nonprofit organizations

The organization is overseen by a board of six members, who all have experience in various scientific fields. Stubbs made a career out of working in the environment, but he has devoted his retirement years to WELP to follow his passion. Stubbs said the vision behind WELP was simple – he wanted to ...

The nonprofit Oregon Harbor of Hope offered $7 million to buy the North Portland facility for use as a homeless service center in a Monday letter to County Chair Deborah Kafoury. The organization was founded by Portland developer Homer Williams, who originally hoped to open a large homeless service ...

The giveaways were all part of a movement by Blessings Three65, a nonprofit organization made up of young women from Columbus. Blessings Three65 gives back to young ladies in the community who could be part of an 'at risk' situation. Blessings Three65 has put together events in the Chattahoochee ...

Chris Jones is the founder of new nonprofit Sister, S.O.A.R., an organization created with the goal of helping women transition to a better life through job ... Jones liquidated her retirement savings to kick start Sister, S.O.A.R. last year and after officially becoming a nonprofit last month, the organization can ...

Lift Johnstown's annual Project Party is all about pairing the right volunteers with the right nonprofit organizations. On Tuesday, more than 70 groups – from eight counties – participated in the event, held inside the Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center in downtown Johnstown, providing information to ...

Who is an artist? To some, an artist is someone who paints or draws beautiful pictures on a blank canvas. To others, it may be a musician who creates harmonious melodies. While those are all forms of art, artists often go beyond paintings and music: They are dancers, actors, sculptors, woodworkers, glass ...

The unsubstantiated expenses in fiscal 2016 alone totaled $75,650, according to the organizations 2016 Form 990 form, an annual tax return required of nonprofit organizations. Young, who was LifeLinks' director of family supports, was fired shortly after other staff members discovered accounting ...

But first, before they can purchase the 175-foot long showboat that's been a part of Minnesota theatrical tradition for nearly 60 years, the nonprofit has to raise a down payment of $5,000 by April 15 and raise the remaining $35,000 by June for a total of $40,000 for the boat. After that, they would need to raise ...

The Internal Revenue Service has been quietly blocking the creation of nonprofit cannabis industry associations, specifically 501(c)6 organizations, since the ... 2, 2018, the IRS announced that the agency had amended its rule regarding the nonprofit status of groups whose main purpose is to improve the ...

Tennessee Valley Unite, a local non-profit organization, is working to make sure first responders know what to do when they encounter someone who has ... Tennessee Valley Unite brought in the Birmingham-based Interaction Advisory Group for a five hour training focused on officer and citizen safety, fair ...

Hope Faith ministries is a Kansas City-based nonprofit that provides many services to the homeless including free meals, clothes and medical services. According to the organizations ... Pastor Burton has also started his own non-profit. an organization called The Miracle of Innocence. The organization's ...

A new report released Monday shows the number of children, across the state from 2015 to 2016, who were suspended from pre-k to second grade. Simultaneously a law, implemented in September 2017, prohibits out-of-school suspensions for public school students within that age group. A Hudson ISD ...

Changes over the past two decades in longstanding patterns have challenged nonprofit organizations to adapt, at the risk of losing their support and their funding. The report recapitulates findings that NPQ readers will find familiar: Larger donors, though small in number, now have an outsized impact on the ...

"Experts at the Department of Justice were responsible for working with police organizations through the collaborative reform process,” she said. Braden also pointed to 'Consent Decree' – a tool to reform departments accused of police misconduct. According to Braden, the Trump Administration has not ...

The Minot Planning Commission on Monday approved a conditional use permit at the request of Power of the Purse, Inc., for a house in southwest Minot, although details about the type of group home remains unfinalized. Kristen Boen, representing Power of the Purse, said the group home would fill a ...

For the last eight years, Paws Assisting Veterans has been training service dogs for veterans. On Monday and Tuesday, the organization hosted an intensive workshop for its handlers and their dogs, teaching them a new skill that could help those battling PTSD. “Dogs are very empathetic. Veterans can ...

The Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association, a not-for-profit organization that provides year-round sports, clinics, camps and special events for people with physical or visual disabilities, is looking for student volunteers. Opportunities include sport-specific weekly programs, office assistance and fundraising ...

