NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly)

Join us March 19 for a dynamic discussion about Open Board Search, an innovative recruitment practice emerging that is transforming nonprofit #boards.
If you’re ready to rethink how your board recruits, this session is for you! npqleadingedge.org/shop/webinar... #governance #leadership

In an Era of Constant Change, Nonprofits Must Foster Learning Cultures | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. In perennially uncertain times, organizations that prioritize building learning cultures are better equipped to adapt and thrive.

In an Era of Constant Change, #Nonprofits Must Foster Learning Cultures via @npquarterly.bsky.social

Resisting Authoritarianism: How to Activate Civil Society’s Pillars of Support | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Can authoritarianism be stopped? Five sectors play critical roles in answering that question and help civil society better uphold democracy.

“Domestic and international movements have defeated authoritarians by undermining their power and legitimacy, pillar by pillar.”

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Understanding AI’s Thirst for Water: An Explainer | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Generative AI is what requires those massive data centers that Big Tech is rushing to build. While they are being marketed as energy-efficient, this explainer digs into their cooling systems and…

Been thinking about AI data centers and water? Us too. This explainer by Uprooter Jay Shah for @npquarterly.bsky.social helps clarify how and why AI data centers use so much water. nonprofitquarterly.org/understandin...

Information as Civic Infrastructure—and How Philanthropy Can Support the Ecosystem | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Philanthropy funds solutions but less often invests in the fundamental conditions that make those solutions possible. Among the most fragile of those conditions is the shared information ecosystem on ...

We just moved one step closer to a billionaire father-and-son owning CBS, CNN, HBO, MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, DC Comics, & TikTok.

That is why erosion of the information ecosystem matters. And why funders must pay attention—and fund to strengthen it nonprofitquarterly.org/information-...

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Who’s Doing the Work? How to Shift Power and Not Just Workloads | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Too often, participation in philanthropy means burdensome work for community members, while program staff retains key decision-making power.

Who’s Doing the Work? How to Shift Power and Not Just Workloads nonprofitquarterly.org/whos-doing-t... - Noah Ponton and Vijay Simhan, @npquarterly.bsky.social cc @humanityunitedorg.bsky.social

The Third Reconstruction: Looking Beyond the Emergencies of Today to the Beloved Community | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. This synthesis of Dēmos' Third Reconstruction series helps us imagine and lay the foundation for the next chapter of American history.

At a time when fear dominates news cycles, Aron Goldman calls us to look beyond the crises of today to envision a new path toward our collective liberation.

His reflections on our Third Reconstruction series are now available on @npquarterly.bsky.social: demos.nyc/4az3AvI

How to Develop a Community Housing Vision for Puerto Rico | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Bad Bunny’s recent 31-concert residency in Puerto Rico highlighted the archipelago’s housing and displacement crisis. But what’s the solution? A community ownership approach could make housing more af...

In a recent piece for @npquarterly.bsky.social, Alison Chopel, Orlando Velázquez Pérez, Belinés Ramos Negrón, & Eduardo J. Rodríguez León discuss the findings of their recent research on community-owned housing in Puerto Rico.

Giving Bigger, Organizing More Boldly: Centering Disability Justice | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. What does it take to be a donor organizer? It requires vision, persistence, and a willingness to be bold. It also requires making a personal commitment to the cause.

"The edges of our movements hold the deepest lessons."

This @npquarterly.bsky.social piece follows Katrina Schaffer, who seeded the #DisabilityFrontlinesFund at TWF.

Only 6% of disability funding goes to rights & justice. Here's how DFF is closing that gap: https://bit.pulse.ly/xr2dk1t2zd

How To Build Solidarity Infrastructure for the Long Haul | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Many movements get stuck in episodic solidarity because they lack scaffolding and support, but solidarity infrastructure must go beyond movement moments.

How To Build Solidarity Infrastructure for the Long Haul nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-build... - Adaku Utah and Deepa Iyer, @npquarterly.bsky.social | "we must support, organize, and buttress both short-term scaffolding and long-term infrastructure"

How To Build Solidarity Infrastructure for the Long Haul | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Many movements get stuck in episodic solidarity because they lack scaffolding and support, but solidarity infrastructure must go beyond movement moments.

New at @npquarterly.bsky.social - BMP's Adaku Utah and @deepaiyer.bsky.social write about the solidarity infrastructure that our movements need to move beyond episodic solidarity.

