In 2023, the hottest legislative news out of Sacramento for California’s charitable sector was the ambitious California Nonprofit Equity Initiative.
Spearheaded by the California Association of Nonprofits, it was a seven-bill package of much-needed reforms of the state’s grantmaking
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Bill in CA Legislature Aims to Protect Against Exemption-Revocation Threats
Since Day One of the second Trump administration, there have been continual threats to the nation’s charitable nonprofits, including: cutting off funding, unilaterally reversing decades of settled “public policy,” and actively meddling in plans and programs to an unprecedented degree.…
CA State Budget Negotiations Heat Up
This is the fifth year in a row that we’ve reported in real time on the extraordinary “budget process” of a state with an economy larger than most nations in the world and a population that includes about 1 out…
The Case of the Orphaned Endowment (Part One)
It was two years ago that Philadelphia’s arts and higher-education communities were stunned at news of the abrupt closure of the University of the Arts (UArts). The University of the Arts is closing June 7, its president says (May 31,…
Adios, Cesar Chavez … and To Your Day, Too
“Just two weeks ago, cities around the country were finalizing plans for celebrations of Cesar Chavez Day” on March 31, 2026.
But in California and several other states this year – (just two days ago) – the sun rose and…
Report: New Charitable-Deduction Provisions in OBBBA Will Hurt More Than Help
There is an elegantly simple phrase – “the ‘Current Context’” – coined last year by the Center for Effective Philanthropy to convey that the Trump 2.0 Inauguration commenced an unsettling and chaotic new era for the charitable community in…
Guilty Pleas in Petco Park “Charity Fraud and Hot Dogs” Scandal
In just two weeks, Padres fans will flood San Diego’s iconic Gaslamp Quarter for Petco Park’s March 26th home opener against the Detroit Tigers. There will be festivities and special discounts all day long at the neighborhood’s wall-to-wall restaurants and…
The Plot Thickens: Alaska Takes GoFundMe and Others to Court
In the last twenty-four hours, there’s been an intriguing and important development in the explosive charitable-crowdfunding controversy that first made headlines six months ago in October 2025.
That story threw a spotlight on the world’s largest crowdfunding platform – GoFundMe…
Update on GoFundMe Controversy: State Charity Regulators Demand Answers and Action
“It’s a news story that should have been uncovered months ago, but perhaps everyone was too distracted and overwhelmed by the daily chaos from Washington, D.C.”
That was the opening sentence in Another Headache for America’s Charities (October 22,…
Charity Fraud Report 2025 Is Out With Important Findings
The year 2025 marks “the fifth year that BDO and the Fraud Advisory Panel (both UK-based) worked together in partnership to combat charity fraud, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of Charity Fraud Awareness Week.” The purpose: “to raise the profile…