Isaiah Thompson

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.

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.

Nov 22, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

A bill, HR 9495, which would allow a presidentially appointed treasury secretary to unilaterally strip a nonprofit of its status if deemed a “terrorism-supporting” organization, has passed in the US House of Representatives.

Nov 22, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson

Last week, HR 9495, a bill that would give the US secretary of the treasury the power to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status if unilaterally deemed to be a “terrorist-supporting” organization was defeated by House Democrats. This week, the bill is back to the US House of Representatives for a full vote.

Nov 21, 2024 | znetwork.org | Isaiah Thompson

A bill, HR 9495, which would allow a presidentially appointed treasury secretary to unilaterally strip a nonprofit of its status if deemed a “terrorism-supporting” organization, has passed in the US House of Representatives. The bill passed 219-184, mostly along partisan lines, with Republicans in support and Democrats opposing; 15 Democrats broke with their caucus to vote in favor of the bill.