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.

Law 273

Law Education Education Nonprofits 273

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

We have largely presumed that higher education is an inherent public good, most clearly marked by its tax-exempt status. Because higher education institutions provide the public good of education to surrounding communities, their property holdings are exempt from taxation in all 50 states.

Education 82

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 82

Selfish Giving

JUNE 21, 2020

requested guidance on in the Selfish Giving / Accelerist Partnership Law Survey you completed last year. This distinction between acknowledgments and advertising arises from federal tax rules governing “qualified sponsorship payments.” This is the final part of a four-part series on the four key legal issues you - my readers!

Law 147

Law Public and Social Policy Advertising Activism 147

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Rather, the federal government and some states, including California , use complex, data-driven methodologies to identify “ disadvantaged ” communities where environmental pollution and poor socioeconomic outcomes are most prevalent.

Governance 114

Governance Environmental Law Education 114

NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 26, 2024

She serves as a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for strategy development and deployment and directly oversees the Foundation’s grant making, strategic initiatives portfolio, and research and education activities. the largest nonprofit public-interest law firm in the Tampa Bay area. Katie Schultz, Ed.D

Nonprofit Leadership 279

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 279

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 24, 2024

The 2022 plan Biden had promoted was promulgated under the 2003 Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROES) Act , which authorized debt forgiveness in the case of a war or emergency. By contrast, the new plan leverages authority provided by the 1965 Higher Education Act.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 87

Nonprofit Administration and Development Education Education Universities 87

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.

Law 52

Law Governance Fundraising Fundraising 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We are witnessing the horrors as the Israeli government is perpetrating them. And certainly, civil society organizations are fundamental to monitoring and educating the public about how the US government is spending our tax dollars. Law firms have revoked job offers from law students who publicly support Palestine.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Philanthropy Law 145

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Last year's 2022 fellows reported a 52% increase in their board governance knowledge and skills after completing the program. This program is an opportunity to immerse myself in comprehensive board governance training, allowing me to be more impactful while doing so in a nonprofit board setting.”

Nonprofit governance and management 246

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 246

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

From Idea to Law: Navigating the Tennessee Legislative Process Ever had an idea you thought could improve Tennessee? Maybe it's a new environmental regulation, a change to education policy, or an update to healthcare access. But how do you turn that idea into a law? Step 9: Law in Effect! Congratulations!

Law 70

Law Healthcare Environmental Governance 70

Jeff Brooks

APRIL 16, 2024

The habit of complex writing is deeply embedded in our education and professional cultures. 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. There isn’t enough time to write in plain language.

Law 64

Law Medical Education Education 64

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.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 114

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.

Civil Society 97

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 97

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

But child care is more expensive than ever, and the federal government hasn’t done enough to support families, especially working mothers. The federal government must act quickly to preserve and increase funding for child care. When the pandemic upended routines, including in-person education going remote, a shocking 4.2

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Children Governance Philanthropy 132

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 26, 2023

The restaurant workers’ victory is just one example of how co-governance—that is, governing arrangements in which local authorities cede partial decision-making power to community residents and community-based groups—is making a difference in cities across the country. But then something different occurred.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management Law 98

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.” Education Due to the unprecedented and tragic number of school shootings in the United States, schools have found themselves under enormous pressure to address issues of school safety and security.

Public and Social Policy 92

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 92

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 18, 2023

According to the latest survey conducted by the Ministry of Education (MEXT) in 2022, more than 244,000 elementary and middle-school students in Japan fall into this category and face difficulties in attending school. In Nagano, Ueda Cinema Club has emerged as a leader in rethinking education and the role of schools.

Children 98

Children Law Governance Education 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

Image Credit: edgeeffectmedia.com on unsplash.com Leah Rothstein has been a consultant to nonprofit housing developers, local government, and private firms. Recently, with her father Richard Rothstein, she coauthored a book called Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law.

Law 88

Law Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 88

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Children and Families You Serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions. Impact : Quicker determination by the Dept.

