new international system that affords Russia the status and influence Putin believes it deserves.” Foreign Affairs
- “Giant Companies Took Secret Payments to Allow Free Flow of Opioids Drugmakers including Purdue Pharma paid pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions, a New York Times investigation found.” NY Times
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
Continuing the Work of DEI, No Matter What Your Company Calls It (Joella Emerson, Harvard Business Review)
Racial Justice Conference Uplifts Importance of Local Organizing and Coalition Building (Rebekah Barber, NPQ)
Senate passes Pentagon policy bill that set off transgender-care debate (Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post)
Climate Change Articles & Resources:
A Landmark Victory in the Legal Fight Against Climate Change (Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern, Slate)
The Process to Enact State Climate Laws is Broken. Funders Can Help Fix It. (Ted Ko, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Historic climate change advisory: what the case before the International Court of Justice might mean (Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala, Conversation)