Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Thanks for your patience waiting for the results of the Selfish Giving / Accelerist Partnership Law Survey many of you took back in May. Karen Wu of Perlman & Perlman and I received a lot of questions about corporate partnerships and the law. Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Advertising Disclosures 1.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

After studying finance in college and then receiving her law degree from Florida State University, Erin practiced law for 13 years — first as in-house counsel for a multi-family housing company, then in private practice at a law firm, and finally as a prosecutor at the state attorney’s office.

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Blue Avocado

APRIL 17, 2023

Discover how small nonprofits can take on unfair laws and policies that hinder their ability to serve their communities and come out victorious with the help of coalitions. The post David’s Winning Strategy: How Nonprofits Can Change Unfair Laws appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JULY 8, 2023

Sherry Rout, our new Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, will be a key player in mobilizing nonprofits across the state We’re excited to welcome Sherry Rout, our new Director of Government Relations and Public Policy! What’s one thing people might not know about you? I am an avid tent camper!

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 27, 2023

A new California law aims to bring more transparency to digital fundraising as a whole. Let’s explore the aspects of the California law, how it impacts social media platforms, the implications for nonprofits that land on a block list and the steps a nonprofit needs to take to avoid non-compliance.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 6, 2023

By Brad Lips Atlas Network Dinesh Kumar Dixit has helped improve laws in India for street vendors like him. Philanthropy should invest in them rather that pouring more funds into big government programs.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JULY 8, 2023

Sherry Rout, our new Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, will be a key player in mobilizing nonprofits across the state We’re excited to welcome Sherry Rout, our new Director of Government Relations and Public Policy! What’s one thing people might not know about you? I am an avid tent camper!

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Nonprofit Megaphone

MAY 6, 2023

However, running a nonprofit requires a unique set of skills and knowledge, particularly when it comes to governing the organization. To be an effective board member, it’s essential to have a deep understanding of the nonprofit sector and the best practices for governance.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

Yet it is precisely at this moment, when democracy is being challenged from all sides, and when the limitations of our nearly 250 years of governing are coming to a breaking point, that we must rise up and fulfill this mandate. Trust in government is at near-record lows because none have yet delivered for all. This work is urgent.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Pay transparency laws, which typically require employers to share the pay range for a role in the job posting, are designed to encourage employers to be more open with employees and job seekers about compensation. And they’re becoming the norm.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A new law that went into effect in California on January 1, 2023, AB 488 is aimed at improving transparency and accountability in online charitable fundraising. While AB 488 is a California law, it could impact all charities in the United States that solicit donations in California, not just those headquartered in the state.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Johnson will determine whether a local government has the constitutional right to make it a crime for a person to live outside and unsheltered when no other option is available. Half of all renters now spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities, and nearly 600,000 people are homeless.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Now let’s take a deeper look into what complying with this law means for nonprofits with employees doing business in the state — discussing everything from human resources to donor relations. In part one, I described the difficulties nonprofits are facing trying to comply with the Stop WOKE Act.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Recently, companies, nonprofits, schools, schools that are also nonprofits, consultants and educators have been caught in a windstorm of confusion over the implementation of two Florida laws.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

From Idea to Law: Navigating the Tennessee Legislative Process Ever had an idea you thought could improve Tennessee? But how do you turn that idea into a law? Step 1: Drafting the Bill Your journey begins by drafting a bill, a formal document outlining your proposed law. Step 9: Law in Effect! Congratulations!

