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:
Opinion: Charlie Kirk’s Killing and Civil Society (various, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Why Protecting Democracy Means Protecting Nonprofits (Ellinor Heywood and Genevieve Nadeau, Protect Democracy, NPQ)
Protecting Democracy Through Nonpartisan Voter Registration (Tim Mooney, Alliance for Justice)
To Support Civil Society, 4 Traps for Foundation Leaders to Escape (Vivian Tseng and Mike Pratt, Inside Philanthropy)
E.D. Notes for the Field: 2029: Dare to Look Past Trump’s Reign of Terror (David La Piana, La Piana Consulting)
A New Playbook: How Nonprofits Are Reinventing Themselves (Ben Gose, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Can Non-Native Funders Embrace a Native Worldview? (Erik Stegman and Rohit Menezes, NPQ)
Open Board Search: How a new approach to recruiting board members can transform nonprofits. (Cleveland Justis, Susan S. Boren, Stephanie Duncan Karp & Daniel Student, SSIR)
IRS Updates Valuable EO Educational Series & More About IRS Exempt Organizations Educational Efforts (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)
Trump Tramples Congress’s Power, With Little Challenge From G.O.P. (Julian E. Barnes and Catie Edmondson, NY Times)
Significant Events:
- “For now, federal agents in Los Angeles carrying out the immigration crackdown can continue to decide which people to stop and at least briefly detain for questioning based solely on one or a combination of four factors that a lower-court judge had deemed unconstitutional. … Those factors are people’s apparent race or ethnicity; the fact that they speak English with an accent or speak Spanish; their presence at particular locations like farms or pickup sites for day laborers; and the type of work they do.” NY Times
- “The assassination of Charlie Kirk, the high-profile conservative activist, is apparently the latest in a string of terrifying acts of political violence in the United States. … All murders are horrifying, but political violence brings its own special challenges. A society that resorts to violence to solve its problems starts to surrender its claim on being a society.” The Atlantic [Ed. Gun violence harms everyone. There is no escaping it in a highly charged environment with such great disparities in power, wealth, and health; rampant fear, discontent, and anger; a grim outlook for the future; and policies that encourage and celebrate widespread gun ownership with few safeguards.].
- “Poland said Wednesday that several Russian drones entered its territory over the course of many hours and were shot down with help from NATO allies, describing the incursion as an act of aggression carried out during a wave of Russian strikes on Ukraine. … The extent of the incursion was still becoming clear: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament 19 violations were recorded over seven hours, but that information was still being gathered.” AP
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
The DEI Dilemma: Fight Back or Duck and Cover? (Ben Gose, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Proposed Federal Bill Seeks Better Care of Indigenous Kids (Nancy Marie Spears, The Imprint)
Opinion: What I Got Wrong About D.E.I. (Eugenia Cheng, NY Times)
Climate Change Articles & Resources:
The Old Climate-Activism Playbook No Longer Works. What Else Can? (Christina Cauterucci, NY Times)
MAHA Has a Climate Change Blind Spot (Miranda Green, Atmos)
In a single email, the EPA ended her research into how climate change endangers children (Jessica Kutz The 19th)
Good Vibes:
National Portrait Gallery – Smithsonian Institution [I visited the Gallery (and the adjacent American Art Museum) for the first time this past week – reel.]