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Using AmeriCorps To Expand Capacity

An e-mail from The Finance Project is a reminder that federally funded AmeriCorps volunteers can enlarge or augment the activities of youth...

Nonprofits and Health Care

Nonprofits have a large stake in the health care debate, with many worried about how they’re going to continue insuring their nearly...

Tracking Nonprofits’ Fiscal Health

As part of its series tracking the nonprofit sector’s fiscal health during the economic downturn, the National Council of Nonprofits last month...

DOL Grants for Apprentice Programs

Eleven national industry and employer associations will share $6.5 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Labor to promote innovation...

Grants Awarded September 2009

Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationSeattle(206) 709-3140http://www.gatesfoundation.org • Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, D.C., $8.3 million to increase the leadership capacity...

New SAMHSA Financing Web Site Launched

The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has a new “Financing Center of Excellence” Web site with blog-style information on...

Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and its Grantees Having a Rough Time of It

Some Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) grantees are having a tough time with their finances but aren’t getting the help...

Safe and Drug-Free Schools State Grants on the Chopping Block

Advocates for substance abuse and violence prevention are trying to stop elimination of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) state grants,...

Hedge Funds Suffer? Yes, You Read That Correctly.

Youth Today’s Megan A. Conlan reports that in this dire economy, even funding organizations supported by hedge funds – normally thought to...

Grants Awarded for July-August 2009

Lincoln Financial FoundationFort Wayne, Ind.http://www.lfg.com • Our Piece of the Pie, Hartford, Conn., $30,000 for the AmeriCorps program. • Boys & Girls...

Successful Rural Nonprofits

Nonprofits in rural areas might learn from successful youth-serving agencies whose practices are described in a new report by the Bridgespan Group,...

New Funds Fuel Education Reform “Race”

A new education initiative called Race to the Top, which will funnel $4.35 billion in Recovery Act money to states that agree...

Measuring Nonprofit Sustainability

Is there a tool to measure nonprofit sustainability during times of economic distress? A new report by New York-based consultancy TCC Group,...

GAO: Recovery Act Shoring Up Distressed States

States generally are using federal Recovery Act funds “to stabilize budgets and cope with fiscal distress,” according to a new update on...

Report: Nonprofits Financially Stressed

File this one in the “tell-me-about-it” folder: A late-June survey of nonprofits by the Center for Civil Society Studies at Johns Hopkins...

New Recovery Act “Green” Training Grants on the Street

A couple of the listings today are about a new set of Recovery Act competitive grants – totaling $500 million in all...

CNCS coverage at Youth Today.

Youth Today’s coverage of the goings-on at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNSC) has garnered a significant level of interest...

Nonprofits and government agencies have new opportunities to tap Recovery Act dollars.

Nonprofits and government agencies have new opportunities to tap Recovery Act dollars to boost their capacity to serve disadvantaged individuals under the...

Grants Awarded for June 2009

Nord Family FoundationAmherst, Ohio(440) 984-3939http://www.nordff.org • The Children’s Development Center, Amherst, Ohio, $40,000 for general operating support. • Boys & Girls Clubs...