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Kansas, Kentucky, Georgia and Montana have passed legislation in the past few years making it easier for donors to take legal action against nonprofit organizations, including colleges, that use restricted gifts outside the intended terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

“This is going to be a huge problem as small colleges close,” said Joanne Florino, a fellow at Philanthropy Roundtable, a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of philanthropists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

METR, a nonprofit that measures the capabilities of AIs, has documented dozens of incidents of AI agents acting against user intent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

There is little evidence that the nonprofit has provided the civics education it claims.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

The American Type Culture Collection—a nonprofit whose funds go mainly toward maintaining and providing pure cultures for science—has been selling HeLa since the sixties.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

“It should be an amount paid out at some point, and that would show up in a 990,” he said, referencing the name of the tax return filed by nonprofits, which is public.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

The IRS asks nonprofits whether their executive compensation was reviewed by independent people and if they used comparisons to other similar organizations — a standard safeguard against self-dealing.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

Government spending on homelessness, which relies largely on nonprofits to operate shelters and other housing sites around L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Many nonprofits reported that they are struggling with tight budgets, making it difficult to meet the growing needs of their communities, the Boston Fed said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

She’s also an apprentice grant writer for “a handful” of nonprofits, and she’s the VP of her university’s Pride organization.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone