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Nonprofit News

Enjoy the following national nonprofit news articles from The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Philanthropy Journal, and Philanthropy News Digest.

Ford Foundation Gives $1 Million to Help More American Students Study in China

Philanthropy News Digest - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm
The 100,000 Strong initiative aims to boost the number of Americans studying in China to a hundred thousand by 2014 and increase their diversity to help foster understanding between the United States and China....
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Soros Commits $2 Million to Two Political Organizations

Philanthropy News Digest - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm
Representing Soros's first political contributions of the 2012 election campaign, the pledges include $1 million to American Bridge 21st Century and another $1 million to America Votes....
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American Pain Foundation Closes After Senators Launch Investigation of Drugmakers

Philanthropy News Digest - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm
As the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation into makers of narcotic pain relievers and groups that champion them, the American Pain Foundation closed its doors....
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Gates Foundation Announces Grand Challenges Explorations Grants

Philanthropy News Digest - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced more than one hundred new grants of $100,000 each through its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative and six of up to $1 million in phase II funding of existing projects....
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LGBTQ Advocates Prioritize Changing Culture

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

Karen Zelermyer and Andrew Lane of Funders for LGBTQ Issues speak with Philantopic about changing people’s hearts and minds on issues of importance to the LGBTQ community.


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N.Y. Agencies React to Cuomo’s Cap on Nonprofit CEO Pay and Overhead

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

How will New York agencies implement Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order to cap nonprofit CEO salaries at $199,000 and to cap overhead at 25 percent?


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An Innovative Idea for Throttling Tax-exempt Secret Campaign Contributions

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

Public interest lawyer Greg Colvin of Adler & Colvin proposes a way to clamp down on the secret, tax-exempt donations that are currently flooding political campaigns.


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Boston Marathon a Test of Runners’ Fundraising Endurance

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

The Boston Marathon raises more than $10 million for charity annually, but some runners find meeting the race’s fundraising minimum as hard as the race itself.


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YES! Risks Alienating Potential Funders to Deliver Strong Issue

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

The entire Spring issue of YES! Magazine is devoted to the theme of “9 Strategies to End Corporate Rule,” a focus which shows courage in the face of potentially alienating some funders.


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One Heck of a Fundraising Cautionary Tale

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

In the name of professionalizing its fundraising operation, the Brooklyn Museum has, in one fell swoop, alienated some of its most ardent supporters.


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CharityBribes.org Seeks to Harness the Power of Celebrity in Unique Fashion

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

Would you donate to a worthy cause to see Donald Trump’s hair first thing in the morning? CelebrityBribes.org looks to squeeze nonprofit fundraising from people’s celebrity obsessions.


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Beyond Flashpoints Like Trayvon Martin’s Death, How to Address “Everyday” Racism?

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

In the wake of the national dialogue around the killing of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., there is a question about the role of the nonprofit sector in confronting community-level racism.


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Ford, Kellogg, and Kresge Pledge $1M to Asian American Pacific Islander Communities

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

The Asian American Pacific Islander community is the fastest-growing racial group in the U.S., and some foundations are taking steps to help make sure that this group is not marginalized.


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U.K. Considers Experiment in “Homemade Justice”

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May will announce plans to allow “inner-city neighbourhoods to be given power to hold ‘street courts’ in [a] bid to tackle gangs of feral youths.”


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Nonprofit Leaders Skew Young in TIME’s “100 Most Influential” List

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

TIME Magazine’s annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World is out and NPQ was thrilled to see Ai-Jen Poo, the head of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, on the list.


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Spotty Board Attendance Costs Nonprofit Dearly – What About Your Board?

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

Board members of the Amarillo, Texas-based Panhandle Community Services might do well to remember the words of Woody Allen: “80 percent of success is showing up.”


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New Tool Helps Nonprofits Measure Impact on U.K. Children’s Wellbeing

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

In advance of a forthcoming national wellbeing index to be released in the U.K. in July, a new tool allows youth-serving charities to measure attitudinal changes of young people.


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Wal-Mart, Democratic National Committee Get Creative with Contributions

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

The Democratic National Committee says it’s not accepting corporate sponsorship money for its upcoming convention in Charlotte, N.C.—but gift cards are another matter.


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Nonprofit Groups, Corporations at Odds on “Do Not Track” Rules

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

At a recent World Wide Web Consortium meeting, a rift emerged between corporations doing business online and nonprofit groups advocating for consumers’ privacy rights.


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Knight Foundation Requires Journalism Grantees to Disclose Donors

Nonprofit Quarterly - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:00pm

The Knight Foundation, which is at the forefront of donors to journalism, has decided to require new grantees to publicly divulge their donors as a precondition of funding.


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