In Utah, a bill has been filed that would require monthly reporting by animal shelters on how many animals were taken in and from where, and the number of animals that died or were euthanized by the shelter that month.
Would you trade your self-determination for needed services? Should you be required to do so?
Your organization’s mission statement deserves to be elegant, precise, and even poetic, because these words embody the reason your nonprofit exists. History has seen few more exacting wordsmiths than the great haiku poets, and nonprofits can learn much from them.
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JP Morgan Chase, an institution with a history of stripping assets of people of color, is now expanding a program that has helped 200 entrepreneurs of color get business financing.
The Rick Bayless Family Foundation has made its first three Stepping Stone Grants of $150,000 each to nonprofit Chicago-based theaters with issues.
In Denver, teachers make major gains after a short 4-day strike. The Denver strike is part of a broader #RedforEd wave. The Denver gains build on those achieved by Los Angeles teachers last month.
For New Yorkers, Amazon’s union-busting is a deal breaker.
On the same day Amazon decided to abandon its plans to establish a secondary headquarters in New York City, leaving behind $3 billion in publicly funded incentives, GE announced it would repay the city of Boston for almost $90 million in development incentives.
Off and on, we have covered the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates on behalf of their foundation and commented on how frequently they have learned a “surprising lesson” they’ve already claimed to have learned—for example, that communities not only have skin in the game but deep intelligence to contribute when it comes to reforms that will affect them and their children. This year, we find the Gateses once again caught off guard.
Can worker co-ops be franchised in Latinx immigrant communities? In New York City, a nonprofit with a strong co-op development track record is giving it a try. Focusing on cleaning and childcare, the co-ops developed are providing a living wage alternative to what are often exploitative low-wage industries.