This afternoon at 4:30, the first heat in the Promise Neighborhoods Olympics will be over. Applications for the Promise Neighborhood planning grants—dividing $10 million among 20 cities—are due. And nonprofits are lining up and letting agency decision-makers and Congressional representatives know that they’re ready, willing, and able.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) introduced the Nonprofit Sector and Community Solutions Act as H.R. 5533 Tuesday night, and announced it on the Hill Wednesday. The Bill would create one forum which pays attention to the issues and interests of nonprofits.
Last week I participated on a panel where the Giving USA 2009 numbers were explained by Indiana University’s Patrick Rooney. But the numbers just felt wrong to many who had experienced and saw peers experience a much more precipitous drop in philanthropic support. We have to look a little more closely at the numbers to understand the real story.
Every administration has its own distinctive policy fix on the nonprofit sector. With the Bush Administration, it was faith-based organizations. With the Obama Administration, the nonprofit credo centers on nonprofit social entrepreneurs. What's this all mean for the nonprofit sector?
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, tenants don't want nonprofit to become their new landlord, declining workplace campaigns in Charlotte and the solution posed, are HUD rules too restrictive? or is this CDC off topic? and more.
In The Torrent we’ve taken the torrential downpour of information on the web, distilled it into a fine spirit, and served it nice and neat in your favorite tumbler. This week: pets and bait, Tumblr, and Kanye Tweets! Relax, enjoy.
