Tag: Nonprofit

Nonprofit to Buy Over 20 Maine Newspapers Including Portland Press Herald

The nonprofit National Trust for Local News is set to purchase a string of daily and weekly newspapers in Maine, including the Portland Press Herald, officials confirmed on July 10. The deal is set to be finalized in late July, and will also include all of the other assets of Masthead Maine, which also owns…


Family Finances: A Gift That Keeps on Giving

By Emma Patch From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Jacob Pruitt, president of Fidelity Charitable, the nation’s largest donor-advised fund, offers advice to those considering charitable contributions. Question: For someone who is new to donor-advised funds, what do they do and how do they work? Answer: They’re similar to an investment account. You put money or other…


Local Children’s Keepers and Heroes: Youth Centers of Orange

Youth Centers of Orange in the City of Orange, California, has created a space where children and parents of all walks, including those struggling with homelessness and without needed support, have a place to turn. Founded by Edgar Garnica and Joanna Fermin, the organization does more than provide after-school care for low-income families. “We try…


Nonprofit Helps Wives of Peace Officers Find Community, Support, and Marriage Coaching

A nonprofit in California is dedicated to the mission of providing healthy homes for those who serve. Crystal Ienni started Peace Officer Wives of California in 2017. She and her team coach other wives (husbands also welcome) on how to support the mental health and wellbeing of their peace officer partner at home. As a…


Praise and Prick: Pennsylvania Pays Churches to Convince Members to Get Vaccinated

Many who have chosen not to get the COVID-19 shots have cited religious objections. Now Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s administration wants church leaders to bring vaccination events into churches. Pennsylvania’s public health leaders want to “harness the power of community trust in statewide faith-based organizations” to convince folks to get a COVID-19 shot. That is…


FBI: Nonprofit Spent Tens of Millions From Children Hunger Program on Cars, Property

Federal authorities say tens of millions of federal dollars meant for child nutrition funds funded a fake St. Antony-based nonprofit called Feeding Our Future (FOF) that instead used the donations to buy numerous vehicles and 14 properties. “The companies and their owners received tens of millions of dollars in federal funds for use in providing…


Student Who Was Pronounced Dead After College Fire Survives, Starts Fire Safety Nonprofit to Help Others

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS IMAGES THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTURBING. A college student who survived a campus fire that killed five is learning to live as a burn survivor. After 32 surgeries, he insists on seeing the beauty in life and has started a fire safety nonprofit called “Brighter Than the Fire” to help…


Comfort Food: Nonprofit Gives Americans 100K Free Lasagnas

On a recent summer morning, Lynn Hirsch was determined as she packed the back of her gray SUV with 20 aluminum pans of lasagna. The retiree was on a mission: Drive nearly 70 miles from her suburb of Atlanta to two rural Georgia towns and get the hearty dishes into the hands of people who…


Converting Your Business Into a Nonprofit

“My wife and I have been running a for-profit service business for the past 10 years. “We have recently learned that our business may qualify as a nonprofit organization, as we frequently provide our services for free or at an extremely low cost to people who can’t afford them. “We’re looking to retire shortly and…


House GOP Members Demand Details of $350 Million in Grants From Nonprofit in 2020 Election

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) and 13 Republican House representatives asked a nonprofit foundation that is partly funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife to publish details of how it spent $350 million in grants during the 2020 general election. “During the 2020 election cycle, the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) distributed…