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Jeff Brooks

APRIL 9, 2024

Book Review : Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please: The Case for Plain Language in Business, Government, and Law by Joseph Kimble This book is a useful and comprehensive guide for the Plain Language movement. Laws and Rules about plain language from around the world. Publications on plain language.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A New Court Tactic The youth were represented by Our Children’s Trust, a nonprofit law firm. As NPQ reported in May 2023, “young people and environmental groups are increasingly turning to the courts as a means of indicting governments and corporations for their role in exacerbating the problem” of climate change.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Most obviously, funders working in specific issue areas—climate, health, education, or in my case, democracy—can work to support efforts downstream to prepare government and civil society in their respective sectors to take advantage of the opportunities and mitigate the risks of AI on their specific areas of concern. This might include: 1.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Among the leading voices for missing Black women and girls is the Black and Missing Foundation , founded by sisters-in-law Derrica and Natalie Wilson. Derrica is a former law enforcement official who saw the disparate treatment of missing Black women firsthand while working on missing person cases.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But in other ways, it was old news for a country in which 92 percent of total employment is in the informal economy—a category that long predates gig work, and which is defined as any employment where workers lack access to government social and labor protections through their jobs. Some of this story is positive, but much of it is not.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Image credit: s atori13 on istock.com Lawsuits as a tool in the fight against climate change—trying to hold polluters accountable for carbon emissions and governments liable for damaged and dangerous environments—are not new. Larger countries, including Germany, France, Australia, and Saudi Arabia, are also expected to speak at the hearing.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The War on Drugs Is Personal The War on Drugs has been a half-century-long, concerted, militarized campaign led by the US government to enforce prohibitions on the importation, manufacture, use, sale, and distribution of substances deemed to be illegal, advancing a punitive rather than a public health approach to drug use.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” Researchers at the ACLU tested Rekognition on headshots of Congress members, which returned 28 incorrect matches.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Wage theft is not a legal term but rather a term used by advocates, attorneys, and policymakers when describing any action by employers that deprives a worker of receiving wages they are entitled to under the law. The law also strengthened workers’ options for recourse when employers fail to comply with these provisions.

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Jeff Brooks

MAY 7, 2024

We’ve been looking at some powerful material from the book <I>Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please: The Case for Plain Language in Business, Government, and Law</I> by Joseph Kimble. And the amount of change varies a lot, from slight to massive.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

knew that changing government policy towards asylum-seekers would require more than quick and large protests. Meanwhile, the Human Rights Law Center filed an emergency High Court proceeding to prevent Baby Asha from being forcibly returned to detention on Nauru. However, GetUp! Rather than acting alone, GetUp!

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Jeff Brooks

APRIL 16, 2024

Here are ten of them — and their answers — from Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please: The Case for Plain Language in Business, Government, and Law by Joseph Kimble. Legalese is one of the top reasons law is among the least-trusted of professions. It’s not possible to reach absolutely everyone with your writing.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 29, 2024

The law mandates charitable nonprofit are eligible for these funds but does not make nonprofits entitled to a share of the funds. How to tailor the “ask” to the needs and priorities of the governments you are approaching. Questions to Be Answered: How to find out what funds are still available. And many more. Interested?

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

These networks, led primarily by women, operate outside of the established medical world and the law to create access to abortion even in states where abortions have become effectively, if not literally, illegal. The existence of these networks has been reported by various news organizations. to establish their own companion networks.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Implements new avenues of fundraising techniques, keeping abreast of industry trends, issues, and changes in the law pertaining to donations.” This is important because we are about to expand into government and foundation grants, which means someone needs to make sure we have everything set up from application to tracking to reporting.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 1, 2022

New laws can change the way both your donors and clients interact with you. Federal legislation can have a wide-ranging impact on nonprofit organizations and the people they serve.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For the last few years, there have been major clashes between Mississippi’s state government and its majority-Black capital city. Yet, despite the mayor’s efforts to create a path for continued city governance, his pleas have gone unheard. This effort, the Nation argues, is creating another pipeline to criminalization.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

Image Credit: Markus Spiske on unsplash.com As the impacts of climate change become more severe and pervasive, young people and environmental groups are increasingly turning to the courts as a means of indicting governments and corporations for their role in exacerbating the problem. Legal action is not a new tactic for environmentalists.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 25, 2021

California’s Department of Justice already oversees charities and regulates fundraising on behalf of all charitable purposes in the state, but with the surge in online fundraising platforms, the state’s law, as written, wasn’t sufficient to reach online fundraising.

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Candid

MARCH 25, 2024

As a share of all revenue streams, including government funding, program revenue, and investment income, foundation and corporate grants made up 15.3%. By law, foundations can only give to organizations if they are set up for a charitable purpose , as defined by the IRS. In 2022, foundation funding accounted for about $105.21

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 12, 2024

This is particularly true in domains where it doesn’t make sense for the government or private sector to provide aid. There are completely different laws, norms, and obligations that frequently take well-meaning founders by surprise.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 26, 2024

the largest nonprofit public-interest law firm in the Tampa Bay area. She has spent the past 18 years working as a development professional, including positions in fund distribution for the United Way, individual donor development, and grant writing for several nonprofit and government entities, including leading the grants department at St.

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