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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:
Executive Orders Affecting Charitable Nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits) [Ed. This webpage provides that it will be updated frequently. It’s an excellent one to bookmark and regularly review.]
Nonprofits Fear Federal Grants Freeze Could Stop Critical Charity Work (Karoun Demirjian and David A. Fahrenthold, NY Times)
Updated: Nonprofits Win Restraining Order Blocking Funding Freeze (Paul Clolery, Nonprofit Times) [Ed. See also National Council of Nonprofits Statement on Pause to Federal Grants and Contracting.]
DC Download | Stirring the Pot: January’s Blend of Advocacy, Action, and Giving (Travis Swanson, Independent Sector)
Opinion: Civil Society Isn’t Prepared for Trump’s Attacks. Here Are Steps to Take Now (Yelena V Litvinov and Tatyana Margolin, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Inside Trump’s purge at the agency that saves millions of lives (Dylan Matthews, Vox)
Trump DEI Investigations Could Target Large Foundations (Alex Daniels, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
The Legality of Charitable Remedial Discrimination (Roger Colinvaux, SSRN)
How Kash Patel’s Charity Aided Trump, and Patel Himself (David A. Fahrenthold, NY Times)
Significant Events:
- “The White House on Wednesday rescinded a directive that froze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans after the order led to mass confusion and legal challenges that accused the Trump administration of violating the law. … The order, issued Monday night, was an attempt to purge the government of what President Trump has called a “woke” ideology. A federal judge in the District of Columbia temporarily blocked it Tuesday afternoon, but the lack of clarity sent schools, hospitals, nonprofits and other organizations scrambling to understand if they had lost their financial support from the government.” NY Times
- “President Donald Trump’s administration is offering federal workers the chance to take a “deferred resignation,” which would mean they agree now to resign but get paid through September.” NBC News
- “One week ago, a new and formidable challenger for OpenAI’s throne emerged. A Chinese AI start-up, DeepSeek, launched a model that appeared to match the most powerful version of ChatGPT but, at least according to its creator, was a fraction of the cost to build. … Ultrapowerful Chinese AI models are exactly what many leaders of American AI companies feared when they, and more recently President Donald Trump, have sounded alarms about a technological race between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.” Atlantic
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
What Does President Trump’s DEI Rollback Mean For Disability Inclusion? (Gus Alexiou, Forbes)
Lawyers and advocacy groups advise members of the LGBTQ+ community to take precautions under Trump’s executive order (Julianna Bragg, CNN)
Donald Trump takes aim at diversity initiatives, bedrock civil rights: 5 takeaways (Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today)
Climate Change Articles & Resources:
From showers to tiny fish to windmills, Trump’s climate policies are driven by fixations (Oliver Milman, Guardian)
Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists ((Lisa FriedmanHiroko Tabuchi and Coral Davenport, NY Times)
The Climate Fix: Africa’s Solar Revolution (Max Bearak, NY Times)
Good Vibes:
Guardian writers on their ultimate feelgood movies: ‘For when humanity lets me down’ (Guardian)