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:
Compliance as Resistance (Mark Sidel, SSIR)
Six Questions About ‘State of Nonprofits 2026’ (CEP)
Solidarity in the Face of Intimidation (Joe Goldman, NPQ)
The Prosecution of the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Tradition of Citizen-Led Investigation (Ted Siefer, NPQ)
The SPLC survived firebombs and death threats. Will it survive Trump 2.0? (Odette Yousef, NPR)
GOP Targets Environmental Nonprofits’ Tax-Exempt Status (Legis1) [Ed. I didn’t watch the May 20 oversight hearing titled “The Profit Engine Driving Environmental Nonprofits” but the title may be a giveaway.]
The Belief Arc: An Organizer’s Approach to Narrative Change (Amity Paye, NPQ)
5 Funders, 1 Grant Report: Less Paperwork and Better Results (Tara Dawson McGuinness and Jake Maguire, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Why Don’t Philanthropists Build Anymore? (Sarah Cone. SSIR)
The CA Budget Revision: More Reaction (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
Significant Events:
- “The Justice Department has granted President Trump, his family and businesses immunity from ongoing inquiries into their taxes, a potentially lucrative arrangement that could shield the president from significant financial liability. … The provision, quietly inserted on Tuesday as a supplement to a remarkable deal that also created a $1.8 billion fund aimed at benefiting Mr. Trump’s allies, protects the president, his relatives and his businesses from pending audits and tax prosecutions.” NY Times
- “Through revenge primary campaigns, bullying social media posts and the threat that he can command the G.O.P. base to go after anyone at any time, Mr. Trump has brought lawmakers in his party under his control like no president in modern history. … But this week, … Senate Republicans, after the president targeted two of their own, stood up to Mr. Trump on two of his biggest priorities: money for his White House ballroom, and a $1.8 billion fund to reward Trump supporters who claim political persecution by Democrats, such as the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.” NY Times
- “Foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, the Trump administration announced Friday, in a surprise change to a longstanding policy that sowed confusion and concern among aid groups, immigration lawyers and immigrants.” AP
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
National Civil Rights Museum [Ed. My first time at this incredible museum, and I was lucky to have The Legacy Experience reopen just in time for my visit. “The new Legacy experience is deeply rooted in the final chapter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s mission, as laid out in his 1967 book Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Through five powerful thematic galleries – poverty, education, housing, gender, and nonviolence – visitors are invited to explore the structural inequalities Dr. King warned of and how those injustices still shape American life.”]
Catastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places (Peter S. Goodman, Photographs by Finbarr O’Reilly, NY Times)
Teenagers behind mass shooting in San Diego rushed at mosque ‘fully armored’ (Amanda Ulrich and Maanvi Singh, Guardian)
Climate Change and Environment Articles & Resources:
The worst climate future is less likely, but the best one is slipping away, scientists say (Seth Borenstein, AP)
UN’s climate crisis vote shows political momentum is growing, say experts (Isabella Kaminski, Guardian)
A new start after 60: I dedicated myself 100% to saving soil – and a life of wild adventure began (Paula Cocozza, Guardian) [Ed. My wife is also a participant in the Save Soil movement.]
Democracy Articles & Resources:
The Looming Colbert-Shaped Hole in American Democracy (Lisa Van Dusen, Policy Magazine)
Democracy Is a Racial Entitlement Now (Adam Serwer, Atlantic)
10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies (Kyle Cheney, AP)
A.I. Articles & Resources:
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (film)
AI Has Broken Containment (Matteo Wong, Atlantic)
Opinion: What A.I. Did to My College Class (Theo Baker, NY Times)
Good Vibes:
B.B. King’s Blues Club and the B.B. King Centennial [Loved my visit to Memphis and listening to the blues at B.B. King’s. I went back for dinner upstairs at Itta Bena where they were playing jazz. Awesome.]
