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:
Proposal Would Use Political Gatekeepers to Oversee Federal Grants (Alex Daniels, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
The Major Supreme Court Decisions in 2026 (Ann E. Marimow, Abbie VanSickle and Alicia Parlapiano, NY Times)
The New Counterterrorism State (Darakshan Raja, NPQ)
Leading When Scared (Judy Belk, Inside Philanthropy)
Opinion: $100 Billion in AI Philanthropy Sounds Great! Think Again. (Michelle Flores Vryn, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
How Nonprofits Helped Win Virginia’s Redistricting—and What It Means in a Post-Callais Landscape (Ann Lehman, NPQ)
No Strings Attached: An Examination of Board-Designated Endowments in Nonprofit Organizations (Andrew R. Finley, Curtis M. Hall, and Teresa Harrison, Sage Journals)
The Donor Pyramid Is Crumbling. Here’s How Colleges Are Rebuilding It. (Rasheeda Childress, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
The price of generosity: risks of making charitable giving a part of government engagement (Ki Hong, Charles Ricciardelli and Alexa Santry, Skadden Arps, Reuters) [Ed. Note that a copy of an IRS determination letter, which may be go back decades, is not sufficient or necessary to vet an organization’s current 501(c)(3) status; a better source would be the IRS Tax Exempt Organizations Search (TEOS) page or Business Master File.]
To Save Democracy, We Need to Reimagine the Economy (Sarita Gupta, Time) [Ed. The jawdropping statistic: “In 2026, the world’s 12 richest billionaires possess more wealth than the entire bottom half of the global population—roughly 4.1 billion people—combined.”]
Significant Events:
- “The White House is seeking to exert more control over billions of dollars in annual government grants, aiming to restrict a vast swath of funding — in health, housing, science and transportation — so that it primarily serves the purposes and organizations politically aligned with President Trump.” NY Times
- “President Donald Trump is facing warnings from foes and allies alike that he’s getting boxed in on the Iran war, a conflict he sold as a brief military incursion but that has since settled into a holding pattern. … Without an interim settlement in place to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, global energy prices remain elevated and are adding to anxieties around the world about the impact of rising costs spurred by the 3-month-old conflict on the cost of food, fuel and other goods. … Trump told CNBC he “couldn’t care less” if the negotiations had bogged down and even mused they had become “boring.”” AP
- “Eighteen Republican lawmakers defied party leadership on Thursday to side with Democrats in approving the first major aid package to Ukraine of Donald Trump’s second term. … It would also expand sanctions against Russia, including imposing new oil and gas sanctions at a time when the Trump Administration has rolled some back to alleviate rising energy prices resulting from the U.S. war with Iran.”” Time
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures in 2026 (ACLU)
The Arc of the Voting Rights Act (Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Atlantic)
Six Years After George Floyd: DEI Backlash Is Real But So Is The Need (Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes)
Climate Change and Environment Articles & Resources:
The Senator Who Won’t Shut Up about Climate Change (Elizabeth Kolbert, Mother Jones)
‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival (Jonathan Watts, Guardian)
US garbage incinerators are failing to eliminate ‘forever chemical’ air pollution, experts warn (Tom Perkins, Guardian)
Democracy Articles & Resources:
Use It or Lose It: Freedom of speech, and of the press, can be guaranteed only if Americans exercise their rights. (Adrienne LaFrance, Atlantic)
Trump’s financial ties face scrutiny after moves benefiting allies and family (Will Weissert and Michelle L. Price, AP)
‘Infuriated’ Former Judges Take on Trump (Adam Liptak, NY Times)
A.I. Articles & Resources:
Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos. What could go wrong? (Eduardo Porter, Guardian)
Anthropic and DeepMind Now Actively Investigating AI Consciousness (Frank Landymore, Futurism)
No, artificial intelligence is not conscious (Ted Chiang, Atlantic)
Good Vibes:
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- Putting diverse multiracial nonprofit and civil society voices at the center of how America tells its 250-year story
- Celebrating and amplifying the stories of nonprofit and civic workers, voices, and journalism doing the daily work to advance a thriving, inclusive democracy.
Because democracy’s unfinished work requires our narratives, our stories, and our communities.
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