Alcoa Foundation Names New President
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Prest Alcoa Foundation Caroline Rossignol has been named president of the Alcoa Foundation, which makes grants for conservation, education, and job skills.
The Next Test of the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision: Race-Based Foundation Grants
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 17, 2024
By Alex Daniels Sarah Jones for The Chronicle The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture-capital firm, and its associated foundation face a lawsuit arguing that its grants targeted to Black women entrepreneurs violate civil-rights laws.
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James Irvine Foundation Commits $186.5 Million to Continue Its Fair-Work Program
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
APRIL 4, 2023
Prest Samanta Helou CLEANWash Mobile, a worker-owned cooperative, is prioritizing job safety, fair wage and hour laws, environmental protection, and community health initiatives for the hand-carwash industry in Los Angeles.
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Church vs Religious Charity Tax Law – Exploring the Differences and Similarities
Foundation Group
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The post Church vs Religious Charity Tax Law – Exploring the Differences and Similarities appeared first on Foundation Group®.
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The Law Is an Imperfect Tool for Justice
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 9, 2023
As an attorney, I am often talking to organizers about the limitations of the law. I know that the law can exert a lot of power over folks’ lives, and it is also so not powerful for supporting the causes of tenants. I often describe the law as a tool for moving resources and moving resources only. It’s not a tool for justice.
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J.D. Vance Had a Point: Let’s Rein in All Large Endowed Institutions
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Wealthy nonprofits, especially universities, increasingly demonstrate the same behaviors that led Congress to regulate foundations more than 50 years ago. The law should be updated to include these organizations. The law should be updated to include these organizations.
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Nonprofit Leadership Center Welcomes Four New Board Members
NonProfit Leadership Center
JANUARY 26, 2024
Brody is the chief strategy officer for the Foundation for a Healthy St. 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. Brody, Esq., Brody, Esq.
Donation vs. Loan: Can a Foundation Give Money to a Nonprofit?
The Charity CFO
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Bringing in money from significant contributors like foundations is vital for many nonprofits. Loans from foundations can also play a critical role. Legalities of Donations and Loans Keeping on the right side of the law is a must for any nonprofit, and donations and loans have varying requirements on this front.
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Newsletter: Cause Marketing & The Law ?? ; How Long Do Partnership Pros Stay on the Job? ; Snapchat Teams Up with Wendy’s to Support Adoption ???
Selfish Giving
MAY 22, 2019
Karen is a lawyer who specializes in cause marketing and corporate partnership law. Ten Commandments of Cause Marketing Law. Within the next couple weeks, Karen and I will respond to all your law-related questions! Take Our Partnership Law Survey ?? Instead, I call Karen Wu at Perlman & Perlman ! But no worries!
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Black Women’s Advocacy Paved the Way for Policies on Missing Black Women and Girls
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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Anti-DEI Lawsuits Threaten Nonprofits, Philanthropies
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 19, 2024
“A lot [of] our clients, whether they are nonprofits or for-profit companies, are facing a really different political landscape with regard to legal liabilities,” says Ann O’Leary, an attorney for the Chicago-based law firm Jenner & Block, whose practice includes advising nonprofit organizations on these legal questions.
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Is your nonprofit organization ‘grant-ready’?
Candid
MARCH 25, 2024
Foundation grants can be one of several revenue streams in a nonprofit organization’s sustainable fundraising plan. In 2022, foundation funding accounted for about $105.21 As a share of all revenue streams, including government funding, program revenue, and investment income, foundation and corporate grants made up 15.3%.
Impact in 2022: The Stories Behind the Numbers
NonProfit Leadership Center
MARCH 8, 2023
From new pandemic protocols and hurricanes to emergent laws around DEI training, it was another year full of unexpected moments. Investments from courageous corporate and foundation funding partners enabled the Nonprofit Leadership Center to expand our DEI programming at a time when many weren’t sure how and what to do in this critical area.
Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JANUARY 30, 2024
By 1948 Cafritz had amassed such wealth from real estate development that he incorporated a foundation bearing his and his wife’s name. It is also one of several DC-area foundations profiled in a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) on “ Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People.”
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Newsletter: How Sales Coaching Boosted Wounded Warrior's Partner Outreach? ; The Honest Truth on Why Sponsors Ghost You ; Watch Chevy’s New Ad ‘A Holiday to Remember’
Selfish Giving
DECEMBER 6, 2023
He's been hoarding them since he began donating to Wendy's Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. If there were a law against dogs stealing food, Charlie the Yorkie would be doing hard time with no chance of parole! The rich donate to intermediaries like private foundations and donor-advised funds and receive an immediate tax benefit.
