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:
How to Fend Off Attacks on Nonprofits—Three Key Strategies (Aaron Dorfman, NPQ)
As the Tax Bill Heads to the Senate, Here’s How Philanthropy Is Fighting Back (Ben Gose, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Updated: Language Targeting NPO Exempt Status Pulled From Budget Bill For Now (Paul Clolery, Nonprofit Times)
Harvard Does Have Options if It Loses Tax-Exempt Status (Ellen P. Aprill, Biran D. Galle, Philip Hackney, Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, SSRN)
Trump Administration Says It Is Halting Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students (Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender, NY Times)
With the Law in Front of Him, Trump IRS Nominee Refuses to Say It’s Illegal for the President to Weaponize the IRS Against His Political Enemies (Elizabeth Warren – Billy Long Transcript, Hearing, Senate Finance Committee)
Opinion: The Tax Bill Is a Warning to the Nonprofit Sector: Reform or Face the Consequences (Craig Kennedy, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Block, Bridge, and Build: A Framework to Forge a More Democratic Future (Julia Roig, NPQ)
A Nonprofit Checklist: What to do When Your Federal Grant or Contract is Terminated (National Council of Nonprofits)
Centering Purpose in Times of Change: A Guide for Purpose-Driven Boards (BoardSource)
Significant Events:
- “Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives came together early Thursday to pass President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill out of the chamber on a narrow vote. … Every Democrat on the floor voted no, as did Republican Reps. Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., who chairs the conservative House Freedom Caucus, voted present. The final vote tally was 215-214. … Major indexes fell Wednesday, as analysts and corporate leaders worried that Trump’s expensive spending bill will lead to exploding federal deficits and weaker long-term fiscal health for the nation.” CNBC [Ed. The bill is available from the Congress website here.]
- “The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation. … The status allows people already in the United States to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife. … The high court’s order appears to be the “single largest action in modern American history stripping any group of non-citizens of immigration status,” said Ahilan Arulanantham, one of the attorneys for Venezuelan migrants.” AP
- “One day after House Republicans approved an expensive package of tax cuts that rattled financial markets, President Trump pivoted back to his other signature policy priority, unveiling a battery of tariff threats that further spooked investors and raised the prospects of higher prices on American consumers.” NY Times
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
Justice Dept. to Use False Claims Act to Pursue Institutions Over Diversity Efforts (Glenn Thrush and Alan Blinder, NY Times)
Justice Department ends police oversight, probes in eight US cities (Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward, Reuters)
Opinion: Was Black Lives Matter a failure? It depends where you look. (Paul Butler, Washington Post)
Climate Change Articles & Resources:
The world’s ice sheets just got a dire prognosis, and coastlines are going to pay the price (Larua Paddison, CNN)
The everyday ways climate change is already making our lives worse (James Dinneen, New Scientist)
Governors are leading the fight against climate change and deforestation around the world, filling a void left by presidents (Mary Nichols, Conversation)