Children 52

Children Nonprofit Administration and Development Law Education 52

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.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Governance Law Technology 142

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Because, as I said before, we often think of family separations as this historical artifact rather than thinking of them as a continuum that the government has used to maintain the oppression of Black families. So, what we see is this rapid rise of mandatory reporting laws concurrent with horrific violence happening to Black Americans.

Children 134

Children Poverty Law Public and Social Policy 134

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The US Department of Education issued a statement noting that this action “brings the total loan forgiveness approved by the Biden-Harris Administration to $136.6 In a department press statement , US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona called the latest $4.9 billion for more than 3.7 million Americans.”

Education 96

Education Education Governance Law 96

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

While the title of the book might belie the scope of inquiry, Dunning makes the case that using nonprofits as a “tool for addressing urban problems” has led to a form of “urban governance” that uses private organizations to fulfill public, democratic rights. And over time, private foundations emerged and issued grants in a similar way.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 106

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.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 90

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

During my first three years practicing law, I worked multiple jobs so that I could afford housing, healthcare, food, and student loan payments. Everything changed when I landed a government position. Although the federal government’s loan forgiveness program is race neutral by design, it also advances racial equity.

Race and Ethnicity 101

Race and Ethnicity Law Education Education 101

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

A year ago, Charles Rettig, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner, compared the taxes that the US federal government should collect, at current tax rates, with what it does collect. This rule was based on a 1682 British common law case. The rule was law throughout the land until the 1980s.

Law 127

Law Taxation Governance Public Policy 127

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Leading co-op and labor organizations in the coalition include A Slice of New York , a Silicon Valley-based employee-owned pizza restaurant; the California Center for Cooperative Development ; Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West ; and the Sustainable Economies Law Center , based in Oakland, California.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Law Poverty Healthcare 119

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

1 This citizen activism prompted government action to honor the sacrifice. Government support was required. With government support, the number of self-reliance centers grew rapidly, peaking at 1,760 by 2016. 2 Self-sufficiency enterprises predated the crisis.

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Governance 99

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

The false belief that a person can leverage hard work and talent to pull themselves and their family out of poverty should they only try is a pervasive story that has shaped our culture and laws. Racial discrimination was written into the laws, so these programs continue to be, at best, a Band-Aid solution accessible to only some Americans.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 93

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. What does this spell for the nonprofit you wish to start?

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Law Governance 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JUNE 5, 2023

Education More than $1 billion in recurring funding for the K-12 education formula, including $125 million for teacher pay raises and funding to extend summer learning camps and to expand the eligibility age to Kindergarten through 9th grade. 8 million for additional School-Based Behavioral Health Liaisons across the state.

Nonprofit governance and management 59

Nonprofit governance and management Law Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 59

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JULY 20, 2023

He practiced law for 17 years specializing in labor relations, employment law, government contracting, and subsequently directed federal and state advocacy for a government relations firm. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, notably as Counsel to the Pension Protection Act conference committee.

Nonprofit governance and management 88

Nonprofit governance and management Organizational Change Public and Nonprofit Management Law 88

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

Civil Society 102

Civil Society Governance Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

This issue lingers like a vestige of the conditions that followed abolition, after which the government failed to provide the kinds of education, labor, and other supports necessary to transition from a life of enslavement to one of agency, independence, and prosperity. And while unemployment plagues 11.3

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 66

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Scott served seven years in prison after being arrested on federal drug charges shortly after obtaining his law degree from Louisiana State University in 1994. Out of that convening came the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison. Both men experienced how easy it is for young Black men to be swept up in the criminal legal system.

Poverty 125

Poverty Health Education Education 125

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 8, 2023

The Stop Cop City movement was formed in reaction to a proposal to destroy Weelaunee forest to build a privately operated law enforcement training facility. Elected officials and law enforcement have responded with legislation and politically motivated prosecutions with the goal of eroding public and philanthropic trust in social movements.

Law 97

Law Philanthropy Governance Construction 97

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

First, democratic funds like Seed Commons, 4 Ujima Fund, 5 and the Just Transition Integrated Capital Fund gave us a new model for how communities could steward and govern capital together. These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 104