Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week.
Notable Events of the Week:
- “The Treasury Department on Thursday announced a plan to raise an additional $700 billion through new tax compliance measures, a potentially key source of revenue for the Biden administration’s multitrillion-dollar spending proposals. … Treasury says its plan would lead to the hiring and retention of 5,000 new enforcement personnel. It would in particular allow the IRS to hire “specialized” enforcement staff, particularly by funding the IRS divisions focused on scrutinizing large corporations and “global high-wealth and high-income individuals.”” Washington Post
- “With the daily bombardment by the Israeli military aimed at Hamas militants embedded in civilian neighborhoods at an end, at least for the moment as a fragile cease-fire held, residents across Gaza were able to assess for the first time on Friday the scale of the damage wrought by the latest round of conflict.” NY Times
- “We have tackled many strange stories on 60 Minutes, but perhaps none like this. It’s the story of the U.S. government’s grudging acknowledgment of unidentified aerial phenomena— UAP—more commonly known as UFOs. After decades of public denial the Pentagon now admits there’s something out there, and the U.S. Senate wants to know what it is. The intelligence committee has ordered the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense to deliver a report on the mysterious sightings by next month.” 60 Minutes
Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets:
- AFJ Bolder Advocacy: A great read from our friends at @npquarterly on why advocacy matters to the nonprofit community, with some great steps for (c)(3)s to start, or continue, power building. NPQ
- Chronicle of Philanthropy: “The accelerated flow of disinformation has a profound effect on the work of nonprofits and foundations and fighting it needs to be at the center of all our work.” Sign up to read article free. Fighting Falsehoods Must Be at the Center of All That Nonprofits and Foundations Do
- Fast Co. Impact: Why I use the NRA as a case study for how nonprofits shouldn’t operate
- Linda Rosenthal: Charitable Crowdfunding: Then and Now
- Philantopic: #Nonprofits must listen with their ears, not with their eyes http://ow.ly/xrKs30rI6I7 @SSIReview #racialequity #socialjustice
- Nonprofit Law News: No Good Deed Should Be Punished: Harris Beach Wins Summary Judgment Under Volunteer Protection Act | by @harrisbeach
- Candid: “What’s the best way to talk about how philanthropy has evolved—or not—on racial justice over the past year” Read more from @InsidePhilanthr on understanding philanthropy’s successes and failures on racial justice. From Talk to Action? Assessing Philanthropy’s Racial Justice Response
- Rhodri Davies: Reminder also that I penned some thoughts about why I think Marcus Rashford’s approach to philanthropy is ace, and why it has been well-received by the public, here: Marcus Rashford, Dolly Parton & Public Perceptions of Philanthropy
- Gene: Think Different About Flow of Investment Capital When Prioritizing Social or Charitable Outcomes Taxation of Exempts – John Tyler, @KauffmanFDN
- Stacy Palmer: The world of crypto philanthropy is about to get weird via @voxdotcom
Black Lives Matter:
Why Conservatives Want to Cancel the 1619 Project (Adam Serwer, The Atlantic)
History Can Be Erased. It Often Has Been. (Charles M. Blow, NY Times)
The Sum of Our Parts (Code Switch)
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All (Martha S. Jones) [based on the Blinkist 15 min. summary of the book]
‘Vanguard’ Spotlights the Black Women Who Fought for the Vote (Jennifer Szalai, NY Times)