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Elon Musk amends his OpenAI lawsuit to ask that damages he might win be awarded to OpenAI's charity arm and that Altman be removed from OpenAI's nonprofit board (Jessica Toonkel/Wall Street Journal)
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Rubio sanctions Cuban groups with ties to US nonprofit network funded by communist donor Neville Roy Singham (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rubio-sanctions-cuban-groups-ties-us-nonprofit-network-funded-communist-donor-neville-roy-singham
http://www.memeorandum.com/260605/p10#a260605p10

A look at nonprofit VTDigger, which has been operating at a loss since 2022 and is seeking its third EIC in just over a year after tough union negotiations (Aidan Ryan/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/02/business/vtdigger-departu…

VTDigger grapples with executive departures, financial challenges
Executive departures, financial challenges, and a tense contract negotiation with its editorial union has left VTDigger on unstable footing.

The new owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette plan to recognize the paper’s labor union,
officials from the Maryland-based nonprofit Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism confirmed Thursday.
According to a statement from Andre Jones,
chief people officer at the Baltimore Banner,
-- the Venetoulis Institute’s other newspaper,
-- the nonprofit “decided to recognize the union in accordance with labor law.”
The move represents the start of a new chapter in…

New Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners plan to recognize newsroom labor union
The new owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette plan to recognize the paper’s labor union, officials from the Maryland-based nonprofit Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism confirmed.

Musk v. Altman: Greg Brockman testifies that his OpenAI stake is now worth ~$30B; a Musk attorney asks why he hasn't donated $29B to OpenAI's nonprofit arm (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-04/broc…

I sometimes griped about my former supervisor Hillary Ronen, but cheers to her for joining a nonprofit that protects immigrants after leaving office, rather than go to a cushy lobbying gig.
The contrast is especially stark with her would-be "moderate" successor who, after losing his election, immediately joined ICE-collaborating Flock Safety as a lobbyist.

Hillary Ronen, ex-Mission District supe, to lead 50-year-old La Raza Centro Legal
Former San Francisco supervisor Hillary Ronen is returning to the Mission about 16 months out of office and after a long sojourn in Spain.

DOJ probes Democratic-allied nonprofit that helped pay E. Jean Carroll's legal bills (Perry Stein/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/28/doj-probes-reid-hoffmans-nonprofit-funding-e-jean-carrolls-legal-bills/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260528/p127#a260528p127

Divine, a Vine reboot financed by Jack Dorsey-backed nonprofit "and Other Stuff" and built by an early Twitter employee, debuts with ~500K restored Vine videos (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/jack-dorsey-backed-…

Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public | TechCrunch
Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.

Divine, a Vine reboot financed by Jack Dorsey-backed nonprofit and Other Stuff and built by an early Twitter staffer, launches with ~500K restored Vine videos (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/jack-dorsey-backed-vine-reboot…

Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public | TechCrunch
Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.

#NowPlaying If you couldn’t make it in person, Ritmos Tropicosmos streaming live in about ten minutes on KEXP. https://kexp.org/

Whole Hemp Nutrition: USDA's Federal Data Gap, Explained
https://hightimes.com/news/the-feds-wont-study-hemp-as-food-a-nonprofit-just-did-it-for-9379/

The Minnesota Star Tribune, which has ~495 staffers, plans to cut its workforce by 15%, or 65 jobs, via buyouts and layoffs, one month after winning a Pulitzer (Christopher Vondracek/Minneapolis Star Tribune)
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-star…

"Jane Goodall's grandson keeps her conservation work alive: 'Hope is rooted in action'"
#JaneGoodall #Conservation #Animals

How Jane Goodall's grandson keeps her memory alive: 'Hope is rooted in action'
Goodall's grandson, Merlin Van Lawick, has been working in the field in Tanzania for years, now supporting science and communication efforts at his late grandmother's nonprofit.

Hasan Piker names pro-CCP tycoon Singham as financier of 'political movements' despite nonprofit veneer (Asra Nomani/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hasan-piker-names-pro-ccp-tycoon-singham-financier-political-movements-nonprofit-veneer
http://www.memeorandum.com/260526/p57#a260526p57

Does anyone have any decent EDR running on an Apple Neo? Logging? I have a small nonprofit org that wants to roll out a fresh fleet of 15 Neos and the arm64 chip in the Neo isn't the same series as the M. I'm looking for actual A18 Pro / MacBook Neo validation, not "it should work" because I've already got Claude telling me "it shoudl work fine" and that reality is not manifesting for an MSP I know working with this issue.

