OpenAI Looks to Shift Away From Nonprofit Roots and Convert Itself to For-Profit Company
OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation accountable to shareholders.
By Matt O'Brien, Kelvin Chan, and Thalia Beaty
AP Business Writers
When Nonprofits and Others Pay for House Members’ Global Travel, Families Often Go, Too
Almost a third of those payments by private interest groups cover the costs of a lawmaker’s relative.
Trump’s Tax Cuts Led to a $20 Billion Reduction in Charitable Giving Within a Year
Giving usually increases from year to year — especially when the economy is doing well.
By Daniel Hungerman
Contributor
Congressional Scrutiny of Foreign Donors Is a Good Thing for All Nonprofits
Recent legislation meant to promote transparency in giving by foreign philanthropists will boost the charitable world’s credibility.
By Craig Kennedy
Contributor
Court Battle Underscores Faith Groups’ Battle Against Anti-Immigrant Sentiment
This fight to keep Annunciation House open has drawn media attention to conflicts between religious communities that assist migrants and the goals of political authorities.
Can a $30 Million Bet on Supreme Court Reform Rise Above Partisan Divides?
The Brennan Center’s new Kohlberg Center on the U.S. Supreme Court will test whether judiciary reforms can rise above the political fray or just widen it.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
NRA Legal Judgment Bans LaPierre From Working There for a Decade
The decision could signal the end of the gun group’s fight with N.Y. authorities.
By Elizabeth Schmidt
Contributor
How NIL in College Sports Has Raised Questions About Nonprofits
The complicated, often murky, world of name, image, likeness in college sports has had an unanticipated effect on the nonprofits that help players secure sponsorship deals — namely, what is charitable about paying college players?
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
‘Project 2025,’ a Conservative Plan, Would Overhaul U.S. Public Policy and Government
It would prioritize energy production over environmental and climate-change concerns, reject the idea of abortion as health care, criminalize pornography, and eliminate or restructure countless government agencies.
By Zachary Albert
Contributor
J.D. Vance and His Many Philanthropy Grievances: What’s at Stake
The tax treatment of private foundations, long relegated to the wastelands of Washington policy debate, is poised to gain visibility with the selection of J.D. Vance as the Republican vice presidential nominee.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Campus Protests, Donor Secrecy, and a Moment for Reform
The right’s politicized calls to “follow the money” speak to a very real need for donor transparency and nonprofit oversight.
By Benjamin Soskis
Contributor
Charities Are Allowed to Do Some Lobbying, but Many Do None at All
Only a fourth of charitable nonprofits have ever formally lobbied the government — far fewer than the three-fourths that did in 2000.
By Heather MacIndoe and Mirae Kim
Recent Op-Ed Misreads the Moment: Free Speech Is Worth Defending
Organizations must not fall into the trap of only protecting free expression when it advances their goals.
The founder of the philanthropy consulting firm for left-leaning donors blames the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling for injecting billions of dollars into the political process.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Bob Bothwell’s Support for Progressive Nonprofits Was Ahead of Its Time
Bothwell regularly argued that nontraditional charities deserved respect, recognition — and inclusion in workplace giving campaigns.
As LGBTQ Rights Come Under Threat, Lambda Legal Mounts Effort to Raise $180 Million
The group is urging donors to support its efforts to take on more cases, particularly at the state level, where more than 500 bills targeting LGBTQ+ people were proposed and nearly 90 were enacted last year.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director