
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:
Opinion: There Is a Way Forward: How to Defeat Trump’s Power Grab (Editorial Board, NY Times)
Can Trump strip Harvard of its charitable status? Scholars of nonprofit law and accounting describe the obstacles in his way (Philip Hackney and Brian Mittendorf, The Conversation)
An Outspoken CEO Rises to Defend Nonprofit Sector in Turbulent Times (Eden Stiffman, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
The $200 Billion Gamble: Bill Gates’s Plan to Wind Down His Foundation (David Wallace-Wells, NY Times)
Meet the Man Who Wants to Tax Most of the Nonprofit World (Ben Gose, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Endowments Are Next (Rose Horowitch, Atlantic)
Indiana passes law threatening non-profit status of expensive hospitals (George Joseph, Guardian)
OpenAI says nonprofit will retain control of company, bowing to outside pressure (Hayden Field, CNBC)
More Thoughts on NCN Litigation and Nationwide Injunctions (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
The Philanthropic Collaborative Landscape (Bridgespan Group)
Significant Events:
- “President Trump — when asked on “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker” if he thinks he needs to uphold the Constitution — said, “I don’t know,” but added that his lawyers “are obviously going to follow what the Supreme Court said.” … Trump also said he plans to continue to talk about annexing Canada and making it the 51st state, but he said it’s “highly unlikely” he’d use military force against Canada.” NPR
- “India said early Wednesday that it had conducted strikes on Pakistan, two weeks after more than two dozen civilians were killed in a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. … Pakistan said that the Indian actions “will not go unanswered” and that it would respond at “a time and place of its own choosing.” Pakistani military officials said they had begun a “measured but forceful” response.” NY Times
- “Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.” AP
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed (Derek Beres, Guardian)
These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest Trump’s attacks on DEI (Gloria Oladipo. Guardian)
Opinion: Trump’s Failings Are Obvious. Why Are People Still Surprised? (Jamelle Bouie, NY Times)
Climate Change Articles & Resources:
Trump Is Picking New Climate Fights With States. Here’s Why. (Claire Brown and Karen Zraick, NY Times)
Global sea levels are rising faster and faster. It spells catastrophe for coastal towns and cities (Laura Paddison, CNN)
Opinion: Climate Change Urgency Has Declined. The Green Transition Hasn’t. (David Wallace-Wells, NY Times) [Ed. But the author suggests that emissions will continue to grow, as they have, without “concerted climate-focused policy”.]
Good Vibes:
8 recent scientific breakthroughs (Devika Rao, The Week US)