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March 31, 2011

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Charity Raters Part I: Charting the Bad and the Bad

June 18, 2013 Blue Avacado | Jan Masaoka | May 25, 2013

Wouldn’t it be great if there were an objective rating system so that donors could choose the best nonprofits to donate to just as investors use rating agencies to pick the best companies to invest in? Don’t answer; it’s a rhetorical question. Here’s what you need to know about some of the best-known charity rating organizations:

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Column: Turning passion into action
Featuring Nonprofit Resource Center Board Member Nancy Lee

June 11, 2013 Nancy Lee Sacramento Business Journal | Ed Goldman | June 7, 2013

“When they join volunteer boards, a lot of people hate the fact that they’ll be asked to do fundraising,” Nancy Lee is telling me as she sips tea one recent warm afternoon on the outdoor patio of Chocolate Fish at 3rd and Q. “With training, they come to see that it’s not that difficult to ask for funds — it’s just a matter of translating your passion into action.”

She should know. A longtime attorney who’s of counsel to downtown Sacramento’s Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld, Lee has served on a number of volunteer boards…

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Crowdfunding for Nonprofits: Experimentation Mandatory

June 4, 2013 NPQ Newswire | Kathi Jaworski | June 4, 2013

It’s getting crowded in the crowdfunding field. That’s according to TechCrunch.com, which reports that the British nonprofit Nesta has included thirty-one different crowd-funding websites in its newly published directory. The Nesta sites are oriented toward funding nonprofit innovations in the United Kingdom. Whether thirty-one is too many or not enough, these websites represent only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the exponential global growth of crowdsourced funding mechanisms…

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Regional News

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Column: Turning passion into action
Featuring Nonprofit Resource Center Board Member Nancy Lee

June 11, 2013 Nancy Lee Sacramento Business Journal | Ed Goldman | June 7, 2013

“When they join volunteer boards, a lot of people hate the fact that they’ll be asked to do fundraising,” Nancy Lee is telling me as she sips tea one recent warm afternoon on the outdoor patio of Chocolate Fish at 3rd and Q. “With training, they come to see that it’s not that difficult to ask for funds — it’s just a matter of translating your passion into action.”

She should know. A longtime attorney who’s of counsel to downtown Sacramento’s Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld, Lee has served on a number of volunteer boards…

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Two big Covered California outreach grants land in Sacramento

May 14, 2013 Sacramento Business Journal | Kathy Robertson | May 14, 2013

The Sacramento Employment and Training Agency and University of California Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities are $1 million winners in Covered California’s outreach and education grant award program, officials at the state health benefit exchange announced Tuesday…

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Nonprofit Leadership Summit Teaches Best Practices
Placer Community Foundation

May 10, 2013 Release Date: May 10, 2013

Lincoln, CA — The Third Annual Nonprofit Leadership Summit was a day of networking, learning, and sharing ideas. Hosted by the Placer Community Foundation, the summit was held on May 9, 2013 at the Orchard Creek Lodge at Sun City Lincoln. This event honors the many leaders who volunteer their time on our region’s boards of directors. 250 Board and executive staff members from over 50 different community-based organizations in Placer County participated in discussions around adaptive leadership, inspiring and utilizing evangelists for a cause, and working across sectors. Veronica Blake, CEO of Placer Community Foundation explained why the summit is a priority for the Community Foundation, “It is essential to train and support board directors as they work to further the missions of the organizations they serve.”…

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California News

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California Endowment pledges $225M to federal health reform

January 18, 2013 Sacramento Business Journal | Kathy Robertson | January 17, 2013

The California Endowment has pledged a special allocation of $225 million over four years to support successful implementation of federal health reform in the state…

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How I Made It:
Craig McNamara

October 30, 2012 Los Angeles Times | Marc Lifsher | October 28, 2012
Craig McNamara, the son of former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, balances public policy work with organic farming and teaching in the Sacramento Valley.

The gig: Craig McNamara is a sustainable farming expert, organic walnut farmer in the Sacramento Valley town of Winters, founder of the nonprofit Center for Land-Based Learning and the California Farm Academy, and president of the state Board of Food and Agriculture, which advises state officials on farming policies…

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Bill would expand penalties for nonprofits that misuse funds

August 9, 2012 California Watch | Kendall Taggart | August 6, 2012

Amid reports of some nonprofits mismanaging charitable donations, the state Legislature is considering a bill that would increase the authority of the state attorney general’s office to crack down on organizations that violate the law.  The bill, AB 2327, by Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-West Hollywood, would enable the attorney general to take legal action if a charity or fundraiser fails to provide required documents or makes a false statement in an application or report.

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It also would give the attorney general the authority to suspend an organization’s registration if it violates the law…

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National News

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Charity Raters Part I: Charting the Bad and the Bad

June 18, 2013 Blue Avacado | Jan Masaoka | May 25, 2013

Wouldn’t it be great if there were an objective rating system so that donors could choose the best nonprofits to donate to just as investors use rating agencies to pick the best companies to invest in? Don’t answer; it’s a rhetorical question. Here’s what you need to know about some of the best-known charity rating organizations:

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Crowdfunding for Nonprofits: Experimentation Mandatory

June 4, 2013 NPQ Newswire | Kathi Jaworski | June 4, 2013

It’s getting crowded in the crowdfunding field. That’s according to TechCrunch.com, which reports that the British nonprofit Nesta has included thirty-one different crowd-funding websites in its newly published directory. The Nesta sites are oriented toward funding nonprofit innovations in the United Kingdom. Whether thirty-one is too many or not enough, these websites represent only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the exponential global growth of crowdsourced funding mechanisms…

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Does Proportion of Giving Devoted to the Poor Justify the Charitable Deduction?

May 31, 2013 NPQ Newswire | Ruth McCambridge | May 31, 2013

Making use of data from a 2007 report produced by Google and Indiana State University’s Center for Philanthropy, Dylan Mathews, writing for the Wonkblog of the Washington Post, reminds us today  of a startling estimate regarding how much of charitable giving actually goes to help poor people.

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