Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 8/25/24

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:

Before the Exposé Hits the Front Page (Joan Garry, Stanford Social Innovation Review) [Ed. The subheading: “Nonprofits need to plan for crises before they happen, as the example of GLAAD shows us.”]

Leadership: The Best of 2024 (So Far) (Nonprofit Quarterly)

Tensions in Funder Learning: Reflections on a Participatory Grantmaking Initiative (Melinda Tuan, Fund for Shared Insight)

With their massive resources, corporations could be champions of racial equity but often waver (Glenn Gamboa and Thalia Beaty, AP)

What not-for-profits need to know about UBIT (Anita Dennis, Journal of Accountancy)

OpenAI’s structure raises questions about protecting its charitable mission (Rose Chain Loui, Daily Journal)

Legacy Fraud in the Charitable Sector (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)

Nonprofit Journalism and the 501(c)(3) Political Restrictions (darryll k. jones, Nonprofit Law Prof Blog)

Opinion: I’m a Deadhead and a Nonprofit Leader: The Two Have a Lot in Common (Eboo Patel, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Gen Z: Not Just a Buzzword – We’re Changing the Game! (Estephany Gomez Bautista and Olivia Audsley, La Piana Consulting)

Significant Events:

• “Vice President Kamala Harris used her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday to present herself as a pragmatic leader who could unite all Americans behind a “new way forward,” painting her opponent, former President Donald J. Trump, as a dangerous and “unserious man” whose election would alter the foundation of American democracy.” NY Times
• “Faced with crisis, Vladimir Putin tends to freeze. Moscow’s slow, fumbling military response to Ukraine’s surprise occupation of parts of the western Kursk region is the latest example of the Kremlin chief failing to respond with quick, decisive action to match his bellicose rhetoric.” Washington Post
• “In his first term in office, Mr. Trump never realized his expansive vision of using troops to enforce the law on U.S. soil. But as he has sought a return to power, he has made clear that he intends to use the military for a range of domestic law enforcement purposes, including patrolling the border, suppressing protests that he deems to have turned into riots and even fighting crime in big cities run by Democrats.” NY TImes

Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:

With six words, Michelle Obama rewires America’s conversation on race (Philip Bump, Washington Post)

Racial Justice: The Best of 2024 (So Far) (Nonprofit Quarterly)

Advancing DEI Initiative: What types of cases are occuring? (Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU School of Law)

Climate Change Articles & Resources:

‘We should have better answers by now’: climate scientists baffled by unexpected pace of heating (Jonathan Watts, Guardian)

The overshoot myth: you can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C (James Dyke, Robert Watson, and Wolfgant Knorr, Conversation)

Climate Change Is Making the Middle East Uninhabitable (Steven A. Cook and Christina Bouri, Foreign Policy)