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Short summaries of nonprofit sector news covering fundraising, trends, and information from 100’s of sources.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It turns nonprofit technology and fundraising news into clear scrutiny of fees, data control, platform risk, and operational consequences.
George Weiner and Nick Azoulay turn nonprofit-sector news into practical scrutiny of the systems behind fundraising, technology, and philanthropy.
A donation platform's fine print gets personal when your recurring donors are on the line.
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A software-grant cutoff that reframes free as a strategic cost for nonprofits.
Microsoft's decision to end a decade-long software grant for about 400,000 nonprofits gives the episode its sharpest point of tension. George Weiner and Nick Azoulay treat it as more than a licensing story, making the case that free tools still come with costs and can steer how…
Public media under pressure, framed through nonprofit funding, kids' emotional support, and web-bot disruption.
Sesame Workshop is under clear pressure here, with the HBO contract nearing its end and no replacement in sight, and that strain gives the discussion its shape.
A sharp look at how corporations can shift climate blame onto consumers.
This episode traces the phrase carbon footprint back to BP and uses that origin to show how easily corporations can push blame onto consumers while the bigger machinery stays hidden.
A skeptical turn from political rhetoric into nonprofit pressure and the recycled mythology around plastic.
George Weiner and Nick Azoulay start on the Nonprofit News Feed, then move from a national emergency framed in political rhetoric to the way that logic can land on immigrants, nonprofits, and others in the blast radius. The later shift to plastic recycling in the U.S.
A brisk nonprofit briefing on how tax policy could land in the real world.
The discussion makes the Big Beautiful Bill's nonprofit provisions feel concrete, showing where the pressure could hit first. George Weiner and Nick Azoulay move from headline to mechanism and back again, which keeps the policy readable without flattening it.
AI crawler traffic is turning into a nonprofit infrastructure issue.
The episode treats AI crawler traffic as an operating problem nonprofit teams may already be feeling: server costs rise while real traffic stays flat.
Fine print, locked tokens, and the cost of moving recurring donors.
The episode turns a narrow contract issue into an operational one. George Weiner and Nick Azoulay say they looked at about 33 popular donation platforms, and the central point lands plainly: nonprofits usually own the donor data, but for about 25% of those platforms, recurring…
A foundation wind-down and a tax status fight, translated into nonprofit risk.
The episode tracks two big moves: the Gates Foundation saying it will close at the end of December 2045 and spend down its endowment, and a House provision echoing HR 9495 that would give Treasury broad power to revoke a nonprofit's tax exempt status.
Fundraising evidence for working nonprofit teams.
Fundraising advice with operational backbone.
Practical leadership conversations for the social profit sector.
Clear talk for the charity sector.
Hosts George Weiner and Nick Azoulay analyze current threats to nonprofit organizations, focusing on the potential consequences and political motivations behind revoking 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.
This episode of the Nonprofit News Feed explores the severe financial and political challenges facing Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, including the loss of its HBO contract and cuts to its global humanitarian programs.
Hosts George Weiner and Nick Azoulay debate the environmental justice concerns surrounding new AI data centers, using a case study of a Georgia family's contaminated well water near a Meta facility.
The hosts discuss the global crisis of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes generated by Grok (X's AI), analyzing the platform's lack of guardrails, the devastating impact on victims, and the urgent role nonprofits must play in defense and advocacy.
The hosts analyze the 'Big Beautiful Bill' and its five key threats to nonprofits, including a foundation tax bomb and small business giving disincentives.
The hosts analyze a Pew Research study showing AI search summaries reduce website clicks by 50%, discussing the urgent implications for nonprofit content strategy.
This episode analyzes the immediate impacts of the U.S.
This episode of the Nonprofit News Feed covers the ongoing U.S.
The hosts discuss Microsoft's decision to end its free software license program for 400,000 nonprofits, analyzing the financial impact and broader implications for nonprofit technology strategy.
The hosts analyze OpenAI's announcement about piloting advertising on ChatGPT, discussing what this means for nonprofit organizations trying to reach audiences through AI platforms.
The hosts of the Nonprofit News Feed podcast analyze a new study on geographic disparities in American charitable giving and volunteering, revealing that lower-income households give a higher percentage of their income.
This episode debates the ethics of a gamified charity stunt at the Emmys, where host Nate Bargatz pledged $100,000 to Boys and Girls Clubs of America but decreased the amount for long celebrity speeches.
The hosts analyze the massive No Kings protests that drew millions across the US, examining the digital organizing tools and coalition-building behind the movement while connecting it to global patterns of civil society suppression.
This episode of the Nonprofit News Feed podcast deconstructs how the term 'carbon footprint' was created by BP in a PR campaign to shift climate blame onto consumers, a tactic the hosts label 'guilt washing'.
The hosts discuss recent nonprofit sector developments including the improved Nonprofit Wellness Index metrics, Google's new AI credits for nonprofits, Texas lawsuits against ESG policies, and persistent gender pay gaps in nonprofit leadership.
George Weiner and Nick Azoulay open with a Minnesota fraud story that has been simmering in the background.
The show opens with a Super Bowl riff.
George and Nick dig into the new accounts conversation and what it could mean for the nonprofit world.
George Weiner comes in hot with a rant about donation-platform fine print.
George Weiner and Nick Azoulay reopen the FlipCause mess.
Nick opens with a recorded update.
George Weiner and Nick Azoulay frame the week as a nonprofit-focused AI special.
This episode of the Nonprofit News Feed examines how political attacks are targeting nonprofit employees, drawing parallels to the Red Scare, exposes the plastic industry's history of greenwashing recycling, and discusses the implications of AI for faith-based organizations.
This episode analyzes major developments affecting the nonprofit sector, including Bill Gates' announcement that the Gates Foundation will spend down its $200 billion endowment and close by 2045, legislative threats to nonprofit tax-exempt status through the 'one big, beautiful bill,' and proposed taxes on foundation investment income.
This episode of the Nonprofit News Feed Podcast analyzes risks in donation platforms, highlighting a case where Flipcause's shadow pages caused $500k in lost donations, and explores new AI opportunities for nonprofits, including Anthropic's discounted Cloud for Nonprofits program and the controversial partnership between Mr.