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Nonprofit counts on donations | Sources of funding are difficult to find

The Tribune-Democrat -
Because the playhouse is nonprofit, it depends on donations, corporate sponsors, grants and fundraisers to keep it afloat.

Money for nothing: Rates vary by state on reporting of charitable contributions

Naples Daily News -
By Thomas Hargrove of Scripps Howard News Service A map showing the major nonprofit groups, by state, that collected $1 million or more on contributions. (SHNS map by John Bruce) WASHINGTON - Nonprofit organizations are much more likely to report ...
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Rawlings-Blake donates Orioles skybox tickets to 27 nonprofits, schools

Baltimore Sun -
By Luke Broadwater, The Baltimore Sun Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has donated use of her office's skybox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards to 27 nonprofit or charitable organizations this year, including her daughter's school, according to a list ...

Money for nothing: Foundations help Collier, Lee charities raise money quickly

Naples Daily News -
On Friday, July 18, Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida opened a new retail and donation center on Golden Gate Parkway.

United Way of Allegheny County donations up, nonprofits may catch a break

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review -
Yet the increase in giving does not surprise Larry Swanson, executive director of Action Housing Inc., a nonprofit that supports affordable housing.

Rescue Mission searching for new home

Victorville Daily Press -
Up to $5000 of the donations made in May will be doubled by a matching pledge. VICTORVILLE • A local nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the homeless has found itself without a home.

NC nonprofit could benefit from tuition law

Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald -
A nonprofit group that has lobbied hard for a law to let corporations use money for private school tuition scholarships instead of taxes could ultimately get a revenue boost from the proposal.

County awards Community Fund grants to local nonprofits

Longview Daily News -
Ten local nonprofit groups will benefit from $42500 in grants awarded by the Cowlitz County Community Fund this year. The local foundation is part of the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington and was started two years ago to address cyclical ...

Nonprofits struggle to put on bingo

LimaOhio.com -
Groups can include in expenses charitable donations made with bingo revenue. LIMA - Three hours before the first game will be played, Carol Snider is in her seat shortly after the doors open at American Legion Post 96.

Nonprofit expenses questioned; many claim they spend no money to get contributions

Record-Searchlight -
Thousands of nonprofit organizations in the United States misreport how they solicit billions of dollars in donations, making it impossible for Americans to know how their gifts are used. Forty-one percent of all 37987 charities and other nonprofit ...

NC nonprofit could benefit from tuition law

RealClearPolitics -
The legislation introduced last week would allow corporations to divert their state taxes to nonprofits that would then distribute scholarships of up to $4000 per student for private school tuition to attend kindergarten through high school.
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Deciphering super PAC double-speak

NJ.com (blog) -
However, corporations, which have far more cash than unions (as well as publicity-reticent millionaires), can conceal their contributions to the new super PACs by sending funds through nonprofit groups with innocent-sounding names.

GiveMN surpasses $50 million in donations to nonprofits

Alexandria Echo Press -
GiveMN recently announced that it has surpassed $50 million in donations processed through its website, GiveMN.org. Since GiveMN was launched in November 2009, the online fundraising website has processed online donations for more than 6200 nonprofit ...

Nonprofits, campaigns get mobile donation tool from Blue State Digital

Mobile Payments Today -
The program lets repeat donors make their contributions in seconds using a mobile phone or handheld device. BSD targets nonprofit and political clients and is rolling out its new Quick Donate program to those clients, allowing donors to make a gift ...

FBI probes disappearance of nonprofits' money

Los Angeles Times -
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times / May 13, 2012) By Jeff Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times The FBI is investigating the apparent disappearance of an estimated $1 million in donations that about 200 nonprofits reported losing when the organization that ...

Assisting Nonprofits with Fundraising via Cell Phone Donation Services

PressReleasesOnline.Net (press release) -
New York, NY - Gnosis Media Group, an Internet PR firm in the Greater NYC area, has been developing a cell phone donation service that has gained significant interest from nonprofits around the nation. The firm offers an effective alternative to ...
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Nonprofits rally to attract donations for GiveBIG 2012 on May 2

MarketWatch (press release) -
WHAT: Held on Wednesday, May 2, GiveBIG is a one-day (midnight-midnight), online event during which residents of King County can make donations to local nonprofits on www.seattlefoundation.org/ --and a share of every contribution will be matched with ...

Pittsburgh anticipating $3 million from nonprofits

Pittsburgh Post Gazette -
By Joe Smydo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Though an agreement still hasn't been signed, the city expects to receive more than $3 million in contributions from nonprofit groups this year, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's spokeswoman said Monday.

Women's Impact Fund backs little known projects with big dollars

Charlotte Observer -
By Mark Price A plan to use museums to encourage Latino integration and a health outreach program for people living on the streets are among the city's least-known nonprofit causes. Yet both recently got tens of thousands of dollars from a local fund ...

Foundation carries on fallen Marine's mission

Stars and Stripes -
Establishing an independent nonprofit requires a lot more coordination than raising money and then sending it off to a larger charity.
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