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Reading Between the Lines of that Fundraising Job Posting
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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Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership Announces Nominees for the 30th Annual Heart of Marin™ Awards
Anedot
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Volunteer of the Year (Sponsor: Harbor Point Charitable Foundation ). Hanson Bridgett LLP JAMBAR Kaiser Permanente San Rafael-Petaluma Marin Independent Journal Redwood Credit Union San Marin Animal Hospital Volvo Cars Marin. Excellence in Innovation (Sponsor: Potrero Group ). Youth Volunteer of the Year (Sponsor: Redwood Credit Union ).
The Case for Reparations in Philanthropy
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Elsewhere, large philanthropic organizations such as the MacArthur Foundation have provided unrestricted grants to organizations doing reparations work. The Bush Foundation, based in Minneapolis, also committed $100 million in 2021 to atone for its ties to slavery and land theft.
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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs
Candid
MAY 9, 2023
For every $100 foundations give to an Ivy League school, how many dollars do you think foundations give to a historically Black college and university (HBCU)? In fact, for every $100 foundations gave to the average Ivy League, they gave 56 cents to the average HBCU. HBCUs have long played a pivotal role in the United States.
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We Must Be Founders
Stanford Social Innovation Review
MAY 6, 2024
We need to reimagine our laws, regulations, customs, and institutions. We need foundational, structural change, to make these examples not exceptions to the norm, but rather flowing out of the basic logic of how our governments operate. We need to be much more aspirational and long-term in our thinking. It won’t be easy.
Sunset of Federal Estate Tax Exemption Could Mean Opportunity for Fundraisers
MNA Association
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Written by Jim Bennet, MNA Board of Directors and Montana Community Foundation Gift Planning Officer As we approach the end of 2023, many estate planning professionals are preparing for 2025 in earnest, as potential estate tax changes loom on the horizon. This data shows that roughly $37 billion will change hands.
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Newsletter: Attorney Karen Wu Answers Your Questions on UBIT ?? ; Dunkin Sells Masks for a Cause ; Wendy’s Promised to Promote Black Voices on Twitter, Then Ghosted
Selfish Giving
JUNE 24, 2020
- asked for in the Selfish Giving / Accelerist Partnership Law Survey you completed last year. A big thanks to Karen for taking time out of her busy schedule to write and complete this very helpful series of posts on corporate partnerships and the law! ??Links Links to all four posts can be found here ! 68% reported they have.
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Can You Pay Nonprofit Board Members?
Nonprofit Fixer
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Every state is different, and there may be laws and legal rulings in some states that make this issue more complicated locally. There is no federal law saying that you cannot offer some form of compensation to nonprofit boards. State laws are a different matter, and anyone interested in this topic should check your state law.
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Philanthropy Must Engage in Reparations, Report Argues
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The profits of those newspapers helped build the wealth behind several modern-day charitable foundations, notably the William S. Abell Foundation, created by the great-grandson of the Sun ’s founder; and the Meyer Foundation, named for the former owner of the Post. The Washington Post similarly benefited from such ads.
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Why Do Wheelchair Repairs Take So Long?
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
The group is documenting these experiences in the hope of making legislative change, similar to a law passed in Colorado in 2022. As Christina Mills, executive director of the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers and a wheelchair user, told the Los Angeles Times , “My wheelchair is my legs.
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Getting to Know Mark Jordan, Momentum Nonprofit Partners' Board Chair
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
In a conversation with Carrie Burke with the Kemmons Wilson Foundation , she talked about a new organization with a new vision for supporting the nonprofit organizations in the Memphis area. Also the meeting at the Bluff City Day on the Hill to make our state law makers aware of the needs of our sector. Tell us about your loved ones.
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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Accept Real Estate Gifts If You’ve Never Done So Before
Bloomerang
AUGUST 4, 2023
If you have a local law firm that specializes in nonprofit law, this is a place to start. If you can’t find someone local, there are a range of law firms with this specialty. Find a local community foundation willing to take on the work for a small fee. Maybe even someone local about who you were unaware!
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Keeping the Child at the Heart of the Circle: Supporting Native Child Welfare
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 3, 2023
ICWA, a federal law, was enacted to protect the best interests of Native American children and to promote the stability and security of Native tribes and families. That law was upheld in June by the US Supreme Court in a 7–2 decision in the case of Haaland v. ICWA, in short, remains the law of the land.
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Newsletter: 3 Value Scales to Determine What Matters to Partners ?? ; Court Dismisses Challenges to CVS’s Donation Checkout Program??? ; 2,000 Year-Old Marketing Advice That’s Still True Today
Selfish Giving
OCTOBER 18, 2023
If the alcohol company had contacted the National Park Foundation , the conversation would have been much different. Law firm Venable LLP also offered insights here. ? Corporate Development Manager, Lupus Foundation of America , Washington, DC 2. Still, there are some lessons to learn. I offered several here.