The U.S. Department of Education has selected a nonprofit organization to help the agency share ideas and best practices with states and districts around ... Businesses and other organizations looking for intel on the school marketplace should check out EdWeek Market Brief, a service that provides news, ...

... which provides money each year to outside agencies using funds allocated from the fifth-penny sales tax approved by voters in 2014. The funding is provided through grants from both the city and the county, which could help organizations reach funding-match requirements for federal grant applications.

PETERBOROUGH — A meeting scheduled this week will focus on whether establishing a network for nonprofit organizations would be good for the region. ... The idea of forming a nonprofit network is to enhance the work of the region's nonprofit sector, according to a news release from the organization.

The proposed expansion by the nonprofit group would include a two-story addition to the Hospital Street emergency overnight shelter, enough space to add four bedrooms, an office for use by caseworkers, and much-need storage space to hold furniture and other items donated to the shelter.

As a law professor who teaches and writes about tax-exempt organizations, I would like to explain how the NRA retains its nonprofit status despite the vast amount of influence it ... Like charities, social welfare groups must spend all their revenue on work tied to their mission or shoring up their endowments.

CLEVELAND - Each and every day, Dee Vanyo wakes up and checks in on her health. But it's not from her doctor's office. Instead, it's right inside her home using equipment from Phastar's Community Paramedicine program. It's a new trend taking over in healthcare. Phastar, a non-profit organization, ...

In the case of Anchorage Community Mental Health Services, an agency picked at random among the 200 organizations funded by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, their 2014 annual report (the most recent available from the organization's website) shows they “raise” $20,641,400 in ...

For six years, the nonprofit organization Concrete Cares has been fighting cancer "one yard at a time" through concrete-related fundraising events, including one in Hot Springs this weekend. Concrete Cares was born with the goal to expand the awareness of the need for cancer research and fundraising ...

Bill Lamb is working on starting a nonprofit that will bring micro orchards to the City of Medina.( Alyssa Alfano ... His new non-profit group, the Medina Village Community Orchard Project, aims to plant small pockets of fruit trees throughout the city, providing food for humans and wildlife alike. "The Orchard ...

... serves as treasurer and Nancy Reinkemeyer, as secretary of the organization. According to the Internal Revenue Service, there are strict outlines for how a 527 organization can operate. The IRS chart below compares seven federal tax law attributes of five common types of tax-exempt organizations.

The series is both comprehensive and in-depth, giving attendees the fundamentals of good management and oversight of a nonprofit organization. ... Board governance workshops, led by MNA Executive Director Liz Moore, were presented in February to a group of nonprofit leaders from across the ...

In the days before Duquesne's first black female mayor took office this year, the city's redevelopment authority steered most of its funds to a nonprofit organization in a plan to undermine the newly elected mayor, attorneys for the city allege in a lawsuit filed this week. The complaint was filed Monday in ...

Nonprofit professionals and volunteers can now earn a graduate certificate in nonprofit management and leadership through an online program offered by the University of Georgia's Institute for Nonprofit Organizations and the Office of Online Learning. The goal of the program is to train students to support ...

TAYLORSVILLE (News4Utah) - Shortages of nurses and medical supplies are a big issue in Utah, which means many schools are not equipped to respond to a medical emergency in the case of an active shooter situation. A local nonprofit organization wants to change that. David Cooke started his ...

LUBBOCK, TX - The track team at Terra Vista Middle School got a big surprise on Monday: free track cleats from Under Armour. "Walk in Their Shoes," a nonprofit organization that provides apparel and athletic gear to kids in need, worked alongside Under Armour to supply these student-athletes with new ...

The NRA has non-profit, tax-exempt status. ... The National Rifle Association is indeed a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. ... Social welfare organizations may also get involved in political campaigns and elections, provided their involvement is related to the group's mission, and again, only if this does not ...

A Facebook meme gets the basic facts right about the gun lobby's status as a social welfare organization. ... The NRA has non-profit, tax-exempt status. ... Social welfare organizations may also get involved in political campaigns and elections, provided their involvement is related to the group's mission, and ...