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:
Fearless Fund settles with DEI foes, ends grant program for Black women (Julian Mark and Taylor Telford, Washington Post)
Fearless Fund Drops Grant Program for Black Women Business Owners in Lawsuit Settlement (Alexandra Olson, AP)
Public Charities are Restricted from Participation in Political Campaigns. How About Their Staff? (Amy Y. Lin, Perlman+Perlman)
Mismatched: Philanthropy’s Response to the Call for Racial Justice (Malkia Devich Cyril, Lyle Matthew Kan, Ben Francisco Maulbeck, and Lori Villarosa, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity)
Financial Insecurity in the Nonprofit Workforce (Independent Sector)
Purpose-Driven Board Leadership: A Conversation Starter for Boards (BoardSource)
BRIDGING THE GAP: Grantee Perspectives on Intermediary Funders (Center for Effective Philanthropy)
What’s Your Start Agenda? (Jim Bildner, Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Can AI lift up struggling nonprofits — or cause them more pain? (Chase DiBenedetto, Mashable)
How Managers Become Leaders (Michael D. Watkins, Harvard Business Review)
Significant Events:
- “Harris, who was under pressure to define herself more fully to voters who barely know her, did so less by outlining her positions on policies, though she did some of that, and more by being vigorous and unrelenting in attacking Trump. She played prosecutor from start to finish. She called him a threat to the future of the country if he is returned to the Oval Office. She portrayed him as obsessed with himself rather than the people he seeks to serve. She detailed his criminal convictions and the indictments against him. She even needled him about crowd sizes. It was a dominating performance. Trump has not been challenged so directly and so consistently in his political life.” Washington Post
- “Bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings for a second day on Friday in an Ohio community that has been the focus of unwanted attention after former President Donald Trump amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating pets.” AP
- “Elon Musk’s misleading election claims reach millions and alarm election officials The X billionaire’s false posts about noncitizen voting spur officials to fact-check him, lead to requests to purge voter rolls, and add to worries about threats, election officials say.” Washington Post
Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:
How Tax Fairness Can Promote Racial Equity (Americans for Tax Fairness)
How the US supreme court’s affirmative action ruling unleashed anti-DEI cases (Lauren Aratani, Guardian)
Affirmative Action Was Banned. What Happened Next Was Confusing. (Anemona Hartocollis and Stephanie Saul, NY Times)
Climate Change Articles & Resources:
If Trump wins the election, this is what’s at stake (Bill McKibben, Guardian)
‘Social Profit Orientation’ Can Help Companies and Nonprofits Alike Do More Good in the World (Leonard L. Berry, Lerzan Aksoy, and Tracey Danaher, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Climate Risks and Community Vulnerabilities Assessment (HHS)