You can help strengthen SC's nonprofit community by nominating strong candidates for the Board of Directors. Please submit your online nominations by April 10th. If you would prefer, email Madeleine McGee and share your nomination ideas with her. NOTE: All nominees MUST be current SCANPO members in good standing.
Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas. SCANPO and SC's nonprofit sector will be stronger because you have shared.
Now is the time tocontact your Legislatorsand let them know that charitable raffles will help South Carolina nonprofits raise significant funds without adverse impact.
The House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the bills. The bills were sent to the full House of Representatives. The House is out of session and returning on April 9th, which will be the earliest the bills could receive a second reading.
The first bill S.213 (Legislative supporters and voter history), lays out the conditions under which raffles can be operated, and goes into effect only if the constitutional amendment is passed. Both pieces of legislation must be enacted before nonprofit organizations can legally operate a raffle for charitable purposes. The other bill S.239 (Legislative supporters and voter history), seeks to change the state constitution, which currently only allows the state to conduct lotteries, to allow the General Assembly to legalize raffles for charitable purposes. It does not legalize any other kind of lottery. If passed, this would require a public referendum in Fall 2014 before the constitution can be changed.
Pleasecontact SCANPO to find out more about how you can help!
Nonprofit Summit Wrap-up
Thank you so much to everyone in making the Together. For Good. Nonprofit Summit a wonderful success! Please checkout the Summit wrap-up information.
As our gift to you, we have been busy postingSpeaker Slide Presentationson our website for convenience and professional development.
Planning has already begun for next year's event and we would love to get your feedback. Your opinion matters please spend three minutes and tell us what you think (if you were one of the almost 500 participants) by completing our Nonprofit Summit Evaluation
Ted Hendry, SCANPO Membership Chair with Joyce Ford and President Madeleine McGee at Annual Membership Meeting.
SCANPO member Joyce Ford, Executive Director of The Naomi Project, is the first registrant for next year's Nonprofit Summit, February 10-12, in Charleston.
Joyce's Nonprofit Marketplace Passport was entered the drawing for a 2014 Full-Summit Registration after she successfully had it stamped by all the exhibitors.