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10 Ways Funders Can Address Generative AI Now
Stanford Social Innovation Review
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Others, like the Ford, MacArthur, and Hewlett Foundations, and Omidyar Network, have focused on building the capacity to address the risks and opportunities posed by a wide range of technologies, including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence. But generative AI is—like the internet itself—a foundational tool.
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Reparations, Not Charity
NonProfit Quarterly
MAY 4, 2023
Philanthropies like ours—the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Brooklyn Community Foundation— that are funding work to address social, economic, and racial injustice must reckon with this contradiction and support the work of reparations. We believe that we are working in a liminal time and space.
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Sankofa Philanthropy: Hip Hop’s Sixth Element
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 6, 2023
The Foundation: Sankofa To understand how hip-hop artists are transforming the sector, it’s important to know that hip-hop culture’s sixth element of philanthropy is grounded in sankofa , an Akan word that means, “ it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” Nipsey identified as a Rollin 60’s Crip.
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Why You Shouldn’t Start a Nonprofit
The Charity CFO
JANUARY 12, 2024
There are completely different laws, norms, and obligations that frequently take well-meaning founders by surprise. This donor pool consists of individuals, corporate giving programs, private foundations, and government grants. Nonprofit founders can easily find themselves facing emotional and financial burnout.
Guidance for making grants to support Ukraine
Candid
MARCH 16, 2022
It was original published on the Council on Foundations' website. . Over the last two weeks, the Council on Foundations has received scores of questions from the field about how to help the Ukrainian people during the ongoing Russian invasion, including during our recent webinar with the State Department.
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The State of Prison Reform: A Conversation with Nazgol Ghandnoosh
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
There’s been a lawsuit in Colorado highlighting that incarcerated individuals continue to be forced to work under the threat of punishment, so I think that there’s still a long way to go in terms of fixing those wage laws for people who are incarcerated. That hasn’t become law, but that’s the momentum that’s happening around that issue.
Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting
Get Fully Funded
JULY 16, 2023
Take Your Nonprofit Board Meeting Back to the Basics Before we get to the meeting itself, let’s back-track to some basic foundational pieces that will make everyone’s lives easier. There are two things that can help A LOT here: organizational by-laws and Board member job descriptions. You just need to make a few adjustments first.
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Study offers lessons on public health efforts to prevent gun violence
Candid
JULY 23, 2021
Casey Foundation finds. Casey Foundation report 07/20/2021. Engaging with local community leaders and residents early and often is key to implementing public health and racial justice approaches to preventing gun violence successfully, a report from the Annie E.
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Building Community Through Soccer: Maigan T. Bridgette’s Story at Sporting Kansas City
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
MARCH 28, 2024
While her path may have shifted from “traditional” nonprofit work, her commitment to serving others remains unwavering. A Foundation in Nonprofit Management During her time at Rockhurst University, Maigan dove into the world of nonprofits, earning her CNP credential while completing her bachelor’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership Studies. .
Everything You Need to Know About SEO for Lawyers
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
APRIL 21, 2023
Everything You Need to Know About SEO for Lawyers Creating an effective and long-lasting SEO strategy is essential for Law Firms. In the past, law firms tended to serve clientele in their immediate area who knew of them through word of mouth around town. Check out why and how to start Implementing SEO tactics today.
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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 3, 2022
Offer to write letters of intent or grant requests for the organization and possibly even submit them to foundations or companies. Help the organization by researching and compiling information on foundations in your area or state. Build a relationship with the staff and board of your local community foundation. Prospecting.
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5 Times Foundations Cause More Problems Than They Solve
NonProfit Hub
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
It’s what foundations were created to do. But all too often, foundations, corporate grantmakers, and donors end up unintentionally causing problems instead of helping to solve them. Even with the best intentions, foundations often take actions that oppose the outcomes that both they and their grantees hope to achieve.
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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap
Candid
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
tax-exempt organizations file annually, are a major source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the United States. Before the pandemic, Candid usually received comprehensive IRS 990 data about nonprofits and foundations about 1.5–2 The delay is worse for data from private foundations (who file 990-PF forms).
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Call for Speakers: 2024 Advocacy Summit in Nashville
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
NOVEMBER 4, 2023
Intermediate (3-5 years) For participants with existing foundational knowledge and a few years of hands-on experience. For participants interested in growing their existing advocacy and/or lobbying strategies For participants seeking to dive deeper and strengthen foundational knowledge and skills regarding advocacy and/or lobbying efforts.
Why Tennessee Needs a Statewide Nonprofit Association
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
JANUARY 3, 2023
Substantively, nonprofits are governed by state laws on tax-exempt status, giving incentives, regulation, employment standards, contracting, and more. Nonprofits need to engage at the state level to ensure those laws are fair and appropriate. Grassroots advocacy is nearly impossible from only one part of the state.
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