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:

Vance, White House promise to ‘go after’ left-leaning organizations: The vice president suggested targeting the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Foundations, the nonprofit run by George Soros. (Irie Sentner, Politico)

Trump Invokes Kirk’s Killing in Justifying Measures to Silence Opponents (Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Andrew Duehren, Kenneth P. Vogel, and Katie Rogers, NY Times)

100-Plus Foundations Stand United as White House Goes on the Attack (Alex Daniels, Chronicle of Philanthropy) [Ed. The letter, Statement on Political Violence and the Fundamental Freedom of Speech, is available on Medium here.]

Comment of Professors of Taxation and Nonprofit Law Re: Proposed changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), 90 Fed. Reg. 40154 (Ellen P. Aprill, Linda M. Bela, Jeremy Bearer-Friend, Jennifer Bird-Pollan, David A. Brennen, Samuel D. Brunson, Harvey P. Dale, Steven Dean, Jill R. Horwitz, James J. Fishman, Miranda Perry Fleischer, Brian Galle, Darryll K. Jones, Benjamin Leff, Rose Chan Loui, Jill Manny, Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, Dana Brakman Reiser, Richard Schmalbeck, Stephen Schwarz, and Elaine Waterhouse Wilson) [Ed. The comments are from a dream list of academics and thinkers of taxation and nonprofit law. On Bluesky, Prof. Galle wrote: “The rule purports to give ED authority to strip PSLF eligibility from any employer that acts with an “illegal purpose.”” Prof. Aprill added: “Those who care about this program, please read our comments explaining how the proposed regulations misapply this IRS doctrine.” I’ll add that the analyses in the paper may have implications beyond PSLF eligibility as there are strong signs that the administration may direct the use of the illegality and public policy rationales for attacking the tax-exempt status of certain organizations that oppose the administration’s priorities.]

5 Reasons Funders Should Exercise Their Convening Power to Meet this Moment (Adriana Cosgriff, Engage Blog)

Litigation in an Information Vacuum Is a Missed Opportunity (Mark Rosenbaum, Felix Schein, and Hillary Moglen, SSIR)

A Risk and Resilience Checklist for Purpose-Driven Boards (Rick Moyers and BoardSource)

Nonprofit governance and fiduciary duties: court holds directors personally liable for mismanagement (Seyfarth Shaw) [Ed. One of the authors of this article, Douglas Mancino, was a brilliant exempt organizations attorney, one of the few giants in this practice area, and a colleague of mine for many years on the Planning Committee of the Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO). Doug sadly passed away on September 10. We offer our condolences to all of his loved ones.]

The Upside of Collapse: What I Learned While Tracing Resilience Across Time—and How Leaders Can Put It Into Practice (Dax Devlon, First Draft Thinking Substack)

America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars (Anne Applebaum, Atlantic)

Significant Events:

• “President Trump and his top advisers threatened on Monday to unleash the power of the federal government to punish what they alleged was a left-wing network that funds and incites violence, seizing on Charlie Kirk’s killing to make broad and unsubstantiated claims about their political opponents. … Democrats have warned that the Trump White House could be using Mr. Kirk’s killing as a pretense to go after political dissent, not just hate speech or violence.” NY Times
• “Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that TV networks which cover him “negatively” could be punished by the government after his celebration of ABC suspending late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. … “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like,” Obama wrote on X.” Guardian
• “While other presidents have typically tried to lower the temperature in moments of national crisis, Mr. Trump turns up the flames. He does not subscribe to the traditional notion of being president for all the people. He acts as president of red America and the people who agree with him, while those who do not are portrayed as enemies and traitors deserving payback.” NY Times

Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:

Trump’s Ice raids recall a painful past for these Americans: ‘I see myself in those children’ (Victoria Namkung, Guardian)

Social Security could change eligibility rules for disability — blocking benefits for 750,000 disabled Americans (Jessica Hall, MarketWatch)

Group behind Project 2025 urges FBI to brand ‘transgender extremists’ a domestic terror threat (Io Dodds, Independent)

Climate Change Articles & Resources:

Robert Redford remembered for his deep legacy in environmental activism and Native American advocacy (Hillel Italie, AP)

Climate change ‘beyond scientific dispute,’ National Academies report says (Alex Guillén, Politico)

Environmental Groups Are Suing To Silence Scientists Who Wrote a Report Questioning Climate Change Alarmism (Jeff Luse, Reason)

Good Vibes:

Inside the Most Valuable Team in Women’s Sports (Heather Knight and Gabriela Bhaskar, NY Times) [Ed. The Golden State Valkyries had an amazing first season, making the playoffs as an expansion team and battling to the end, losing 75-74 in the elimination game. Still, the team captured the Bay Area’s hearts and the Bay Area showed up for women’s sports. Disclaimer: I have the privilege of representing the Golden State Community Foundation and have been a Bay Area sports fan for decades..]