Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: DHS moves to bar aid groups from serving undocumented immigrants (Brianna Sacks, Washington Post) [Ed. This dubious prohibition targets nonprofits providing disaster relief funded in part by federal grants and awards. Imagine denying emergency medical relief until a disaster victim proves their immigration status.] Using Generative Governance Principles […]
Author: Gene Takagi
Nonprofit Leadership: Delegation
Nonprofit board members and managers rely on delegating their responsibilities to others. Of course, the size of the organization will dictate the options, persons, groups, and contractors involved. This post is aimed principally at nonprofit corporations with at least a few employees holding management-level responsibilities and will not discuss the very important employee – independent […]
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 […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 8/16/25
Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: New Trump Order Injects Politics Into Federal Grant Decisions (Alex Daniels, Chronicle of Philanthropy) Executive Branch Oversight of Federal Grantmaking: A New Era? (Mehrin (“Mir”) Masud-Elias, Pari R. Mody, Amy Budner Smith, Sara Garofalo Linder, Arnold & Porter) 2025 Federal Grants Guide (Revised) (Matt Watkins, LinkedIn) The Elephant […]
Fiscal Sponsorship: Six Ways to Tank Your Organization
I have the pleasure of speaking at the Fiscal Sponsor Conversations forum (“FSC”) on Tuesday, August 12, at 10 am PDT / 1 pm EDT. With inspiration from an old post I wrote, Fiscal Sponsorship: Six Ways to Do It Wrong, FSC organizers Andrew Schulman and Oliver Hack asked me to present on Fiscal Sponsorship: […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 8/9/25
Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: What Is “Civil Society”—and How Is It Under Threat? (Rebekah Barber, NPQ) These May Be the Only Donors Who Can Save the Nonprofit Sector (David Callahan, Inside Philanthropy) The Tax Law’s Big Win for Charities Makes DAF Giving Trickier (Rasheeda Childress, Chronicle of Philanthropy) Beginner’s Guide to Nonprofit […]
Starting a Nonprofit: Spinning Off From a Fiscal Sponsor
A new nonprofit is commonly created when a program or project spins off from a separate nonprofit. Sometimes a project spins off from a fiscal sponsor, perhaps after a planned incubation period. And sometimes a program spins off from a nonprofit because of a mutual desire to provide greater or different opportunities for the program, […]
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 8/2/25
Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Opinion: You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next. (Vanita Gupta, NY Times) [Ed. Vanita Gupta was the 19th United States Associate Attorney General and served as the third-ranking official at the Department of Justice from 2021-2024.] President Trump’s actions targeting law firms, judges, […]
Nonprofit Radio – 750th Show!
Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio celebrated its 750th show and 15th Anniversary! I’ve been honored to be a regular for all 15 years, joining shortly after Tony got started. It’s Nonprofit Radio’s 750th show and 15th Anniversary Jubilee. To celebrate, co-host Claire Meyerhoff shares her “Ode to Nonprofit Radio.” We have our associate producer, Kate Martignetti; 3 live […]