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BP Oil Spill Settlements to Nonprofits: Mechanics and Lessons
Do nonprofits have a right to claim economic losses when disaster hits? In the wake of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil spill in 2010, nonprofits suffered losses just like any other businesses in the impacted parts of the Gulf Coast. The new BP oil spill settlement process for making claims of economic losses is important for the region’s nonprofits to access—and for the nation’s nonprofits to understand if and when the next man-made, BP-type calamity hits.
One Foundation Ad, Two Messages for Child Abuse
A clever advertisement sends two different messages to the viewer based on their height, aiming to reach youth impacted by child abuse.
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Few things are more loathed by the public than taxes, and our cultural models encourage us to view government as something to be resisted and our tax system as a ...
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Moody’s Downgrades Nonprofit Hospital Debt by Record $20B in 2012
Moody’s Investors Service downgraded a record $20 billion in nonprofit hospital debt in 2012, citing concerns about reimbursement rates, slow insurance payment rates and other issues.
Zimbabwe NGOs Facing Police Raids for “Subversive” Material
Leading up to Zimbabwe’s referendum and presidential election, Zimbabwe police have been cracking down on civil society groups with “subversive” voter education materials.
Violence Against Women Act: Lookin’ Good on Valentine’s Day
Last year, the Violence Against Women Act wasn’t reauthorized for the first time since its inception in 1994, but there are signs that the tide may be shifting back the other way.
Organizing for America Amped up about State of the Union Agenda
This may be the future: a politically controlled archipelago of chapters of a nonprofit that originated in the White House and that is prepared to push for the president’s State of the Union agenda.
In Conn., Malloy Proposes Cuts to Safety Net Programs
Some New Haven officials and the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits have gotten their first look at Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed budget and don’t like what they see.
Matt Damon Refuses to Go to the Bathroom on Principle
Matt Damon has announced that he isn’t going to the bathroom anymore. What does that mean and why should you care?
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