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:

Independent Sector Recommends More Tax Relief for Nonprofits (Tax Notes) [Ed. October 15, 2024 letter to House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee.]

National Council of Nonprofits’ October 15, 2024 Letter to House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee.

The Social State of Giving (GoFundMe/Classy)

GoFundMe, Meta Combine On Sharing Features (Paul Clolery, Nonprofit Times)

More Tenth-Anniversary FPLG Blog Favorites (Linda Rosenthal, For Purpose Law Group)

What to Say on November 6 and How to Say It (Drew Lindsay, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

The data is in: DEI strategies can benefit all (Frances Kunreuther and Mercedes Brown, Candid)

Voter Registration and Racially Correlated Charity (darryll k. jones, Nonprofit Law Prof Blog)

Opinion: There Is No Leadership Without Risk (Darren Walker, NY Times)

The Need for AI Literacy (Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor, Stanford Social Innovation Review)

Significant Events:

  • “Live Updates: Israel’s Retaliatory Attack on Iran Appears Carefully Calibrated Israel struck military bases but avoided targeting nuclear facilities. Iran has so far largely played down the attack, but now faces a decision about how to respond.” NY Times
  • “Russia manufactured and spread a fake video that purports to show someone destroying ballots marked for former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, U.S. officials said on Friday. … The phony video was quickly debunked by local election officials and the district attorney’s office in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. But it still circulated widely on social media, including Elon Musk’s X, where it racked up hundreds of thousands of views.” NPR
  • “As the election nears, Donald Trump’s final message to voters is about revenge, with promises for retribution and rallies that are increasingly incoherent, vulgar and full of vitriol. … And his last pitch is as dark and sinister as any he’s made while campaigning the last two years. The US is a “garbage can for the world”, he said at a Thursday rally in Arizona ….” Guardian

Equity and Justice Related Articles & Resources:

Why Gender May Be the Defining Issue of the Election (Lisa Lerer and Katie Glueck, NY Times)

Biden Apologizes for U.S. Abuse of Indian Children, Calling It ‘a Sin on Our Soul’ (Peter Baker and Aishvarya Kavi, NY Times)

Study finds LGBTQ+ youth mental health suffering in states with anti-trans laws (Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, PBS News)

Climate Change Articles & Resources:

[Ed. The three articles listed below reference the Emissions Gap Report 2024 released on October 24, 2024.]

The U.N.’s Verdict on Climate Progress Over the Past Year: There Was None (Brad Plumer, NY Times)

U.N. says only a ‘quantum leap’ can keep global climate goals within reach (Chico Harlan, Washington Post)

How is the world doing on climate change? Not great (Lauren Sommer, NPR)