InfluenceWatch Podcast #346: New Year, New Administration, New Nonprofits

Well, 2025 is here. And while it came in rather tragically in the South – and we do extend our condolences to the victims of the terrorist attack in New Orleans– the new year also brings a new presidential inauguration. This incoming administration promises big changes both in how government functions and how it funds, and these changes could have immediate effects on the world of grantmaking, philanthropy, and how nonprofits operate generally. As such, my colleagues Mike Watson and Robert Stilson and I thought it might be interesting to make a few suggestions about how some of those changes could play out and which ones we, as an organization, are keeping our eyes on moving forward.

Listen to “riverside_robert,_michael, sarah… _ jan 2, 2025 001_influencewatch_podc-enhanced-v2-90p” on Spreaker.

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