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N.Y.’s Cuomo Orders Nonprofit Groups to Take Back Campaign Gifts

N.Y.‘s Cuomo orders nonprofit groups to take back campaign gifts

Get Ahead: Deadlines for Grants and Awards

The Chronicle has posted online new deadlines for grants and awards that nonprofit groups can compete for. The list will appear in our October 29 issue, which will be online in its entirety on Monday.

Give and Take: Volunteerism Week on TV — Are You Watching?

To keep track of what’s happening on television this week when some 90 shows incorporate volunteerism into their programming, The Chronicle is playing host to a daily live blog. Tell us what you’re watching — and discuss how this effort is affecting the nonprofit world — by going to The Chronicle’s…

Grants for Emergency Needs: a Sampling

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION To provide health coverage for children whose families have incomes below the poverty line but do not qualify for existing government programs: $600,000 to CaliforniaKids Healthcare Foundation (North Hollywood, Calif.) COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL…

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AchieveMpls (Minneapolis): Appointed Susan Doherty, director of its Career and College Initiative, to be interim president and chief executive officer. Ms. Doherty succeeds Catherine Jordan, who has resigned to join the Leadership and Community Engagement Team at the Bush Foundation (St. Paul).…

New Grant Programs

Grant maker: Marin Community Foundation (Novato, Calif.)

Get Creative for Your Favorite Cause — and Win Up to $5,000 for Charity

The Chronicle of Philanthropy encourages you to match wits with Hollywood — and gain the opportunity to win cash prizes for good causes. Inspired by the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s “iParticipate” week of volunteer-focused television programs, The Chronicle’s VolunTV Challenge invites you to…

Employees Who Earned More Than Their Organization’s Chief Executive

Related materials: Special report on nonprofit executive pay Employee 2008 compensation University of Southern California (Los Angeles) Peter Carroll, Head Coach, Football $4,286,050 1 Columbia University (New York) David N. Silvers, Clinical Professor of Dermatology $3,705,968 Duke University…

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Accion International (Boston): Appointed Michael Schlein, president of international franchise management at Citigroup (New York), to be president and chief executive officer. Mr. Schlein succeeds Maria Otero, who is now the U.S. under secretary of state for democracy and global affairs. Accion…

Staff and Budget Cuts at Nonprofit Organizations: a Sampling

Amnesty International USA (Washington) The human-rights organization has laid off approximately 45 people in its Washington office. Birthright Israel NEXT (New York) The organization, a branch of Taglit-Birthright Israel, has laid off six employees. Calvary Street Ministry (Memphis) The group,…