In 2025, the nonprofit sector faced a tumultuous year of legal and policy volatility, marked by sweeping executive actions, funding freezes, and major legislative changes that have reshaped the environment for charitable organizations. It is no wonder that the sector has been dealing with employee burnout. Below is our list of 10 significant news
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Best of the Nonprofit Law Blog 2025
2025 was the year of fear and greed. It was the year of attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and climate change mitigation efforts. It was the year of disregard for science and ethics, but also the year championing the business of science and technology, particularly around artificial intelligence. It was the year of…
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 11/8/25
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:
Senate GOP Ramps Up Attacks on Left-Wing Nonprofits (Isaiah Thompson, NPQ)
Regulatory Compliance: A Nonprofit Organization’s First Line of Defense (Shannon McCracken, Nonprofit Alliance)
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 10/25/25
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:
Annual Report on State Enforcement and Regulation (National Association of State Charity Officials)
Designing a Legal Framework to Encourage Nonprofit Success (Elizabeth Schmidt, De Gruyter Brill)
California AB 1318: A Response to Federal Threats
California Assembly Bill 1318 was signed into law by the Governor on October 7, 2025 and immediately made effective. AB 1318 was designed to protect state funding of charitable nonprofits from potentially unfair and unlawful revocation of such nonprofits’ federal tax-exempt status by a federal government hostile to their missions and activities. It accomplishes this…
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 10/4/25
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:
Presidential Memorandum on Countering Domestic Terrorism: Legal and Enforcement Implications (Ann K. Batlle, Megan E. Bell, Sarah E. Bouchard, Katelyn M. Hilferty, Tomer J. Inbar, Sandra Moser,…
Nonprofit Radio: The State Of The Sector (Beginning With AI)
I recently joined fellow Nonprofit Radio contributor Amy Sample Ward (CEO, NTEN) in conversation with host Tony Martignetti about artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, governance, and the general state of the nonprofit sector. Listen to the latest podcast here or on your favorite podcast apps.
This year, any conversation about the nonprofit sector finds its way…
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 9/6/25
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:
Charities Push Feds To Keep Combined Federal Campaign (Paul Clolery, Nonprofit Times) [Ed. See also the letter from the National Council of Nonprofits and the United Way…
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 8/23/25
Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources:
The Values We Share: What People Want From Government (PolicyLink)
From Precarity to Promise: How Public Policy Can Reverse the Wealth Gap (Hope Wollensack, NPQ)
As Government Retreats, the Nonprofit Sector Needs to Organize (Matt Watkins, Substack)
Opinion: Adapt or Resist? How to Survive the Threat of Political…
Book: Rules of the Road for Nonprofit Leaders
It’s exciting to learn of a new book on nonprofit law written for nonprofit leaders. Rules of the Road for Nonprofit Leaders is both accessible to persons who are not lawyers and helpful to lawyers who dabble in this practice area.
Author Elizabeth M. Schmidt is a professor of practice at the School of Public…