Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast
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April Nonprofit news summary.
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Faces Scrutiny Over Spending & TransparencyQuestions have arisen over how the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) has spent and reported on charitable contributions, as reported by New York magazine. The organization, which serves as an umbrella organization for some local BLM organizations (though not all organizations with BLM in their name) faces criticism for the purchase of a $6 million dollar home in California, as well as the appearance of lack of transparency stemming not submitting a form 990, as required by their tax exempt status granted in 2020. While right-wing and far-right news outlets are seizing on this story as an angle of political attack, Candid co-founder and former CEO of GuideStar Jacob Harold is quoted as responding to the reporting as a “very legitimate critique.”
Read more ➝In a reversal of a previous Biden administration moratorium, the Interior Department is opening up 144,000 acres of onshore land to new leases for oil drilling, as reported by Mother Jones. While the announcement comes as bad news to environmentalists, surging oil and gas prices have put the Biden administration between a rock and a hard place as supply chain issues and disruptions stemming from the Russia Ukraine war have continued to increase prices globally. The Interior Department has responded by saying that the new leases only open up 20% of what the oil industry asked for, and the royalties that the oil companies will have to pay the government will go up from 12.5 percent to 18.75 percent, the first increase in a century.
Read more ➝Summary
091.5: Things We Learned from #18NTC
091: Sasha Samochina on how NASA fuses science and art (Live from SXSW)
090.5 CFC drops $66M - news update from America's Charities
090: CERN — Doing the things a particle can with James Beacham (Live from SXSW)
089: Lean Data with Emma Lalley and Twisha Mehta (Live from SXSW)
088: WTF with Tim O'Reilly (Live from SXSW)
087.5: Things We Learned from Strata Data Conference
087: Things We Learned from SXSW
086: Using the Thank You Strategy (short)
085: The Testimonial Tactic (short)
084: Totally Uncorked with Nonprofit Branding Evangelist Elaine Fogel
083: Amplifying talent in the arts — on both sides of the curtain — with 21C Media Group
082: Understanding workplace giving with America's Charities
081: Risky Business with Risk Alternatives
080: Using Facebook Messaging for Organizations
079: The role of a digital team at Communities in Schools
078: GivingTuesday Predictions and tips for your organization
077: Making fundraising mobile with MobileCause
076: Distilling what you need to know about SEO for social impact
075: How to think about designing and building websites with Great Believer
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