Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. We hope all of you have some opportunity to be thankful on the holiday weekend and share your gratitude with loved ones and others.
Notable Events of the Week:
- “Negotiators from nearly 200 countries concluded two weeks of talks early Sunday in which their main achievement was agreeing to establish a fund that would help poor, vulnerable countries cope with climate disasters made worse by the pollution spewed by wealthy nations that is dangerously heating the planet.” NY Times
- “A shooting at an LGBTQ club killed five people and injured 18 others overnight, police said early Sunday. Club Q, where police said the first call came in minutes before midnight, described it as a “hate attack.” Authorities said that they would seek murder charges for the suspect, a 22-year-old man, and that they were investigating whether the attack was a hate crime.” Washington Post
- “The Walmart supervisor who authorities say fatally shot six colleagues in Chesapeake, Va., before taking his own life had a note in his phone that railed against people he perceived to have harassed or betrayed him and hinted at what was to come. … Bing had purchased the gun used in the attack that very morning ….” Washington Post
Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets:
- Anand Giridharadas: This extraordinary week offered as plain a reminder as is possible: Billionaires are not our saviors. They are our mistake. Opinion: This Week, Billionaires Made a Strong Case for Abolishing Themselves
- Kenneth Vogel: NEW: The @SBF_FTX & @FTX_Official influence operation blurred lines between politics, 501c advocacy & corporate lobbying in a manner that concerned some involved. There is at least one state investigation of possible criminal campaign finance violations. Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Quest to Win Friends and Influence People
- Teddy Schleifer: EWS @PuckNews DETAILS on Sam Bankman-Fried’s next political play. It was to be called The Center for the Future, and would have be a big, cash-flush entity for SBF to lobby on all causes — from AI to politics to climate to democracy. Now it is RIP. The Lost Gospel of S.B.F. [Ed. May be behind a subscription paywall.]
- Noah Buhayar: NEW: America’s biggest charity is not what you think it is @sooo__phie @antoniabmassa and I dug into the tax returns for Fidelity Charitable to find out where all its billions are actually going How Fidelity Investments Built America’s Biggest Charity
- Lucy Bernholz: PHILANTHROPY 2173: Fraud for Good
- Gene: Museum Directors, Do You Need a Hug? “Prominent museum directors declaring that they are “deeply shaken” by climate activists is a resounding failure of leadership.”
- Stanford Social Innovation Review: 📖 SSIR’s Winter 2023 Issue Cover Story: How small foundations can have outsize impact. Louis C. Boorstin of the Osprey Foundation shares funding techniques that small — and even large — foundations can use to achieve greater impact. #philanthropy #grants You Could Spend Your Money Differently
- Nonprofit Quarterly: “The truth is, when you compare white and Black wealth, a true Black middle class does not exist in America.” https://bit.ly/3U1aTAG @jhumpa_b @AnnePriceICCED
- Bridgespan Group: How can nonprofits incorporate equity into their measurement, evaluation, & learning? There is an ongoing shift in the field: nonprofits need space to tailor measurement to the needs of their communities instead of funders. 📄 Practical advice
- Linda Rosenthal: CA Crowdfunding Regulations: Last Chance to Comment
Racial Equity and Justice:
Truthsgiving: The True History of Thanksgiving (Jackie Menjivar, DoSomething.org)
You Cannot Give Thanks for What Is Stolen (Joseph Pierce, Hyperallergic)
Revitalizing Indigenous Connections: Celebrating Native American Heritage Month 2022 (Department of the Interior)
Indigenous activists “seen, not heard” at COP27 (Ayurella Horn-Muller, Axios)
Opinion: Where I come from, being a climate ‘activist’ isn’t a choice (Interview with Helena Gualinga, CNN)
If there are any attorneys or law students who identify as Black, Native Americans, or Pacific Islanders who are interested in nonprofit corporate and tax-exemption laws and who’d like to pursue this area of practice, I’m committing one hour each week to being a resource. Please contact me if I can be of service. 🙏