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:
New National Principles Aim to Protect Nonprofits and Donors from Unethical Online Fundraising Practices (National Council of Nonprofits)
Trump Is Winning The War on Nonprofits (Phil Buchanan, Elisha Smith Arrillaga, Common Dreams)
Proposed Changes to Federal Grantmaking Could Disrupt Nonprofits and Harm Communities Nationwide (National Council of Nonprofits)
When Disruption Hits: Making Hidden Risks Visible to Meet the Moment and Move Our Missions Forward (Dax Devlon-Ross, NPQ)
U.S. Giving Hits $617B. Has Great Wealth Transfer Begun? (Rasheeda Childress, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Giving USA Reports a Record High. But Here’s What It Misses. (Michael Wasserman, Chronicle of Philanthropy) [Ed. The donor base keeps shrinking and “[t]he nonprofit world is measuring vinyl in a Spotify world.”]
A small conservative group rises in influence under Trump 2.0 (Jacob Wendler, Politico) [Ed. The group referenced in the article is Capital Research Center.]
AI Is Reshaping the World — Foundations Must Revisit Their Strategy (Chantal Forster and Lakshmi Iyer, CEP)
Museums, Inclusion, and Community Wellbeing: Who Gets to Decide What Our History Is? (Gregory P. Perreault, NPQ)
More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program (Nicole Santa Cruz, Pro Publica)
Significant Events:
- “The Senate on Tuesday adopted a resolution instructing President Trump to end the war in Iran or seek congressional authorization to continue it, delivering the most significant bipartisan rebuke yet of the conflict.” NY Times
- “The Supreme Court has given the Trump administration the power to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians without court oversight, threatening a decades-old federal program that allows people to stay in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons.” KQED
- “Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his allies swept a series of congressional primaries in New York City on Tuesday in a remarkable show of strength for the insurgent left that sent shock waves through the Democratic Party.” NY Times
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
The Court That Will Believe Absolutely Anything Is ‘Race-Neutral’ (Adam Serwer, Atlantic)
“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns (Sharon Lerner and Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Pro Publica)
‘We’re witnessing the end of the America that made our lives possible’: author Eddie Glaude on US’s 250th birthday (Adria R Walker, Guardian)
Climate Change and Environment Articles & Resources:
Carbon Captured: How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself (An investigative series by ProPublica and Drilled)
‘Mega-consumers’ of food and energy cost environment $5.7tn a year, study finds (Jonathan Watts, Guardian)
Fossil fuel emissions have rapidly worsened European heatwaves in just a few decades (World Weather Attribution)
Democracy Articles & Resources:
What Real Democracy Might Look Like (Jefferson Cowie, Democracy)
The blast radius of Callais – and what it means for Constitutional Law (Carolyn Shapiro, SCOTUSblog)
“A Huge Grab of Power”: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid (Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Pro Publica)
A.I. Articles & Resources:
J. D. Vance’s AI Doctrine (Vivian Salama, Atlantic)
The AI backlash is only getting started (Economist)
Opinion: There’s One Clear Reason Americans Are Gloomy About A.I. (Paul Kedrosky, Atlantic)
Good Vibes:
Village Vanguard (My first time there – saw and listened to an amazing band – the Terell Stafford Quintet, and had the pleasure to meet and speak with an incredible musician and educator – Kevin Harris)