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News to Use! What Fundraisers Can Expect from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Expiration

Gail Perry Group

In 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which significantly altered the U.S. While most donors report that tax policy isnt the primary motivation to give to charity, this shows how tax policy still shapes generosity. Plan Ahead Internally and Educate Yourself Get ready for 2025.

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Learning by Doing Together: Improving Education Policy in Puerto Rico through a Research-Practice Partnership

WT Grant Foundation

In September 2017, the devastating force of Hurricane María destabilized the entirety of the island’s service infrastructure, public education included. Equitably addressing students’ educational needs in a surprisingly heterogeneous school district—the fifth largest in the U.S.—is is complex.

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Black Business Community – Overcoming Challenges to Flourish

GrantNews

up from 124,004 in 2017. Jordan Sr founded National Black Business as an annual observance in 2004 to “drive the policy agenda affecting the 2.6 From 2017 to 2020, the number of Black-owned businesses nationwide increased by 13.64%- compared to 0.53% growth for all businesses over that same period. billion to $183.3

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

From the beginning, it was about jobs, education, and money. Gender parity in education and equal pay for equal work are unresolved issues in 2017. The Gender Parity Index is a UNESCO measurement of access to education for both males and females. Nicole Ozer , director of technology and civil liberties policy at ACLU.

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How to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Nonprofit BYOD Workplace

Tech Soup

In May, Gartner predicted that by 2017, half of employers will stop giving employees company devices altogether. As mentioned above, you can’t educate every volunteer that passes through your office. Donate your brain and join the TechSoup forums to talk about BYOD policies at your organization. Train Staff Members.

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Why TechSoup Product Donations and Donors Are Green

Tech Soup

Symantec is actively engaged in reversing climate change through its involvement with the nonprofit Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP). The company plans to certify that all products manufactured for Symantec are "conflict free" across all four conflict minerals (tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold) by 2017.

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Links: Peculiar HUD programs, hydrogen energy, breakthrough therapies, and more!

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Still, the “Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing” offers funding for research to “build the evidence base to accelerate the adoption of effective practices and policies to increase the production and supply of quality, affordable housing.” Those who skip college frequently do better, and not just at first.

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