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NSC has been very fortunate to have had the
assistance of four outstanding Coro Fellows these
past few weeks. Balin Anderson, Andrew McIntire,
Ben Richey and Jennifer Fernandez walked in to the
NSC offices with tremendous enthusiasm, eager to
put in motion the skills learned at the Coro Leadership
Center.
By asking insightful questions, seeking thoughtful
answers and developing group action plans they
implemented a successful information gathering
project regarding various aspects of the nonprofit
sector in Missouri.
Their contribution to NSC is greatly appreciated and
we will miss their energy and talent. Thank you Balin,
Andrew, Ben and Jennifer.
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Federal Policy News
Senator Feingold (D-WI) has introduced a bill (S. 403) that would raise the mileage reimbursement rate for volunteers who use their vehicles for charitable purposes from 14 cents to 40.5 cents per mile. The proposal would make the volunteer rate equal to that of businesses. Missouri Policy News
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The Internal Revenue Service has launched a new
Web-based version of its popular Exempt
Organizations Workshop covering tax compliance
issues confronted by small and mid-sized tax exempt
organizations.
The free online workshop – Stay Exempt – Tax
Basics for 501(c)(3)s – consists of five
interactive modules on tax compliance topics for
exempt organizations:
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Report from the Johns Hopkins
Center for Civil Society Studies prepared by
Lester M. Salamon and S. Wojciech Sokolowski The study shows that employment in the U.S. nonprofit sector has grown faster than overall employment in 46 out of the 50 states. As of the second quarter of 2004, the latest year for which data on nonprofit employment are available, American charities employed 9.4 million paid workers and engaged another 4.7 million full-time equivalent (FTE) volunteer workers for a total workforce of more than 14 million workers. Between 2002 and 2004, the nonprofit workforce,
including paid and volunteer workers, grew by 5.3
percent, with both the paid and volunteer portions of
the nonprofit workforce growing by more than 5
percent. By contrast, overall employment in the
economy declined by 0.2 percent during this same
period.
The nonprofit workforce, including volunteers, now
represents 10.5 percent of the country’s total
workforce. Other findings of the report include:
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Bank of America Accepting
Applications for Neighborhood Excellence
Initiative
Bank of America is committed to the economic strength and stability of the communities in which it does business. The Neighborhood Excellence Initiative, Bank of America’s signature philanthropic program, focuses on developing relationships with and investing in strong nonprofits/charitable organizations with great leaders. The program offers leadership training and general operating support for growing nonprofits, recognizes a community's local heroes, and embraces the next generation of student leaders. The program is offered in Bank of America's forty-four markets. This year, the program goes international with a new market in London, England. The Neighborhood Excellence Initiative invites
applications for the following program
components:
Neighborhood Builders - deadline June 29, 2007 Local Heroes - deadline June 29, 2007 Student Leaders - deadline March 9, 2007 Read the Complete RFP or go to visit the Bank of America website for more details. The United Way of Greater St. Louis Announces One-Time Grants The United Way is pleased to offer one-time grants to non-profits, community agencies and churches within our service area. Below is the listing of one- time grants available in 2007. Unless specified, the grants are available to both United Way member and non-member agencies. One-Time Grants Now Available with Applications due by March 20, 2007for Childhood & Family Obesity, College Preparatory for Urban Youth, Increase Capacity of Food Pantries, Infrastructure Enhancement of Non-Profit Agencies, Medical Screenings for High Risk People, and Senior Services. Click here for a PDF of services and click here for the application. One-Time Grants Available with Applications due by July 9, 2007 for Indigent Elderly, Infrastructure Enhancement of Non-Profit Agencies, Language Translation, Peer Harassment, and Senior Services. Click here for a PDF of services. Application for round two not yet available, please check back at a later date. Contact Vanessa Wayne at 314-539-4084 or waynev@stl.unitedway.org Tony Hawk Foundation The primary mission of the Tony Hawk Foundation is to promote high-quality, public skateparks in low- income areas throughout the United States. The principal focus of foundation grants will be to encourage and facilitate the design, development, construction, and operation of new quality skateboard parks and facilities, located in low-income communities in the United States. Grant Amounts are a minimum of $1,000 and maximum of $25,000.
DEADLINES Children's Theatre Foundation of America (CTFA) Announces Founders Grants CTFA is concerned solely with theatre for children and youth, the utilization of drama/theatre in education for children grades K-12, and artist- teacher training. Founders grants support diverse projects of national significance, including, but not limited to: national and international theatre festivals; research in theatre education and theatre practice; publications; U.S. representation abroad in theatre festivals and symposiums; scholarships, playwriting and other work of theatre artists and scholars. Grant Amount: $5,000. Closing Date: April 30, 2007 For more information go to http://www.childrenstheatrefoundation.org/g rants.html Be a Celebrity for Your Cause Kevin Bacon and Network for Good announced the creation of SixDegrees.org in partnership with the AOL, and Entertainment Weekly. Bacon will match the charitable dollars raised by the top six non- celebrity fundraisers with grants of up to $10,000 each. Visit www.sixdegrees.or g for more information. |
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Thank you for spending a few moments with us today.
Until next month...
![]() Carmen
Nonprofit Services Consortium
email:
carmen@nonprofitservices.org
phone:
314.436.9580
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