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In a new series, co-produced by Nonprofit Quarterly and Solidaire Network, Farhad Ebrahimi makes the case for organizing donors and funders as a core strategy for transforming people with wealth, building power and winning justice: bit.ly/npqseries1

‘How Do You Teach a Child Who Has Been Pepper-Sprayed?’—The Impact of ICE on Educators | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. What is the toll the ICE surge in Minneapolis has taken on educators, from losing students to witnessing violence, and how can those in other states help and prepare?

Teachers have been on the frontlines in Minneapolis, helping children and families afraid or unable to leave their homes. While ICE is allegedly departing, the damage lingers. I wrote about the impact of ICE on educators @npquarterly.bsky.social
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Giving Bigger, Organizing More Boldly: Centering Disability Justice | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. What does it take to be a donor organizer? It requires vision, persistence, and a willingness to be bold. It also requires making a personal commitment to the cause.

Giving Bigger, Organizing More Boldly: Centering Disability Justice - Katrina Schaffer, @npquarterly.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/giving-bigge...

Buy One, Give One – Leading Edge - NPQ Leading Edge Not a Valentine. A leadership ally. This February, leadership is better together. When you purchase one year of NPQ’s Leading Edge membership, you can gift a full year to a colleague, mentor, peer, bo...

Love looks like shared power, shared learning, shared growth.

This February, let’s lead together. When you join NPQ’s Leading Edge membership, you can Buy One, Give One: npqleadingedge.org/buy-one-give...

#BetterTogether #LeadTogether

Join us for NPQ’s next premium webinar “Understanding Reduction in Force (RIF) Law: Clear Guidance for Values-Centered Nonprofits” where Emma Leheny will guide us through navigating transitions thoughtfully and lawfully npqleadingedge.org/shop/webinar...

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One membership can change a leader.

Two can change an organization.

Buy One, Give One with Leading Edge: npqleadingedge.org/buy-one-give...

Healing and Joy as Resistance: Words of Wisdom from a Beloved Activist | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. “You must create your happiness for yourself. Anything is possible—go out and get it.”

"Joy is not a luxury. It's a form of resistance.
When we choose to center healing and celebrate our humanity, we're refusing to let oppression define us."
#BlackHistoryMonth #HealingJustice #JoyAsResistance #BlackActivism #CommunityHealing #NPQreadoftheday nonprofitquarterly.org/healing-and-...

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Not a Valentine. A leadership ally.

This year, we challenge you to celebrate love in its many forms and honor a colleague, mentor, or partner in leadership with NPQ’s #BOGO deal.

Buy One, Give One all February: npqleadingedge.org/buy-one-give...

#BetterTogether #leadershiplove

Reminder: today, this week, this #BHM, this new year of old fights: “I had to examine, in my dreams as well as in my immune-function tests, the devastating effects of overextension…Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”—Audre Lord

Hundreds of millions spent on human misery

Can America Ever Overcome the Scourge of Racism? A Saturday Prompt

“Tragically, racism is not a relic of a bygone era when slavery was legal; rather, it is a driving force for the man currently occupying our White House.”

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Funders Need to Get Dollars Out the Door for 2026 Midterms | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. With less than one year until the midterm elections, Democracy Fund is working to support the integrity of our voting process in 2026 by supporting nonprofits on the frontline of this work—work that c...

Early giving is one of the clearest ways funders can protect democracy.

In a new @npquarterly.bsky.social op-ed, @joegoldman.bsky.social outlines why internal processes, not external barriers, are often what slow election-year funding, and how funders can fix that now.

It is perhaps a good time to check if your university, city, retirement account, etc hold CoreCivic stock, and if they do, make your feelings about that known

Stay Connected Tracking changes affecting the shape and operation of federal government agencies under the second Trump administration.

I’m a current or former civil servant, how can I be involved? Your expert perspective on your agency makes you a powerful advocate. Agency-specific updates are coming!

Sign up for updates below and when your agency is included, let us know if there are knowledge gaps ⬇️

The Civil Service Archive Tracking changes affecting the shape and operation of federal government agencies under the second Trump administration.

We know the civil service has changed significantly in the past year, but understanding those changes is a different story.

Luckily, our partners @protectdemocracy.org launched the Civil Service Archive, an online database that tracks changes to how the federal workforce works.

Check it out! ⬇️

Heartbreaking, spine-stiffening, critical journalism from @propublica.org

Right now Rikers Island, the physically largest jail in the entire United States, is holding under 7,000 people.

ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.

The largest federal prison in the nation is Fort Dix, which has a rated capacity of 4,600 people. The largest of these warehouse camps may hold more than twice that number of people.

The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.