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** Staff Picks for 2025 (So Far): Isaiah
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August 28, 2025

Greetings, readers!

As of this week, NPQ is taking a much-needed summer break. While we are lucky enough to have a moment to breathe (until we return to work on September 3), chances are you, like many others, have not had much time—if any—to rest. That’s in part because the nonprofit sector is always working—often, harder than it should have to, and for less—otherwise civil society would fall apart. And since January, the nonprofit sector has endured sustained attacks that show no sign of abating while very much trying to keep civil society together and united.

In that spirit, I’ve put together a selection of articles for a summer break special newsletter that are some of the most important news items NPQ has covered since that threatening tide started rolling in.

This issue revisits:
* A News Report ([link removed]) —The White House budget office’s order to halt all federal loans, grants, and financial assistance programs pending administrative review.

* A Policy Analysis ([link removed]) —The battle over tax policies that could fundamentally weaken the nonprofit sector beyond the immediate grant funding threats.

* An Investigation ([link removed]) —Nonprofits choosing self-censorship as a strategy to protect their federal funding amid political pressure.

* My Full List of Picks ([link removed]) —Check out my complete list of 2025 selections.

We’re proud of our coverage of the sector and promise to keep it up, as long as we can. As always, thank you for your readership—and for your good work.

Isaiah Thompson

Leadership Editor

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** Staff Picks: Isaiah
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Federal Funding Freeze Could Decimate Nonprofits

by Suman Bhattacharyya and Isaiah Thompson

The White House budget office ordered a temporary halt to all federal loans, grants, and financial assistance programs, pending a review by the administration.
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Nonprofits Prepare for a Fight over Tax Policies

by Ted Siefer

Amid a threatened freezing of all federal grants to nonprofits by the Trump administration, a less conspicuous but no less consequential fight is looming—over tax policies that could weaken nonprofits if not undermine their very foundations.
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Nonprofits Self-Censoring in Wake of Trump Actions

by Lauren Girardin

Nonprofits are scrambling to protect federal funding. Some have chosen self-censorship.
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NPQ Staff Picks 2025 (So Far): Isaiah

by Isaiah Thompson

Here is my complete list of 2025 stories so far, including stories that highlight the powerful organizing work that is being done in the South, stories about the importance of centering tenant unions and how groups are organizing against homelessness, and an interview that imagines how we create a better, more inclusive world.
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