Navigating Uncertainty Series
Nonprofits in the New Landscape
Building Movement Project’s Navigating Uncertainty resources provide perspective on executive orders and memoranda issued by the Trump Administration and their impact on nonprofit organizations—particularly around infrastructure, funding, programming, and community harm. As nonprofits navigate ongoing threats this series offers guidance, grounding, and strategy.
Explore the blogs and report in the series below:
New Brief | Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days
April 28, 2025
Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days is part of BMP’s Movement Infrastructure Series, which offers ideas, approaches, and practices to strengthen individual organizations and broader social movement ecosystems.
Many of the recommendations in this brief emerged from conversations and inquiries that arose in BMP’s work with nonprofit organizations, working groups, and networks before and during the first 100 days. Through a series of interviews, a survey of the sector, and weekly field meetings with grassroots and national organizations, BMP captured a glimpse of how organizations around the country grapple with a range of multi-layered consequences.
Sustaining the Safety Net: How Service Providers are Navigating Political Uncertainty
March 13, 2025
This blog covers the recent impacts Direct Service Organizations (DSOs) have felt through the onslaught of presidential Executive Orders and legislation that threatens their financial stability, the communities they serve, and even their right to exist altogether. BMP reached out to DSOs around the country and learned: funding is still a concern, the demand for their services is increasing while their staff capacity is stretched thin, yet they are building power and adapting.
FAQ: Nonprofits in the New Landscape
February 25, 2025
The Trump Administration has issued a number of executive orders and memoranda on a range of issues such as immigration, DEI, the federal workforce, and funding for non-governmental organizations. For many communities and nonprofits, the current landscape is confusing and alarming. In this FAQ, we focus on how nonprofits could be affected by the current landscape.
Fortifying the Frontlines: How to Protect Social Movements Under Attack
February 13, 2025
Attempts to silence progressive social movements in the United States are not new. In this blog, Janis Rosheuvel, BMP’s Executive Director, shares insight on how understanding the opposition’s strategy, identifying the areas in our work that must be fortified, and having the resources to address them can support movements and nonprofits now while building an ecosystem that allows us to gain strength for the future.
White House’s freeze on federal funds threatens critical nonprofit services and activities
January 28, 2025
Building Movement Project has been monitoring executive orders being issued by the Trump Administration with an emphasis on understanding the impact on nonprofit organizations. The Building Movement Project is monitoring executive orders issued by the Trump Administration to assess their impact on nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve.