Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 7/19/25

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:

Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why (Adam Liptak, NY Times)

Trust in Nonprofits Holds Strong Despite Political Attacks (Ted Siefer, NPQ)

What We Know — and Don’t Know — About the Nonprofit Layoff Crisis (Tamara Straus, Sara Herschander, and Elizabeth Haugh, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

What Should Nonprofits Do If ICE Shows Up? This Legal Guide Can Help (Cinnamon Janzer, Next City)

What Will Funding Cuts Do to NPR and PBS? (Benjamin Mullin, NY Times)

Is Colbert’s Ouster Really Just a ‘Financial Decision’? (David A. Graham, Atlantic)

Opinion: Philanthropy’s Trigger Words — and How to Make Your Message Clear (Matt Watkins, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

A Newsroom That Listens (Nicolas Rios, SSIR)

The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food (Hana Kiros, Atlantic)

Supreme Court Decision Narrows Nationwide Injunctions: Implications for Nonprofits (BDO)

Significant Events:

  • “The Supreme Court agreed on Monday that the Trump administration can proceed with dismantling the Education Department by firing more than a thousand workers. … The move by the justices represents an expansion of presidential power, allowing Mr. Trump to dismantle the inner workings of a government department created by Congress without legislators’ input. … Particularly hard hit was the department’s Office for Civil Rights, which had seven of its 12 offices shuttered.” NY Times
  • Inside the powerful task force spearheading Trump’s assault on colleges, DEI The Trump administration is using antisemitism investigations as a pretext to pursue an unrelated conservative agenda, critics say.” Washington Post
  • “MAGA supporters are not pleased with President Donald Trump following his full-throated defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose Department of Justice denied the existence of a Jeffrey Epstein client list after years of Trump surrogates vowing to reveal the disgraced financier’s secrets.” Fox News

Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:

Urban League declares a ‘state of emergency’ for civil rights in the US in response to Trump (Matt Brown, AP)

College Hearing Live Updates: 3 University Leaders Reject Accusations of Inaction on Antisemitism (NY Times)

Stacey Abrams has some advice for companies erasing DEI from their websites: ‘It’s not about the letters’ (Brit Morse, Fortune)

Climate Change Articles & Resources:

Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response (Lisa FriedmanMaxine JoselowCoral Davenport and Megan Mineiro, NY Times)

Trump administration says it won’t publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised (Seth Borenstein, AP)

Climate change is fueling brutal rainstorms. Here’s how to stay safe (NPR)

Good Vibes:

Opinion: ‘Superman’ Is MAGA Kryptonite (David French, NY Times)