Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 7/14/24

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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:

Everyday Donors Want to Give. Here’s How to Find Them. (Ben Gose and Rasheeda Childress, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Crowded Out: The Dark Side Of Crowdfunding Healthcare And Its Historical Precedents (Nora Kenworthy, HistPhil)

Opinion: How One Word Could Change Philanthropy (Leah Hunt-Hendriz, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Strategic Philanthropy Is Alive and Well (Jodi Nelson & Fay Twersky, Stanford Social Innovation Review)

Advancing Locally Led Development: An Overview of U.S. Foundations’ Direct Global Giving (Council on Foundations)

Donation-Refund Scam Alert (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)

Who Has Standing to Sue Nonprofit Directors? (darryll k. jones, Nonprofit Law Prof Blog)

IRS pressured to investigate Family Research Council’s ‘church’ status (Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): A Guide for the Perplexed (Covington)

What Would Fiduciary Duty to the Community Look Like? (Sandhya Nakhasi, Nonprofit Quarterly) [Ed. As a lawyer, I find the framework of redefining fiduciary duties problematic, but as a community-minded person, I appreciate the goals expressed in this article and the call to practitioners to show what is possible. I’ve been trying to do my part by showing how the duty of loyalty and the bests interests of the organization can incorporate values. See, e.g., here, here, and here.]

Significant Events:

“A Terrible New Era of Political Violence in America Donald Trump was bloody but “safe” after a shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania, his campaign said.” The Atlantic
“Elections in Europe and Iran show authoritarian march may have slowed, not halted … In France, a leftist coalition beat the far right into third place in legislative elections. The U.K.’s center-left Labour Party swept back to power in a landslide after 14 years of Conservative rule. Iranian voters, offered a limited choice in a circumscribed presidential election, opted for the more moderate of two candidates to replace the late hard-liner Ebrahim Raisi.” AP
“The Republican National Committee has expanded legal challenges to voting and election procedures in key swing states since March, when presumptive nominee Donald Trump installed new party leaders with a mandate to pursue his unsubstantiated claims of widespread cheating. … Critics say the challenges are legally frivolous. But the cases are dangerous nonetheless, they argue, because they are meant to further erode public confidence in elections and lay the groundwork to overturn the results if Trump loses.” Washington Post