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Pennsylvania to Offer Security Grants for Groups Vulnerable to Hate Crimes
(Mourners pay their respects at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Photo: Flickr user daveynin, Creative Commons) On October 27, 2018, a white supremacist walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and opened fire, killing eleven people and wounding six. The mass shooting was the…
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Chinese Government Sanctions U.S. Nonprofits Amidst Pro-Democracy Protests
(Image: Studio Incendo, Creative Commons) Following sustained pressure from elected representatives of both major parties, Donald Trump signed two bills in support of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The Human Rights and Democracy Act and the PROTECT Hong Kong Act target Chinese officials responsible for the…
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Influential Alternative Weekly Chicago Reader Set to Become a Nonprofit
(Photo: Lars Petersdorff from Pexels) While traditional news outlets have struggled to secure financial stability in today’s digital marketplace, some of the most exciting and impactful journalism has emerged from a growing number of nonprofit news organizations. Take the Puerto Rico Center for Investigative Journalism…
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Gun Violence Research: Nonprofits Can Only Do So Much
(Image: March for Our Lives protest in 2018. Tony Webster, Creative Commons) There are a number of organizations and journalists working hard to document the United States’ gun violence epidemic. Everytown for Gun Safety, for example, collects data pertaining to gun-related injuries and fatalities in…
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GoFundMe Rolls Out Fundraising Platform For Nonprofits Ahead Of Giving Season
The popular crowdfunding site GoFundMe has helped users raise more than $5 billion to date for a variety of campaigns ranging from medical fundraisers to creative projects. The company is now attempting to corner a major part of the fundraising market: the nonprofit sector. GoFundMe…
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Trump Ordered to Hand Over $2 Million to Nonprofits in Corruption Case
(Image: Bin im Garten, Creative Commons) In December 2018, lawyers for the Trump Foundation agreed to shutter the beleaguered organization in the midst of an investigation led by then-New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood. Investigators uncovered patterns of malfeasance dating back to the 1980s, including the…
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New York Codifies Johnson Amendment
(New York State Capitol; Matt Wade, Creative Commons) State legislators in New York passed a law codifying the Johnson Amendment, a federal rule that prohibits tax-exempt organizations including religious groups from contributing to political candidates or campaigns. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law…
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Following Closure of Community Space, Oregon Breweries Offer to Help Nonprofits
(Portland, Oregon; Pixabay) Based in California, the Lagunitas Brewing Company operates community rooms across the United States in cities including Seattle, Chicago, and Petaluma. The spaces provide a vital resource to local communities, hosting volunteer meet-ups and nonprofit fundraisers. The company’s recent decision to close…
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Women Underrepresented in Board Rooms of Philadelphia’s Hospitals and Universities
Philadelphia is home to a number of high-profile universities and hospitals that enjoy large endowments and sizable influence in the city. Considering their power in Philadelphia’s philanthropic sector, it is distressing to learn that the boards for these institutions are still plagued by an enormous…
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Federal Court Rules in Favor of Philadelphia Safe Injection Site
(Playground in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia; Wikimedia Commons) A Philadelphia-area nonprofit scored a major win in federal court this month. The case involves Safehouse, an organization that aims to set up a safe injection site in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood to prevent overdose deaths and…
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