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Legal services nonprofits aid those struggling to keep homes
By KRISTEN GRIFFITH of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Elizabeth Vermillera, a retired pharmaceutical technician, spends her days handing out donated clothes and food to people in Baltimore. Since 1997, she has lived with a Shih Tzu and a fox terrier in a rowhouse that...
Senators issue bipartisan call to restore donors’ tax breaks
By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers called Thursday for restoring the charitable deduction for donors who don't itemize their taxes, a priority for nonprofits nationwide, but a key senator...
MacKenzie Scott donates $281 million to Boys & Girls Clubs
By MARIA DI MENTO of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of PhilanthropyMacKenzie Scott has donated $281 million to Boys & Girls Clubs of America and 62 local Boys & Girls Clubs around the country, the 160-year-old nonprofit announced Thursday. It is the...
In Ukraine, female war reporters build on legacy of pioneers
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clarissa Ward interrupted her live TV report on Ukrainian refugees to help a distraught older man, then a woman, down a steep and explosion-mangled path, gently urging them on in their language. A day later, Lynsey...
Nonprofit News 3-14-22
Special Update: Humanitarian Crisis in UkraineThe US House of Representatives approved a spending bill that provides US$ 13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine and its European allies.Jewish Communal Fund's Special Gifts Fund Committee awarded a special grant of US$ 500,000...
‘Some kind of terrible dream’ for Ukrainian women refugees
By JUSTIN SPIKE and BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press ZAHONY, Hungary (AP) — On the global day to celebrate women, many fleeing Ukraine on Tuesday felt only the stress of finding a new life for their children as husbands, brothers and fathers stayed behind to defend...
War silenced violin for refugee as 1.7M have fled Ukraine
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press ZAHONY, Hungary (AP) — The violin was so beloved by Myroslava Sherbina it was the one item she took as she fled Ukraine, along with the clothes she wore. But the instrument has remained silent since the start of Russia's invasion of...
Met Opera to stage March 14 benefit for Ukraine relief
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera will stage a benefit concert on March 14 for Ukraine relief efforts that will be broadcast on radio worldwide. Music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead a program that will feature Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi...
Zelenskyy launches daily calls to action with Global Citizen
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has an unusual new partner in his campaign to defend his country — Global Citizen, the international nonprofit fighting extreme poverty. Zelenskyy and Global Citizen on Sunday released the...