Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week.
Notable Events of the Week:
- “Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III wrote a letter in late March complaining to Attorney General William P. Barr that a four-page memo to Congress describing the principal conclusions of the investigation into President Trump “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of Mueller’s work, according to a copy of the letter reviewed Tuesday by The Washington Post.” Washington Post
- “Attorney General William P. Barr defended himself on Wednesday against withering criticism of his handling of the special counsel investigation as Democrats accused of him of deceiving Congress and acting as a personal agent for President Trump rather than a steward of justice.” NY Times
- “Oliver L. North announced on Saturday that he would not serve a second term as the National Rifle Association’s president, deciding to step down as the organization grappled with a bitter dispute over its future and its worst leadership crisis in decades.” NY Times
Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets:
- Nonprofit Quarterly: A cautionary tale to keep an eye on grassroots opposition from @NRA’s membership conference fiasco: http://bit.ly/2GPtmO8
- Brian Mittendorf: Here’s my accountant’s view of the NRA meltdown. Financial woes are at the heart of the NRA’s tumult
- Phillip Hackney: My thoughts on the NRAs issues with regulatory authorities: Should the NRA fear losing its ‘nonprofit status’? via @ConversationUS
- NPR: The Boy Scouts of America’s own records show that more than 12,000 children have been sexually assaulted while participating in the organization’s programs. https://n.pr/2L6rJjh
- L.A. Times: Nonprofits aren’t required to publicly disclose their donors. Some pharmaceutical companies voluntarily disclose at least some of their funding for patient groups, but the full scope of their giving is far from transparent. https://lat.ms/2ZHG0WZ
- National Council of Nonprofits: From the latest issue of @npquarterly, our own Tim Delaney walks us through #Nonprofit Tax Policy—A Game of Three-Dimensional Chess
- Chronicle of Philanthropy: “A world without #PressFreedom is blind.” https://bit.ly/2vwRLSh
- David Crary: Three influential activists _ Cecile Richards, Alicia Garza, Ai-jen Poo _ launch organization aiming to harness the political power of #women. https://apnews.com/a60b6733819c4e399f0051eaf73ea276
- ImpactAssets: Tim Freundlich, CEO of ImpactAssets, shares two impact investing trends to keep an eye on in 2019 http://ow.ly/Y8iY50tBXM8 via @Forbes #impinv #genderlens #philanthropy
- Bill McKibben: I’ve waited pretty much all my adult life for a climate moment like this one. Let’s make it count Notes From a Remarkable Political Moment for Climate Change
Themed Media Selection:
‘The Daily Show’ skewers William Barr’s bumbling testimony (Mashable)