Being late to rights like voting and property ownership, women still fight an uphill battle towards goals that live on a smoother playing ground for men. So if you’re going to let your money support your values this Women’s History Month, give it to these nonprofits benefiting women around the world.
These women are leading a variety of philanthropic organizations... and making a different.
(New York Times) — Over the last year or so, there has been an explosion of online intermediaries promising to help nonprofit groups raise money and awareness. Crowdrise, Jumo, Causecast, Causes on Facebook and others try to use social networking and crowdsourcing to build interest in charities and causes, and to help them attract donations. “2010 […]
(New York Times) — With the federal government struggling to regain control over the nation’s deficit, a debate is emerging over the charitable deduction and other tax policies that support nonprofit groups. What began as a proposal by the Obama administration in 2009 to reduce the deduction has become a wide-ranging discussion of what was […]
(Politc365) — Angela Rye, the dynamic co-founder of IMPACT, an organization that seeks to encourage young professionals in the areas of economic empowerment, civic engagement, and political involvement, has been tapped by Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) to be the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Congressional Black Caucus during the 112th Congress. Leading up to this […]
(Businessweek) — Last year, Mary Metoyer’s New Orleans flooring company took in just $80,000 in revenue, one-third of her annual revenue before Hurricane Katrina struck. Her customer base of landlords and homeowners had started to return, but many were then hurt financially by the BP (BP) oil spill. When the bank she went to for a […]
(Washington Post) — When job losses and foreclosures began to mount in the recession, leaders of many local charities knew it was time to push their organizations to provide more — more beds to the homeless, more opportunities for the unemployed, more meals to the growing number of hungry families showing up on their doorsteps. […]
(Chicago Tribune) — The paper trail of Illinois’ budget crisis reaches hundreds of letters high, each pleading missive an example of a state too broke to pay its bills. The disabled soon won’t have a place to live. The drug-addicted could be turned away for treatment. Prison inmates will run out of toilet paper. The […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — The Chicago Urban League today will name Andrea Zopp as the eighth president and chief executive in the civil rights organization’s 94-year history. Zopp, 53, has been with Exelon Corp. since 2006, serving most recently as its executive vice president and general counsel. She also has held corporate jobs with Sears […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — Thousands of small nonprofits in Georgia are at risk of losing their tax-exempt status because they have failed to file tax returns for the past three years. It’s not too late, however. The IRS is offering a one-time special filing relief program for 8,260 small nonprofits in the state. They have […]
(Washington Informer) — The suspension of funds to non-profits from District coffers has affected fundraising efforts, but hasn’t stopped these organizations from continuing their missions. D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray (D), ended earmarks earlier this year, when it became clear that the process of funding city non-profits was getting out of hand. “Earmarks were designed […]
(WSJ) — While Gov. David Paterson has declared that New York is facing an “unprecedented fiscal crisis,” the state has paid out millions of dollars to local nonprofit groups—including $28,500 for a tennis league, $11,000 for a lighthouse museum and $2,700 for a curling club—in grants that critics deride as pork-barrel spending. In the month […]