Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector trends, and emerging issues affecting the nonprofit and philanthropic ecosystem, including those related to equity, climate change, and resilience. The series also seeks to share tools, perspectives, and sources of inspiration that support more effective, thoughtful, and sustainable nonprofit leadership, and that help those working for and with nonprofits carry out their roles with greater confidence, efficiency, and purpose.
Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources:
Democrats Launch Inquiry into Weaponization of IRS (Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Press Release)
Bridging Funders to the Front Lines: Pluralism and Greater Philanthropic Opportunity (alvin starks and Helen Wong, NPQ)
Funding the Invisible (Martha Lackritz-Peltier, SSIR)
Beyond Direct Provision (Ted Lempert, SSIR)
Wealth and Race in the Nonprofit Workforce (Independent Sector)
To beat Altman in court, Musk offers to give all damages to OpenAI nonprofit (Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica)
Can AI Really Support Missions? Some Nonprofits Are Betting It Can (Stephanie Beasley, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Matchmaking Database Offers Easier Path to Grants (Alex Daniels, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Why Americans Give: New Research Finds 5 Distinct Profiles for Generosity (George E. Mitchell, NPQ)
Arts Tax Policy: Democracy or Plutocracy? (Phil Hackney, Nonprofit Law Prof Blog)
Significant Events:
- “Hungary Just Ousted the Unoustable … After 16 years, Hungarians had voted their strongman leader, Viktor Orbán, out of office. … The prime minister’s loss is a crushing defeat for Donald Trump and his vice president, J. D. Vance, who modeled their agenda in part on Orbán’s governance … The prime minister has been a scourge to international institutions and a source of inspiration to far-right politicians throughout the West.” Atlantic
- “21 Hours in Pakistan: How Vance Tried and Failed to End a War He Opposed Vice President JD Vance led the highest-level talks between the United States and Iran in nearly 50 years. … [Vance] did not address whether the two-week cease-fire with Iran would hold or what would happen to the Strait of Hormuz or if President Trump would now follow through with his threat to wipe Iranian civilization off the map.” NY Times
- “A California woman on Tuesday said she was raped by Rep. Eric Swalwell in 2018 and now plans to make a report to law enforcement. … Drewes’ allegation comes a day after Swalwell said he would resign from Congress following other allegations of sexual misconduct, including at least two other alleged incidents of nonconsensual sex. … Swalwell denied the prior accusations of sexual assault but said he had made unspecified errors in judgment.” AP
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
Democrats embrace DEI as ‘American values’ at National Action Network (Matt Brown and Steve Peoples, AP)
Antisemitic violence worldwide in 2025 killed highest number of Jews in 30 years, study finds (Oren Liebermann, CNN)
America’s hiking culture is built on ego (Joe Whittle, Guardian)
Climate Change and Environment Articles & Resources:
Climate Change Concern Near Its High Point in U.S. (Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup) [Ed. I did not know how wide the divergence was – 72% of Democrats worry a great deal about global warming or climate change, but only 6% of Republicans have the same level of concern.]
Americans’ Rating of Environment Hits New Low (Megan Brenan, Gallup)
A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents is weakening and closer to collapse than thought, new studies find (Laura Paddison, CNN)
Democracy Articles & Resources:
The Parable of the President (David A. Graham, Atlantic)
Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections (Doug Bock Clark and Jen Fifield, Pro Publica)
The Presidential Records Act is Constitutional (Christopher Fonzone, Just Security)
A.I. Articles & Resources:
Anthropic’s Mythos Will Force a Cybersecurity Reckoning—Just Not the One You Think (Lily Hay Newman, Wired)
Why some workers are embracing AI while others won’t use it, according to a new Gallup poll (Matt O’Brien and Linley Sanders, AP)
When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry” (Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, Harvard Business Review)
Good Vibes:
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens (BBC1, YouTube)