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:
Closing Civic Space in the United States: Connecting the Dots, Changing the Trajectory (Rachel Kleinfeld, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
The Federal Offensive Against Nonprofits: Navigating Quicksand (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
Government Funding Cuts Put Nonprofits at Risk Across the Nation (Laura Tomasko, Urban Institute)
What is the Financial Risk of Nonprofits Losing Government Grants? (Urban Institute)
What Sway Does the Nonprofit Lobby Have in Trump 2.0? (Alex Daniels, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
When the Government Comes Knocking at Your Nonprofit’s Door: How to Be Prepared and What to Do (Kan M. Nawaday, Mary M. Gardner, Venable)
Trump’s EPA Kills Grant to Climate Nonprofit Over Its Support for Palestine (Akela Lacy, Intercept)
Reshaped Priorities: Navigating Changes to FCPA and FARA Enforcement (Adam Goldberg, William M. Sullivan, Jr., Carolina A. Fornos, Kimberly D. Jaimez, Christopher C. Caffarone, Pillsbury)
Preliminary Injunction Granted Re Freezing-Funds Directive (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
Opinion: Trump Just Fired 6,700 I.R.S. Workers in the Middle of Tax Season. That’s a Huge Mistake. (Lawrence Gibbs, Fred T. Goldberg Jr., Charles Rossotti, Mark Everson, John Koskinen, Charles Rettig, and Daniel Werfel – I.R.S. commissioners in Republican and Democratic administrations since Ronald Reagan – NY Times)
Significant Events:
- “In a move that redrew the international order, Mr. Trump this week had the United States vote against a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the third anniversary of the war. … Among the countries that Mr. Trump joined in siding with Russia? North Korea, Belarus and Sudan. … Those he stood against? Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Japan and most of the rest of the world.” NY Times
- “Leave aside, if only for a moment, the utter boorishness with which President Donald Trump and Vice President J. D. Vance treated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House today. Also leave aside the spectacle of American leaders publicly pummeling a friend as if he were an enemy. All of the ghastliness inflicted on Zelensky today should not obscure the geopolitical reality of what just happened: The president of the United States ambushed a loyal ally, presumably so that he can soon make a deal with the dictator of Russia to sell out a European nation fighting for its very existence.” The Atlantic
- “The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a Republican budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending over a decade, clearing the way for major elements of President Trump’s domestic agenda. … The plan instructs the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid and Medicare, to come up with at least $880 billion in cuts.” NY Times
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
16 State Attorneys General Offer Guidance on DEI Policies Amid Federal Scrutiny (2/13/25)
The Great Resegregation (Adam Serwer, Atlantic)
Trump’s Bogeyman: D.E.I. (New Yorker Radio Hour, podcast)
Climate Change Articles & Resources:
Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals (Abrahm Lustgarten, Pro Publica)
An Economist’s Dire Forecast About Just How Much Climate Change Will Impact GDP (Jenni Doering, Inside Climate News)
Scientists say EPA just needs to look around the world to see the growing dangers of climate change (Seth Borenstein, AP, PBS)
Good Vibes:
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (musical, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles)