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Nonprofits Under Attack: Defending Democracy, Community, and Innovation with Carol Hamilton
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In episode 130 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol reflects on five years of podcasting and the sobering state of the nonprofit sector in 2025. While celebrating milestones, she also underscores the challenges nonprofits face amidst unprecedented political attacks, funding cuts, and threats to long-standing principles like nonpartisanship. Despite these challenges, Carol highlights the resilience, innovation, and critical role nonprofits play in society—from filling essential gaps to fueling social movements, strengthening democracy, and sparking innovation. She calls on nonprofit leaders to share their stories, advocate for the sector, and remind their communities why nonprofits matter now more than ever.
Episode highlights:
[00:00:00] Five Years of Podcasting [00:00:25] A Sector Under Attack [00:02:00] Specific Threats to the Nonprofit Sector [00:03:38] Resistance and Resilience [00:04:19] Trust in the Sector [00:05:37] Five Reasons Nonprofits MatterCarol shares her top five reasons the sector is essential:
Filling critical gaps in services and support
Driving social movements for justice and inclusion
Building social capital and connections in communities
Strengthening democracy and civic life
Spurring social innovation that reshapes society
Leverage campaigns like Nonprofits Get It Done to tell the sector’s story
Important Links and Resources:
https://nonprofitsgetitdone.org/
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/what-financial-risk-nonprofits-losing-government-grants
https://www.vera.org/news/trumps-war-on-nonprofits-will-make-us-all-less-safe
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Yentel-Written-Testimony.pdf
https://www.aam-us.org/2025/06/26/eo-impact-is-there-an-existential-threat-to-nonprofit-status
https://nonprofithub.org/a-brief-history-of-nonprofit-organizations/
Be in Touch:
✉️ Subscribe to Carol’s newsletter at Grace Social Sector Consulting and receive the Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make In Strategic Planning And How To Avoid Them
📚Find the books referred to on Nonprofit Mission: Impact
👥 Like what you heard? Please share the podcast with a colleague or friend
🌟 Help more people learn about Nonprofit Mission: Impact by leaving a rating & review.
😀 Follow Carol Hamilton ➡️ LinkedIn
131 episodes
Manage episode 502470146 series 2984500
In episode 130 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol reflects on five years of podcasting and the sobering state of the nonprofit sector in 2025. While celebrating milestones, she also underscores the challenges nonprofits face amidst unprecedented political attacks, funding cuts, and threats to long-standing principles like nonpartisanship. Despite these challenges, Carol highlights the resilience, innovation, and critical role nonprofits play in society—from filling essential gaps to fueling social movements, strengthening democracy, and sparking innovation. She calls on nonprofit leaders to share their stories, advocate for the sector, and remind their communities why nonprofits matter now more than ever.
Episode highlights:
[00:00:00] Five Years of Podcasting [00:00:25] A Sector Under Attack [00:02:00] Specific Threats to the Nonprofit Sector [00:03:38] Resistance and Resilience [00:04:19] Trust in the Sector [00:05:37] Five Reasons Nonprofits MatterCarol shares her top five reasons the sector is essential:
Filling critical gaps in services and support
Driving social movements for justice and inclusion
Building social capital and connections in communities
Strengthening democracy and civic life
Spurring social innovation that reshapes society
Leverage campaigns like Nonprofits Get It Done to tell the sector’s story
Important Links and Resources:
https://nonprofitsgetitdone.org/
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/what-financial-risk-nonprofits-losing-government-grants
https://www.vera.org/news/trumps-war-on-nonprofits-will-make-us-all-less-safe
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Yentel-Written-Testimony.pdf
https://www.aam-us.org/2025/06/26/eo-impact-is-there-an-existential-threat-to-nonprofit-status
https://nonprofithub.org/a-brief-history-of-nonprofit-organizations/
Be in Touch:
✉️ Subscribe to Carol’s newsletter at Grace Social Sector Consulting and receive the Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make In Strategic Planning And How To Avoid Them
📚Find the books referred to on Nonprofit Mission: Impact
👥 Like what you heard? Please share the podcast with a colleague or friend
🌟 Help more people learn about Nonprofit Mission: Impact by leaving a rating & review.
😀 Follow Carol Hamilton ➡️ LinkedIn
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