I donated to the EFF today. They do great work to protect the rights of people in the digital age.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. EFF's mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world.
https://www.

About EFF
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. EFF's...

This isn't good news.
The ArXiv has been the best — and single — holdout of truly nonprofit academic publishing, even if it's “only” a pre-print server.
This moves us away from a more dignified academic publishing system, not closer.
https://www.sc…

How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others (Taylor Lorenz/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/super-pac-back

A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat
Build American AI, a nonprofit linked to a super PAC bankrolled by executives at OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz, is funding a campaign to spread pro-AI messaging and stoke fears about China.

Connecticut Jewish leaders and synagogues have signed on to a national letter denouncing new prohibitions on recipients of a federal security grant,
which would ban nonprofits — including faith-based organizations — from conducting equity or “DEI” programming, staging some boycotts or helping undocumented immigrants.
The new language would also require such institutions to cooperate with immigration enforcement.
The letter was signed by Temple Beth El in Stamford, the Men…

CT Jewish leaders denounce new rules for federal security grants
Recipients of the nonprofit security grant will be prohibited from DEI programming, staging some boycotts or helping undocumented immigrants.

The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh says over a third of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom workers are expected to lose their jobs Monday as new owners take over (Chrissy Suttles/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/local/pittsburgh/2026/05/01/post-gazette-newsro…

Post-Gazette cuts begin as nonprofit prepares to take over
More than a third of Post-Gazette newsroom workers are expected to lose their jobs, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh said.

One of Trump’s library funds has mysteriously dissolved, but a lack of transparency keeps the public in the dark • OpenSecrets https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/10/one-of-trumps-library-fun…

One of Trump’s library funds has mysteriously dissolved, but a lack of transparency keeps the public in the dark - OpenSecrets News
Florida officials have administratively dissolved a nonprofit fund connected to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library because it failed to…

Zulip is a really cool piece of software and very useful to us as a company chat tool.
Reading these press releases is always a thrill ride nowadays. And this one doesn't disappoint! Unlike CEOs that beat around the bush to eventually reveal layoffs, this one here drops the bombshell that the project leaders/founders are joining Anthropic.
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How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others (Taylor Lorenz/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/super-pac-back

A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat
Build American AI, a nonprofit linked to a super PAC bankrolled by executives at OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz, is funding a campaign to spread pro-AI messaging and stoke fears about China.

A look at the AI nonprofit METR, whose time-horizon metrics are used by AI researchers and Wall Street investors to track the rapid development of AI systems (Kevin Roose/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/tec…

How Do You Measure an A.I. Boom?
A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems.

DOJ probe targets Hoffman nonprofit tied to Carroll case (Josephine Walker/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/doj-e-jean-carroll-funding-reid-hoffman-review
http://www.memeorandum.com/260528/p126#a260528p126

I donated to Give Directly https://www.givedirectly.org/ to benefit refugees
"GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that lets donors like you send money directly to the world's poorest households. In doing so, we aim to accelerate the end of extreme poverty globally."
Give Directly believes is da…

GiveDirectly: Send money to people living in poverty
GiveDirectly allows donors to send money directly to people in poverty with no strings attached. Our approach is guided by rigorous evidence of impact and our values of efficiency, transparency, and respect.

Analysis: the top 18 Hollywood executives received $746M in combined compensation in 2025, a 51% YoY increase, as their pay gap with employees remains massive (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/hollywood-executive-pa…

Hollywood's Top Execs Got a 51% Pay Hike in 2025 as Layoffs Erased 17,000 Jobs | Analysis
As the pay gap between media executives and their employees remains massive, one Los Angeles nonprofit is pushing for an "Overpaid CEO" tax

"Young inventor plans to stop 90% of floating sea plastic by 2040"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment

Young inventor plans to stop 90% of floating sea plastic by 2040
In an era of climate anxiety, a Dutch nonprofit is developing river-based technology that could dramatically cut ocean plastic within decades

A huge treasure trove of songs and interviews
recorded by the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax from the 1940s into the 1990s
has been digitized and made available online for free listening.
The Association for Cultural Equity, a nonprofit organization founded by Lomax in the 1980s,
has posted some 20,000 recordings.

