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Nonprofits Face Increased Demand This Holiday Season as Food Insecurity Surges
(Image: Georgia National Guard, Creative Commons) Nonprofits across the country are struggling to manage a surge in demand for foodstuffs this holiday season as the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to push more Americans into poverty. The relief organization Feeding America reports that 50.4…
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By Abusing Taxpayer Resources, Trump Administration Puts Nonprofits in a Difficult Spot
(Image: Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons) In the weeks leading up to the general election, nonprofits across the United States find themselves in a difficult spot thanks to the Trump Administration’s order to include signed letters from Donald Trump in government aid food boxes. The unusual…
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Federal Indictment of Steve Bannon Shines Spotlight on Nonprofit Fraud
(Image: Construction on the Border Wall, U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Steve Bannon—Donald Trump’s former advisor and campaign boss—has been charged with defrauding donors as part of an investigation into a fundraising campaign that claimed to raise money to help build Trump’s proposed border wall….
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Nonprofits Confront COVID-19 Eviction Crisis
(Photo: Jeff Turner, Creative Commons) The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has hit every sector of the economy. Opinion writers compare the current historical moment to the Great Depression. Wall Street observers warn of a double-dip recession, and analysis of past pandemics indicate that the economic fallout could…
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First Quarter Fundraising Numbers Show Grim Impact of COVID-19 on Nonprofits
(Image: H.T. Yu, Creative Commons) The COVID-19 pandemic has wrecked havoc on just about every corner of the economy. The nonprofit sector has been hit particularly hard, as major sources of revenue—including performance seasons and fundraising galas—have either been postponed, cancelled, or reduced in scope. A…
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Coalition of Major Foundations Launches Bold Arts Relief Effort
(Ford Foundation President Darren Walker) In an extraordinary act of collaboration, five of the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States have banded together to launch a fund in support of arts nonprofits facing financial strain in the midst of the global economic recession. The…
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The PHL COVID-19 Fund Awards Latest Round of Grants to Philadelphia Nonprofits
In March, a group of foundations teamed up with the City of Philadelphia to launch The PHL COVID-19 Fund to provide relief support to regional nonprofit organizations struggling under the ongoing lockdown. Philadelphia’s nonprofit institutions have been hit hard by the global pandemic, with organizations…
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City of Philadelphia and Local Foundations Launch COVID-19 Relief Fund
(Philadelphia City Hall, Pixabay) The numbers are sobering; nearly 3.3 million individuals have filed for unemployment benefits across the United States, breaking job loss records set by past recessions in March 2009 and October 1982. As city and statewide lockdowns over COVID-19 continue, the economic…
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NGOs Sound the Alarm: Refugee Camps Particularly Vulnerable to COVID-19
(Image: U.S. Air Force) As countries around the world work to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, humanitarian workers have sounded the alarm over the risks that the virus poses to refugee camps. Dr. Hussam Al Fakir—the chairman of UOSSM International, a humanitarian organization providing basic…
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Report: Low Job Satisfaction Causing Retention Issues in Nonprofit Sector
Nonprofit HR released a new report that underscores the worker retention crisis plaguing the nonprofit sector. According to the organization’s polling, 45% of nonprofit professionals plan to find new employment within the next five years. Of this group, a sizable 23% plan to move…
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