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:
- “Against the backdrop of mounting evidence that the global economy is weakening, President Trump is caught between his desire to pursue the trade war with China he promised to win and his need to keep the economy humming as the 2020 election approaches.” NY Times
- “The Trump administration has said the immigration overhaul it announced this week will ensure that new legal residents carry their own weight, without prejudice or favor. Yet the new rule for weeding out those who might be a drain on taxpayers will almost certainly disadvantage poor people from Latin America, Africa and parts of Asia. … The so-called public charge rule … represents a fundamental shift for a nation that has long welcomed impoverished immigrants from around the world who seek a fresh start in a country with more opportunity than where they came from.” NY Times
- “Extreme climate change has arrived in America … A Washington Post analysis of more than a century of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration temperature data across the Lower 48 states and 3,107 counties has found that major areas are nearing or have already crossed the 2-degree Celsius mark.” Washington Post
Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets:
- For Purpose Law: Recent Nonprofit Issues: Developments
- Nonprofit Law News: Federal Court Sets Aside Form 990 Schedule B Donor Disclosure Rule: How Will The IRS Respond? | by @NossamanLaw
- Nonprofit Quarterly: Who owns your nonprofit? The answer may be more complicated than you think…
- Lucy Bernholz: One Thing You Can Do: Make Your Donations Count – The New York Times … This is interesting and PRECISELY why I’m writing How We Give Now – people use their money to make change, politics/charity are means to an end, not distinct budgets
- Carrie Garber Siegrist: Where is the line between promoting civic edu & becoming “action” org under Treas. Reg. 1.501(c)(3)-1(c)(3)(iv) advocating for a “doctrine” or “theory” per Rev Rul 62-71? Recent #IRS #501c3 denial blurring distinction? Anyone know more RE this #nonprofit? https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/201932017.pdf
- Nonprofit Law News: Tax-Exempt Mayo Clinic Awarded $11.5M UBIT Refund, Invalidating Treasury Regulations In the Process | by @kslaw
- For Purpose Law: Philanthropy Pros: Priorities & Pain Points
- GCIR: Despite hateful and racist attacks on immigrants from the highest levels of our society, foundations are giving less to pro-immigrant causes than to leisure sports like badminton and sailing, according to @NCRP https://buff.ly/303CbLp
- ICNL Alliance: “One of the reasons philanthropists sometimes fail to measure what really matters is that the global political economy primarily seeks what is efficient and scalable. Unfortunately, efficiency and scalability are not the same as a healthy system.” The World Is Complex. Measuring Charity Has to Be Too
- Pamela Merritt: This woman is sleeping well in Virginia after basically committing mass murder in Uganda, and I’m so mad I’m shaking. American With No Medical Training Ran Center For Malnourished Ugandan Kids. 105 Died