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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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!

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Governance Political Science Law 52

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.

Governance 52

Governance Nonprofit governance and management Ethics Nonprofit governance 52

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.

Law 116

Law Fundraising Fundraising Governance 116

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.

Homelessness 143

Homelessness Law Poverty Governance 143

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

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 4, 2023

By Craig Kennedy A recent call by philanthropy leaders for greater civility and respect of those with different views appears to be an opening response to critics, especially those in Congress, who want to reform laws governing the field.

Law 112

Law Governance Philanthropy 112

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!

Law 70

Law Healthcare Environmental Governance 70

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.

Environmental 131

Environmental Governance Law Energy 131

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.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

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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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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 127

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 127

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.

Law 107

Law Governance Activism Values 107

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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Law Medical Education Education 64

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.

Civil Society 86

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 86

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.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 112

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.

Law 82

Law Governance Philanthropy Nonprofits 82

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 101

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 101

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 132

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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.

Law 127

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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!

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Medical 104

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?

Governance 73

Governance Law Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations 73

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.

Environmental 105

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 105

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.

Medical 113

Medical Law Health Governance 113

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

Nonprofit Organizations 105

Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Foundations Governance 105

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.

Governance 104

Governance Law Culture Environmental 104

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.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Law Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 29, 2024

From the abolition of chattel slavery to the ending of Jim Crow laws targeting Black families, through LGBTQ+ marriage equality to ongoing attempts to reform and/or abolish the US child welfare system —the struggle for equality, dignity, and protection under the law for families of all kinds remains very much ongoing.

Law 52

Law Children Construction Medical 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 8, 2024

But when the (often white) leaders had funder relationships that could allow them to write their own checks, governing boards didn’t ask too many questions. Research from the National Women’s Law Center found that women of color earn less than 70 cents for every dollar earned by a white, non-Hispanic male.

Nonprofit governance and management 103

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Leadership Non-Profits 103

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. David Thompson holds a bachelor’s degree from Emory University and a law degree from the University of Georgia Law School.

Nonprofit governance and management 88

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The people making economic decisions today—in government, on Wall Street, in corporate boardrooms, and indeed in Silicon Valley—overwhelmingly look the same as they have since their creation, with virtually no racial, gender, or economic diversity.

Technology 92

Technology Law Non-Profits Governance 92

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 10, 2023

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. Community Reinvestment Strengths and Shortfalls NCRC was formed in 1990 to defend the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act , a law created to undo the structural racism embedded in redlining.

Finance 109

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 109

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.

Children 98

Children Public and Social Policy Law Culture 98

BDO

JANUARY 14, 2014

On December 19, 2013, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law sweeping changes to the laws that govern nonprofits that do business in New York State.

Law 40

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Then, we’ve been trying to compare the information given by the federal government and the one been given by the Puerto Rico government, which was usually different in terms of the amount of money. The US government and FEMA recently changed the recovery process in Puerto Rico. The wording, the categories of the information.

Governance 138

Governance Disaster Relief Foundations Philanthropy 138

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. Enrollment in a pre-K program is voluntary.

Children 52

Children Nonprofit Administration and Development Law Education 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 18, 2023

To help address increasing numbers of dropout students, the Japanese government created a new law on educational opportunities, which came into effect in 2016. The law stipulates that national and local governments are responsible for securing educational opportunities outside of school as a measure against truancy.

Children 91

Children Law Governance Education 91