Below is a collection of links that highlight political news that impact nonprofits, helpful links for nonprofit professionals, the importance of sharing stories, and something positive to end your week.
Helpful Nonprofit Links
- There are two helpful links for thinking about the year ahead. Barbara O’Reilly at Guidestar reflects on 2018 and looks at how changes in tax law may affect our industry in 2019. The editors at Nonprofit Quarterly start the year with, A DIY Vision for Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Civil Society for 2019.
- We always appreciate how supportive the nonprofit community is. The start of the year is no exception. Vu Le wrote a great blog post welcoming nonprofit folks back from the holidays entitled, “Welcome back to work, you stunningly brilliant and attractive world-changer, you!”
- And Mary Cahalane encourages you to metaphorically (and literally) wear the good socks (or shirt) today.
“Use the ideas you’ve been saving until you feel you really need them. Or until you feel brave enough. Be brave. Experiment. Test. Fail. Fail some more.”
- Karen Toulon from Bloomberg shares a conversation with Nili Gilbert about how the David Rockefeller Fund is trying to improve climate change giving.
- Katie Thomas and Charles Ornstein from the New York Times and in collaboration with ProPublica wrote about the challenges Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is facing due to cozy relationships with for-profit companies. Martin Levine from Nonprofit Quarterly goes into further detail about this news and challenges that nonprofits face.
Political News
- This is a cross-over article between Political and Nonprofit, Dan Caplinger from the Motley Fool lists five things to know about charitable donations and taxes in the new year.
- Laura Meckler and Devlin Barrett from the Washington Post reports that the Trump administration is considering a rollback of anti-discrimination rules.
- A federal appeals court in Washington sided with the Trump administration Friday, saying restrictions on transgender men and women serving in the military can stand. Ann E. Marimow from the Washington Post provides details. The National Center for Lesbian Rights shared a press release about this decision.
- The Union of Concerned Scientists has two interesting blog post this week. Kathleen Rest explains the issues with the EPA proposal for a new formula for calculating the human health benefits of reducing mercury emissions from power plants. Jeff Deyette writes a summary of nine clean energy transition stories from the prior year.
Sharing Stories
- Elizabeth LeClair published an article with the CBC News discusses the rampant sexual harassment in the nonprofit industry and shares a story from her own assault.
“Like the entertainment industry, many of these young women are forced into situations where, in order to succeed, they have to work with someone who has hurt them.”
- Maricela Gutiérrez, executive director of Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network (SIREN), wrote a inspiring article on PhilanTopic on how the organization has spent the last few years, building the political power of immigrant and youth voters.
Something Fun
- This cat makes a stealth and slow approach to the window. Don’t blink. Don’t even blink.
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