Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 5/26/24

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:

New Overtime Rule: Nonprofits May Need to Boost Pay for Nearly 500,000 Workers (Jim Rendon, Chronicle of Philanthropy) [Ed. See also Don’t Panic (Yet): What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About the (Latest) New Final FLSA Overtime Rule from the National Council of Nonprofits.]

4 Economic Factors that Could Impact Fundraising Efforts (Nonprofit Leadership Alliance)

Purpose and Process Matter: Lessons from Litigation (Wagenmaker & Oberly)

Love Is the Key to Democracy (Michael McAfee, Stanford Social Innovation Review)

16 Tips For Nonprofits Navigating The Intersection Of Mission And Politics (Forbes Nonprofit Council Expert Panel, Forbes)

National Council of Nonprofits Statement on Exclusion of Nonprofits from Future Housing and Urban Development Earmarks (Tim Delaney, National Council of Nonprofits)

21st Century Churches and Federal Tax Law (Ellen P. Aprill and Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, SSRN; 2024 University of Illinois Law Review, Forthcoming; Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-01)

5 Ways For Civil Society To Engage With AI (Mamie Webb, Nonprofit Times)

IRS EO Statistics & Compliance Priorities Update (Lloyd Mayer, Nonprofit Law Prof Blog)

California Endowment commits $85 million to state community organizing (Candid) [Ed. We’re honored to be working with some of the key parties to this power-building initiative.]

Significant Events:

“President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran was killed along with the country’s foreign minister in a helicopter crash on Sunday in the country’s mountainous northwest, state news media reported on Monday, leaving the country without two of its most influential figures at a time of heightened foreign tensions and domestic discontent.” NY Times
“A ruling Friday from the International Court of Justice ordering an immediate halt to Israel’s military offensive in Rafah marked a stunning rebuke of the Israeli leadership’s prosecution of the war in Gaza, including the decision to send troops and tanks into a city where more than a million Palestinians had sought refuge.” Washington Post
“Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to interviews and photographs. This time, it was the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.” NY Times