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September 17, 2025
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From: Philanthropy Today

Subject: 100-Plus Philanthropies Push Back Against Trump Attacks

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    Government and Legislation

    100-Plus Foundations Stand United as White House Goes on the Attack

    By Alex Daniels September 17, 2025
    The philanthropies wrote an open letter that condemns political violence and defends their freedom of speech and the freedom to give.
  • Vanessa Batters-Thompson, executive director of DC Appleseed, testifies at a DC Council hearing.
    Grant Making

    Emergency Funding Takes On New Urgency Amid Government Shutdown

    By Stephanie Beasley October 20, 2025
    The government shutdown deals another blow to nonprofits facing economic uncertainty and federal funding disruptions.
  • Host Nate Bargatze, left, JB Smoove and children from the Girls and Boys Club appear on stage during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
    Fundraising

    Nate Bargatze’s Controversial Emmys Bit Benefits Boys & Girls Clubs

    By James Pollard, Associated Press September 17, 2025
    The Boys & Girls Clubs of America may end up being the biggest winner of Sunday night’s Emmy Awards. The afterschool youth programming nonprofit is now seeing a donation surge after a controversial fundraising bit at the center of television’s biggest night.

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Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online

Young climate activists backed by the nonprofit Our Children’s Trust are asking a federal court to block three White House executive orders from taking effect. At issue are orders on energy that the trust’s lawyers say are unconstitutional. (New York Times)

  • Background from the Chronicle: Behind Landmark Climate Ruling in Mont., a Trailblazing Nonprofit Law Firm and an Army of Youth Activists
  • Plus: Trump’s Killing of Climate Grants Has Recipients Second-Guessing Federal Help (Politico)
  • Plus: Black Communities, Shaken by Trump Cuts, Feel ‘Left Behind Again’ (Washington Post)

More News

  • Key Aid Groups Suspend Work, Face Tough Choices as Israel Invades Gaza City (Washington Post)
  • NEH Grant to Fight Antisemitism Is Largest Ever, Signaling Trump-Era Shift (Washington Post)
  • Musk’s X Can Sue Watchdog Media Matters in Texas, U.S. Judge Rules (Reuters)
  • UC Employees, Not Waiting on Leaders, Sue Trump for ‘Financial Coercion’ Over UCLA Cuts (Los Angeles Times)
  • As an Activist, Robert Redford Understood the Power of Celebrity (New York Times)

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