“Artificial intelligence is a matter of design — not destiny.”
That’s the message behind Humanity AI: an ambitious new initiative formally announced on Tuesday, August 14, 2025, by a core coalition of ten of America’s leading philanthropic foundations.
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New CA Law Safeguards Access to State Grants if IRS Revokes Exemption
Midnight yesterday was the CA governor’s last chance to sign or veto legislation this year.
As usual, the legislative load was heavy. Lawmakers sent him a total of 917 bills to review. He signed 794 of them, but vetoed 123…
More Thoughts on Presidential National Security Memorandum-7
It’s been just under two weeks since West Wing officials on September 25, 2025, uploaded National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 [NSPM-7] on the White House website.
The document’s cryptically vague title is Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political …
Administration Targets Charities Aggressively
Digging for EO-Guidance Treasure at the State Level
Previously in September, on the 8th and the 12th, we reported good-news updates on the tale that began in New Treasure Trove of EO Guidance (April 25, 2023) FPLG Blog. Since about 2021, “the Exempt Organizations and Government Entities…
State AGs As Sources of Exempt Organizations Guidance
Our September 8th post celebrated the viability of an excellent IRS educational series, the Exempt Organizations Technical Guides. Five new titles had been published recently amidst the chaos and deep uncertainties in the federal government.
We relayed more good…
California Nonprofit Law Essentials, Part 4: State Tax Exemption
When California nonprofits think about “tax exemption,” they usually picture the IRS determination letter. But securing federal tax exemption is only half the story. To be fully recognized as exempt in California, an organization must also take steps at the…
More About IRS Exempt Organizations Educational Efforts
There is already a significant update to the post from earlier this week; that is, IRS Updates Valuable EO Educational Series (September 8, 2025) FPLG Blog.
That recent entry discussed the release in June 2025 of three new titles in…
IRS Updates Valuable EO Educational Series
Amid the ongoing chaos produced by the federal government this year and affecting the nonprofit sector, there is a bright spot to report. The EO Technical Guide Series, launched in 2021, continues and now includes three additional titles in…
Clarity from Trump v. CASA, Inc.? More Like Shadows Amid Gaslighting
It’s been two months since Trump v. CASA, Inc., the high-profile Supreme Court ruling on June 27, 2025. It arose from multiple challenges to Executive Order No. 10460: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship (birthright-citizenship issue),…