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:
Unite in Advance: Philanthropy Coalition Launches Solidarity Campaign (Tonya Allen, Deepak Bhargava and John Palfrey, NPQ)
Rising Wave of Funders and PSOs Stand Up for the First Amendment Freedom to Give (Dawn Wolfe, Inside Philanthropy)
Fear spreads as Trump targets lawyers and non-profits in ‘authoritarian’ takedown (Rachel Leingang and Dharna Noor, Guardian)
Tracking the Policy Landscape for the Charitable Sector (Independent Sector)
In Uncertain Times, Nonprofits Must Keep Up With Legal Compliance (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
6 Ways Nonprofit Leaders Can Boost Morale in Chaotic Times (Rasheeda Childress, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
10,000 Job Cuts in 70 Days. Introducing the Nonprofit Layoff Tracker (Sara Herschander, Tamara Straus, Alex Daniels, and Elizabeth Haugh, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
The Independent Report on DAFs (Chuck Collins, Bella DeVaan, Helen Flannery, Dan Petegorsky, Institute for Policy Studies)
Why Are We Ignoring One-Sixth of the Nonprofit Workforce? (Jan Masaoka, NPQ) [Ed. This post from the incomparable Jan Masaoka is first in a series of six NPQ articles that first challenge—and then change—the way we think about volunteers.]
CA Grant Reform: Third Time’s a Charm? (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
Significant Events:
- “Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed off his tariffs on most nations for 90 days even as he further jacked up the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.” AP
- “The House Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, muscled through a multitrillion-dollar budget framework that paves the way for Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, just hours after a rightwing rebellion threatened to sink it. … On Thursday, in an effort to persuade rightwing holdouts, Johnson and Thune both said they were committed to slashing $1.5tn in federal spending. … Approval by both chambers unlocks a path to deliver Trump’s sweeping tax cut and immigration agenda.” Guardian
- “The Supreme Court ruled on Monday night that the Trump administration could continue to deport Venezuelan migrants using a wartime powers act for now, overturning a lower court that had put a temporary stop to the deportations. … Justice Jackson sharply criticized the court’s decision to act on the emergency docket, where cases are typically heard quickly and without oral argument and full briefing.” NY Times
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
Ex-EEOC Officials Say Agency DEI Guidance Disregards Law (Grace Elletson, Law360)
Opinion: Black Americans Are Not Surprised (Christina Greer, NY Times)
Agency for older adults and people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts (Jessica Hall, MarketWatch) [Ed. From the article: “In fiscal 2022, the [Administration for Community Living] provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-living services to nearly 250,000 people with disabilities, [former head of the ACL from 2021 to 2024 Alison] Barkoff said.”]
Climate Change Articles & Resources:
Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows (Graham Readfearn, Guardian)
The Growing Inequality Among Countries and the Worsening Climate Crisis (John Feffer, Resilience)
Our Approach to Climate Policy Has Failed. It’s Time for Climate Realism (Varun Sivaram, Council on Foreign Relations)
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