Alan Lomax’s Massive Music Archive Is Online: Features 20,000 Historic Blues & Folk Recordings
A huge treasure trove of songs and interviews recorded by the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax from the 1940s into the 1990s has been digitized and made available online for free listening.

An overview of Elon Musk's $134B lawsuit against Sam Altman, scheduled to begin on April 27, accusing him of reneging on a vow to keep OpenAI nonprofit (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/musk-v-altman-trial-openai-lawsuit-xai.html

Musk v. Altman heads to court next week. Here's what's at stake
The high-profile trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman is scheduled to begin Monday with jury selection.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/pittsburgh-newspaper-closure-sale-nonprofit-82fc01d982ab88ccef650364bfbb793e
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p83#a260414p83

Pittsburgh City Paper, closed by Block Communications three months ago, is reviving under a new nonprofit, LocalMatters, with Lenfest Institute backing (Rachel McDevitt/90.5 WESA)
https://www.wesa.fm/identity-community/2026-03-19/pittsburgh-city-paper-relaunc…

It’s alive! Pittsburgh City Paper set to relaunch under new owner, start membership program
A new nonprofit, LocalMatters, has bought City Paper from Block Communications.

The nonprofit Consumer Federation of America sues Meta, accusing it of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scam ads on Facebook and Instagram (Maddy Varner/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-sued-over-scam-ads-on-facebook-and-instagram/

Meta Is Sued Over Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram
A lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America accuses Meta of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scams advertisements on its platforms.

A recent survey by the American Jewish Committee, a nonprofit, found that
91 percent of American Jews say they feel less safe in the United States in the wake of high-profile attacks last year,
including the arson attack at the home of Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro,
and the killing of two Israeli Embassy aides last spring outside a Jewish museum in Washington.
More than half said that they had changed their behavior out of fear.

After Synagogue Attack in Michigan, Some Jews Wonder How Much More Security Is Possible
“We are synagogues — we are houses of worship,” one rabbi said. “We are not Fort Knox.”

OpenAI plans to invest $1B in AI-related causes in 2026 via the OpenAI Foundation, and names co-founder Wojciech Zaremba to lead its AI resilience initiatives (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Baltimore Banner parent The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism acquires the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Block Communications to run it as a nonprofit (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/busines…

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Saved From Closure by Nonprofit
The Venetoulis Institute of Local Journalism, which operates The Baltimore Banner, has bought The Post-Gazette. The newspaper was set to shut down next month.

A nonprofit's acquisition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is good news, but other options like systemic investment in the local ecosystem might have been better (Yoni Greenbaum/Backstory & Strategy)
https://www.backstoryandstrategy.com/p/pittsburgh-post-…

Pittsburgh's Paper Is Saved. Now Ask the Hard Questions
The industry called it a rescue. It may turn out to be a tax on the very ecosystem it claims to be saving.

The Salt Lake Tribune drops its paywall, moving from a subscriber model to a member-driven one after turning nonprofit in 2019 and finding financial stability (Salt Lake Tribune)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/15/why-salt-lake-tribune-dropped-its/

Two research papers describe how Google's Co-Scientist and nonprofit FutureHouse's AI tools can succeed at drug-retargeting tasks by forming hypotheses (John Timmer/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/two-…

Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks
Both tools generate hypotheses; one goes on to analyze some of the data.

Document: The Guardian US posted FY 2026 revenue up 25% YoY to a record $81M and profit up 41% to $34.5M; digital reader donations make up 70.7% of revenue (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/26/the-guardian-us-record-revenue

Scoop: The Guardian posts record U.S. revenue of $81M
The outlet's nonprofit structure, combined with its global perspective and commitment to free access, has helped usher in an unprecedented level of reader donations.

‘Dark money’ casts a shadow over
Los Angeles elections,
with mystery group pumping out attack mail
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-09/dark-money-casts-shadow-over-la-election…

'Dark money' casts a shadow over L.A. elections, with mystery group pumping out attack mail
Neighbors First' is targeting left-wing candidates in the L.A. City Council race. As a nonprofit, it doesn't have to reveal the source of its funding.

