Isaiah Thompson

Boston

Journo covering nonprofits. Chicago-born, Miami-trained, Philly-fortified, Boston-learning. Proud alt weekly alum! Leadership Editor @NPQuarterly.

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Articles

Conservatives Attack Nonprofits on Capitol Hill

3 weeks ago | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

At a US House of Representatives hearing on Wednesday titled “Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild,” Republican and Democratic members clashed as each party sought to paint exceedingly different portraits of the US nonprofit sector.
Microsoft Axes Free 365 Software for Nonprofits

1 month ago | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

This May, Microsoft quietly announced it was ending a long-running program that provided about 400,000 nonprofits (according to Microsoft) free access to its software products Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1, which include such workplace staples as Microsoft Word and Excel. In a statement to NPQ, a Microsoft spokesperson wrote:As part of a recent update to our nonprofit offers, we are retiring the Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 grant offers.
“Advocacy Works”: Nonprofit Status-Stripping Measure Dropped from Republican Budget

1 month ago | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

A provision that would have allowed the US treasury secretary, appointed by the president, to unilaterally strip a nonprofit of its tax-exempt status if deemed to be a “terrorism supporting organization” (a standard undefined in the bill), has been dropped from Republican-led tax legislation making its way through Congress.
Trump Moves Cause Widespread Fear Among Nonprofits

Feb 21, 2025 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

Nonprofits are reeling, with many reporting fear of government reprisal and/or public or private backlash for “addressing politically sensitive issues.” Some have even started “scrubbing” their public presences of “controversial” language, like references to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA).
Trump Issues Sweeping Memo to Review, Defund Nonprofits and NGOs

Feb 7, 2025 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping review of federal funding for all nongovernmental organizations—including thousands of domestic nonprofits doing everything from providing shelter and meals to protecting survivors of domestic violence— in order to “stop funding to NGOs that undermine the national interest,” according to a White House memorandum issued on Thursday.
Trump Issues Sweeping Memo to Defund Nonprofits, NGOs - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Feb 7, 2025 | flipboard.com | Isaiah Thompson

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Nonprofits Fight Trump Funding Freeze in Federal Court

Feb 3, 2025 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

A coalition of nonprofits suing the White House over an attempted freeze of federal grants and loans says that the administration’s subsequent “rescinding” of the freeze was in fact a “bait and switch” maneuver—meant to circumvent the court while still enforcing the funding freeze. The group will argue for an extended restraining order on the proposed freeze in federal court on Monday.
Idealist and VolunteerMatch to Merge

Jan 16, 2025 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

Image by Joel Muniz from UnsplashIdealist and VolunteerMatch, two nonprofits dominant in the space of digital volunteer recruitment, are merging, according to an announcement this week. The merger is sure to impact the landscape of nonprofit volunteer recruitment at a time when the future of volunteerism is in flux, after rates of volunteering plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic, then seemed to rebound more recently.
Building #Blacksky

Dec 17, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

In the weeks following the 2024 US presidential election, the company and social media platform Bluesky has seen its numbers rocket, thanks largely to users of X (formerly Twitter) fleeing the site owned by mogul-turned-presidential-advisor Elon Musk. Meanwhile, within that shift lies a story, still very much unfolding, of a new attempt to build a Black community online: It goes by Blacksky.
GivingTuesday: Mobilizing Grassroots Donors

Dec 2, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

Born as a small, local fundraising effort, GivingTuesday has grown in just over a decade into a global movement of generosity—and a cornerstone of fundraising for countless nonprofits here in the United States and abroad. The effort started in 2012 as a partnership between New York’s 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation.