Free Help for Nonprofits Facing Cuts, Legal Threats

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July 23, 2025

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Subject: Free Help for Nonprofits Facing Cuts, Legal Threats

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Nonprofit Support

Pro Bono Services Ramping Up for Nonprofits Facing Funding Cuts and Legal Threats

By Stephanie Beasley July 22, 2025

Eighty percent of nonprofits say they will be interested in pro bono assistance within the next six to 12 months. Expert volunteers appear to be ready to meet the demand.
Nonprofit Support

The Government Was Once a Steady Partner for Nonprofits. That’s Changing

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press July 22, 2025

The vast and interconnected set of programs funded by taxpayers has been significantly dismantled in just months, nonprofit leaders, researchers and funders say. And even deeper, permanent cuts are still possible.
Leadership

Abigail Disney: An Heiress Who Pushes the Wealthy to ‘Fight Like Hell’ for Democracy

By Sara Herschander July 8, 2025

The philanthropist is using her “weird voice and weird position” as an heir to the Disney fortune to challenge rich Americans who are afraid to step up.

WEBINARS

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Amid so much disruption in the nonprofit world, some funders are rethinking how to get money to the field quickly and effectively by investing in nonprofits’ capacity. Join us for the webinar How to Secure Capacity-Building Grants to learn from two funders who invest in organizational capacity as they explain ways to identify grant makers, craft compelling proposals, and build relationships with nonprofit associations that offer these grants to members.

ONLINE FORUMS

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Join us for How to Use AI Without Breaking Donors’ Trust to learn from Jeremy Morse of Anthos|Home, CJ Orr of the Orr Group, and Josie White of Shelter the Homeless as they discuss responsible ways to use AI. They’ll explain the importance of human oversight and share ways to increase productivity while avoiding potential pitfalls.

Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online

Only 10 of Planned Parenthood’s 47 nationwide affiliates can once again receive Medicaid funding after a federal judge ordered a preliminary injunction against a Trump administration effort to block those reimbursements. The organization is suing over a new law that bars Medicaid funds from going to nonprofit health centers that provide abortions and took in at least $800,000 in Medicaid revenues in 2023. The judge ordered payments restarted to clinics that do not fit that description in Utah, Delaware, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi. (New York Times)

Plus: What Is Planned Parenthood Fighting For? (Wall Street Journal— subscription)
Background from the Chronicle: Reproductive Rights

Public Broadcasting

Opinion: NPR Loses. The First Amendment Wins. (Boston Globe)
NPR News Chief Says She’s Leaving, Days After Federal Funding Cuts (Washington Post)
Public Media Appeals to Audiences for Support After Congress Cuts Off Its Funding (Nieman Lab)
- Background from the Chronicle: ‘We Need to Be Strategic’: How GBH’s Leader Makes Hard Choices After Federal Funding Cuts

More News

Texas Hill Country Nonprofit Raises $60M for Flood Relief in Weeks After Deadly Storms (Houston Chronicle)
How to Save OpenAI’s Nonprofit Soul, According to a Former OpenAI Employee (Time)
Mental Health Association of San Francisco Announces Sweeping Layoffs (KRON)

Arts and Culture

Republicans Propose Naming Kennedy Center Opera House After Melania Trump (Washington Post)
‘Jewish Giving’ Book Review: Charity and Survival (Wall Street Journal— subscription)

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