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American Red Cross Sued Claiming Haitian Relief Funds Misused

The NonProfit Times

This exploitation mirrors the actions of the defendants in this case, who leveraged the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake, and several subsequent earthquakes, and other natural disasters occurring in 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2023, to raise over five-hundred millions of dollars in donations, purportedly for relief efforts in Haiti.

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Using Smartphones and Portable Wi-Fi Hotspots to Tell Your Story

Tech Soup

The donated Dell smartphones normally use AT&T or T-Mobile pay-as-you-go or contract plans, but they can function without it because they are Wi-Fi-capable. PEC has delivered 80,000 hours of training to 50,000 people since 2010 in these labs. You can essentially use them as a $31 (admin fee) HD mobile recording device.

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Refurbishment Arrives On the Big Stage

Tech Soup

President Obama directed the Task Force with preparing the National Strategy in a 2010 Presidential Proclamation. All government agencies and any business or nonprofit under government contract or grant will be required to use an R2 or e-Stewards. What the National Strategy Will Do. TechSoup’s RCI Refurbishers.

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Security Alert: Your Copier or Multifunction Printer May Be Storing Your Confidential Data

Tech Soup

It’s pretty common for all of us to copy the important documents: financial statements, contracts, employment records — anything worth keeping in hard copy. What is an organization to do? We’ve got some suggestions for you. The Big Scare. Actually this is not news.

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The new Nonprofit Migrant Industrial Complex takes advantage of the US border crisis

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Going back into the Time Tunnel to say 2010, most funding for migrant services originated in DHHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). I’m pretty sure these are essentially no-bid contracts and if RFPs are issued they must be published in an alternate fed portal than grants.gov and are wired for particular nonprofits.

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Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Advertising Disclosures ??

Selfish Giving

Advertising Disclosures Registration Requirements Contract Issues UBIT Today, we’re answering your questions on advertising disclosures. Over the next few months, Karen and I will be releasing a four-part series on the four key legal issues for which you requested guidance. Komen for the Cure.