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New Fund to Help Underwrite Greater Collaboration, Even Mergers, Among Nonprofits
September 22, 2010; Boston Globe | To encourage nonprofits that offer similar programs and services, but that compete with each for increasingly scarce dollars, a group of funders is creating a $1.7 million fund that will be used to help groups in New England work together.—Bruce Trachtenberg
Zoo Keeper Gone Wild—and City Proposes Interesting Ordinance
September 22, 2010; Tampa Tribune | A Tampa, Fla. city audit in 2008 lambasted the director of the nonprofit Lowry Zoo which took some $200,000 of zoo money and animals to start a private zoo called Safari Wild.—Rick Cohen
Rest Easy: Twitter, Apps, Save the World
September 21, 2010; NPR | Millions of dollars were raised through Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and text messaging campaigns in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti early this year.—Aaron Lester
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When the Economy Plummets Violence Against Women Climbs
September 22, 2010; Realmedia | The seemingly never-ending recession—despite official claims that things started picking up in June 2009—takes its tolls in many ways.—Bruce Trachtenberg
Sacramento Co. Looks to Shift Homeless Services to Nonprofits
September 22, 2010; Sacramento Bee | According to the Sacramento Bee, the county plans to turn over homeless services to a to-be-formed homeless group that would "more easily solicit money from private citizens and businesses and be more flexible in structuring services."—Rick Cohen
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