To assist in staying up to date on these sweeping changes, we’ve curated a resource page with the expectation of ongoing updates. Please follow us on our public policy listserv and sign up for our newsletter. We commit to keeping you informed and providing space to connect and organize. Key resources (see more below):
2/7/25, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.: National Council of Nonprofits Executive Orders and Their Impact on Charitable Nonprofits – Recording | Slide Deck
2/13/25: Protecting Immigrant Families-Illinois (PIF-IL) Virtual Meeting – Register
2/14/25: Leadership Conference Virtual Briefing on DEI Messaging Guide – RSVP
2/19/25: Responding to the Federal Funding Crisis: What Farmers and Connected Nonprofits are Experiencing and What Funders Can Do – Register
2/20/25: How We Built This Webinar Series: Building Bold, Compliant Multi-Entity Infrastructure – Register
2/26/25: Democracy and Philanthropy in These Times – Register
2/27/2025: Non-Profits in the Crosshairs: Essential Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders Navigating a New Era of Scrutiny – Register
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law – Investing in Racial Equity Through Charitable Grants and Services: Read Here
American Bar Association Free Legal Answers: Read Here
Executive Order on Federal Spending on DEI 1/20/25: Read Here
Executive Order on Private Sector DEI 2/21/25: Read Here
DOJ Memo 2/5/25: Read Here
The Racial Equity Advancement and Defense Initiative: Read Here
Havard Business Review The Legal Landscape Around DEI Is Shifting. Your Messaging Should, Too: Read Here
Legal challenges to DEI Order: Read here and here.
DOE issued Dear Colleague Letter on 2/14: Read Here
Advancing Racial Equity – Legal Guidance for Advocates (UC Berkeley): Read Here
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law – Investing in Racial Equity Through Charitable Grants and Services: Read Here
Nonprofit Lobbying Rules – Read here.
SCOTUS Affirmative Action Landing Page – Visit.
How Executive Orders Work – Read here.
What is an Executive Order – Read here.
How to Lead Through a Crisis – Read here.
Building Organizations That Bend But Don’t Break – Read here.
Leadership Conference DEI Messaging Guide: Read here.
IL Medicaid Enrollment by Congressional District: Read here. | IL Medicaid Enrollment by State Legislative District: Read here.
Exponent Philanthropy Philanthropy’s Responsibility Persists. Read here.
CEP How Funders Can Respond to an Unprecedented Threat to Nonprofits. Read here.
It’s Already Happening: Unpacking the Authoritarian Threat to U.S. Philanthropy. Read here.
In Defense of Movements Project – An investment roadmap for funders seeking to defend justice movements from political prosecution. Read here.
Funder Pledge for the Safety & Security of Movements (Read here), from Funders for Justice.
Nonprofit Scenario Planning (The Bridgespan Group)
Guide to build scenario plans to successfully navigate uncertainty of local, national, or even global events. Read here.
Emergency Succession Plan Template (Propel Nonprofits)
Craft an emergency response plan should your Executive Director become ill or temporarily unable to perform their duties. Read here.
True Business Planning for Nonprofit (Nonprofit Financial Commons)
(Video) The distinction between business planning, financial planning, and strategic planning; how to present risks to board members; frameworks to analyze your model and explain to stakeholders. View here.
Resiliency Tactics During Financial Crisis: The Nonprofit Resiliency Framework (Wiley)
A research study establishing the Nonprofit Resiliency Framework mapping tactics in five areas: financial, human resources, outreach, program and services, and management and leadership. Read here.
Risk Assessment Template (Tangelo Tree Consulting)
Identify risks; rate likelihood of occurrence; rate potential impact; identity top risks for further discussion; plan to mitigate risk. Read here.
How to Simplify and Streamline During a Crisis. Read here.
Finance Fundamentals for Nonprofits (Nonprofit Finance Fund)
A collection of tools and resources to help you navigate change and opportunity. Read here.
Navigating Through Times of Financial Crisis (Nonprofit Finance Fund)
Assess your nonprofit’s potential financial risks and create a plan to respond to them. Read here.
What to Watch and Do as Your Nonprofit Enters a Chaotic 2025 (Nonprofit Financial Commons)
(Video) Nonprofit leaders and experts examine key financial trends that nonprofits need to navigate an uncertain landscape. View here.
Scenario Budget Planning Template (Propel Nonprofits)
Think through different possibilities and consider the impact on your programs and organization. Read here.
Cash Flow Management (Propel Nonprofits)
Management strategies to help your nonprofit prevent cash flow shortages. Read here.
Cash Flow Template (Propel Nonprofits)
Template to help you understand the ebbs and flows of your cash. Read here.
Cash Flow Management: A Tactical Review for Nonprofits of All Sizes (Nonprofit Financial Commons)
(Video) Tools to use for projections and forecasts, and tactics to manage cash after you have identified a potential problem. View here.
How to Prepare: An Update on the Federal Funding Freeze (Abdo)
Proactive steps to mitigate financial distress. Read here.
Cash Flow Considerations: Federal Funding Pause (CLA)
The most urgent need for many organizations — particularly for those with tight balance sheets and reliance on timely federal grant reimbursements — is cash flow. Read here.
Federal Funding Freeze Memo Withdrawn: What to do now? (CLA)
Proactive financial steps to consider as questions linger. Read here.
Understanding Nonprofit Markets (Nonprofit Financial Commons)
Framework through which leaders can segment the market, develop a shared understanding of relevant forces, and prioritize the most pressing market-based challenges they face. Read here.
Do You Have the “Right Revenue?” (Spectrum Nonprofit Services)
Explore “right” revenue as a way of analyzing and deepening your understanding of the connection between financial resources and mission impact. Read here.
12 Urgent Financial Action Steps for Nonprofits: A 2025 Checklist This article is intended to help nonprofit organizations take on the first phase of what is likely to be an extended period of financial uncertainty. Read here.
Governing in a Time of Crisis (Propel Nonprofits) 10 actions for boards. Read here.
Revisiting the Financial Oversight Role of Nonprofit Boards (Nonprofit Financial Commons) (Video) The real financial governance challenges of nonprofit boards and how they can function more effectively through redirecting efforts and redefining duties. View here.
Beyond Financial Oversight: Expanding the Board’s Role in the Pursuit of Sustainability (Nonprofit Quarterly) This article stresses that sustainability and engagement with the work is essential for nonprofit boards as they approach the future. Read here.
The Board’s Financial Leadership (Nonprofit Financial Commons)
(Video) Recorded webinar to help nonprofit boards understand their fiscal leadership, including fiduciary duties, committees, audit, legal forms, and internal controls. View here.
Boards in Times of Adaptation (Propel Nonprofits) (Video) Recorded webinar. View here.
Census and Survey Data (IPUMS) With many federal data sources being removed, find census and American Community Survey microdata. Read here.