Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 5/2/26

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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:

Supreme Court Deals a Death Blow to the Voting Rights Act (Ari Berman, Mother Jones)

Progressive Nonprofits Slam Court’s Voting Rights Decision, Brace for Map Fights (Stephanie Beasley, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Fidelity and Vanguard Won’t Allow Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center (Ron Lieber, NY Times)

How Unity May Tear Us Apart (Clara Blustein Lindholm and Nat Kendall-Taylor, NPQ)

Bill in CA Legislature Aims to Protect Against Exemption-Revocation Threats (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)

Sen. Wyden Defends Nonprofits Against Ongoing Administration Attacks (Alex Daniels, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Musk and Altman’s bitter feud over OpenAI to be laid bare in court (Dara Kerr and Nick Robins-Early, Guardian)

Whistleblower Report: Report misuse of federal funds and grants (IRS)

Top 10 AI Usage Policy Considerations for Nonprofits (Holly Peterson, Tenenbaum Law Group)

The Gatekeepers: For-Profit Platforms, Nonprofit Power, and the Risks to Charitable Giving (Lauren Girardin, NPQ)

Significant Events:

“The Supreme Court’s decision to upend a key provision of the Voting Rights Act has plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in Congress and further polarize American politics. … Left as probable casualties are longstanding principles of fair representation — along with American voters, who are likelier now to be shunted into hyperpartisan districts drawn in each state to benefit the party in power. A great carving could effectively dilute the power of millions, especially minority voters ….” NY Times
“In closed-door meetings, J. D. Vance has repeatedly questioned the Defense Department’s depiction of the war in Iran and whether the Pentagon has understated what appears to be the drastic depletion of U.S. missile stockpiles. … Vance is trying, the advisers suggested, to avoid making this personal, or to create divisions in Trump’s war Cabinet. Some of Vance’s confidantes, however, believe that Hegseth’s portrayal has been so positive as to be misleading.” Atlantic
“A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night, charging toward the ballroom in a chaotic encounter with Secret Service agents as guests dived under tables at the sound of shots being fired. … The president was uninjured and was rushed off the stage.” AP

Present at Our Nation’s Founding—but Excluded from Its Promise (Errin Haines, NPQ) (Ed. NPQ recently launched #WeTheCivic: America 250 – “a narrative resistence movement built around two commitments: 1. To reclaim the 250th anniversary as a moment of national reckoning, surfacing not just what this country declared, but the stories of what it has denied. 2. To place the multiracial nonprofit workers, organizations, unions, and movements that have kept democracy’s promises alive at the center of how this country tells its story this America 250 season.”]

The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism? (Daniel Trilling, Guardian)