"30 Years of Volunteering Has Kept This California Creek Pristine"
#US #USA #America #California

30 Years of Volunteering Has Kept This California Creek Pristine
Through the nonprofit's tireless weeding and planting, "extraordinary progress" has been achieved there.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group (Kris B. Mamula/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2026/04/14/post-gazette-venetoulis-institute-baltimore-banner/stories/209901010002
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p88#a260414p88

After EV maker Fisker's collapse, ~4,000 car owners formed a nonprofit to keep their cars working by reverse-engineering software and building open-source tools (Fred Lambert/Electrek)
https://electrek.co/2026/05/16/fisker-ocean-open-source-ev-story-aft…

Fisker went bankrupt and owners built open source car company from the ashes
After Fisker's bankruptcy left 11,000 Ocean EVs orphaned, a 4,000-member community reverse-engineered software, hacked CAN buses, and kept their cars alive.

Conservative Influencers Tap a Nonprofit to Pay for Their Security (Ken Bensinger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/business/media/conservative-influencer-security.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p22#a260514p22

The nonprofit Consumer Federation of America sues Meta, accusing it of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scam ads on Facebook and Instagram (Maddy Varner/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-sued-over-scam-ads-on-facebook-and-instagram/

Meta Is Sued Over Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram
A lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America accuses Meta of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scams advertisements on its platforms.

The Creators Guild of America launches Mosaic, an "IMDb for creators", in beta; creator economy workers can list their work credits and are given a Creator ID (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business…

“IMDb for Creators” Platform in the Works for Stars, Crew of Digital Projects (Exclusive)
The Creators Guild of America, an industry nonprofit, has created what it says is a "first of a kind" platform showcasing verified creative work on projects that aren't traditional TV or movies.

Nonprofit RSL Media announces the Human Consent Standard, an AI licensing framework for use of people's work or likeness, backed by George Clooney and others (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/928534/rsl-m…

George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep back new ‘Human Consent Standard’ for AI licensing
RSL Media is launching a new AI licensing standard backed by Tom Hanks, George Clooney, and Meryl Streep, which will allow people to set terms for how AI systems can use their creative works or likenesses.

A look at Lawyers for Reporters, a project of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, and how it helps news organizations like Deep South Today (Tandy Lau/Editor and Publisher)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/putting-the-free-in-pre…

Putting the ‘free’ in press freedom
This month’s Association Profile examines how Lawyers for Reporters is stepping in to provide free legal support to local and nonprofit newsrooms navigating rising costs and legal risks. Backed by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, the program connects journalists with experienced attorneys across the country, helping protect both reporting and operations. For many outlets without in-house counsel, the service offers critical guidance — from investigative review to everyda…

Filing: Jensen Huang's foundation bought $108.3M worth of AI computing time from CoreWeave and is donating it to universities and other nonprofit institutes (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactiona

"30 Years of Volunteering Has Kept This California Creek Pristine"
#US #USA #America #California

30 Years of Volunteering Has Kept This California Creek Pristine
Through the nonprofit's tireless weeding and planting, "extraordinary progress" has been achieved there.

Analysis: 382 news sites, including 342 local outlets, are blocking Internet Archive's crawlers amid AI concerns, an increase from 241 sites in January 2026 (Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/more-tha

More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism
McClatchy, Advance Local, Tribune Publishing and other major newspaper chains are restricting the nonprofit's archiving bots.

Allen Institute for AI CEO Ali Farhadi steps down after two and a half years to pursue research ambitions; founding member Peter Clark will serve as interim CEO (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/allen-instit

A look at Now Voyager, a nonprofit bimonthly print magazine focused on long-form international reporting and partly funded by the McCormick Foundation (Alex Vadukul/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/style/a-new-magazine-in-this-media-en…

A New Magazine? In This Media Environment?
Now Voyager, an ambitious publication packed with dispatches from around the world, throws itself a party in Harlem.

Nonprofit RSL Media launches the Human Consent Standard, an AI licensing framework for use of people's work or likeness, backed by George Clooney and others (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/928534/rsl-me…

George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep back new ‘Human Consent Standard’ for AI licensing
RSL Media is launching a new AI licensing standard backed by Tom Hanks, George Clooney, and Meryl Streep, which will allow people to set terms for how AI systems can use their creative works or likenesses.

A look at Social Spider, a nonprofit that publishes four monthly print newspapers in London and expects to be profitable for a second straight year in 2026 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/

The non-profit publisher making local news pay in London
Social Spider CIC reinvests any profit it makes back into its local journalism.