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TODAY’S BUZZ:
FPWA was celebrated by Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for turning 100 years old.
SCO Family of Services was highlighted at a recent New York Islanders game as part of their “Hockey with a Heart” program to help raise awareness and support for SCO and its mission.
City Harvest moved into its new 150,000-square-foot space in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS:
Homeless Services: The agency awarded $52.7 million to Neighborhood Association For Inter-Cultural Affairs for shelter facilities for homeless single adults.
TOP NEWS: U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is pushing Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge to approve a mortgage refinancing for Co-Op City that could unlock $120 million in badly needed funds for the sprawling Bronx complex (Daily News) … A letter signed by the leaders of multiple home builder, real estate and property owner associations calls for the state to put $2 billion toward rental assistance programs, a sum Hochul included in her budget for unspecified pandemic aid (Times Union) … A series of studies found new insights about demonstrating donor impact, fostering empathy and the relative strength of competing donor communications channels (NonProfit Times) … A Hasidic Jewish school in Brooklyn recently notified parents that it will stop teaching secular studies to its eighth-graders, even though state law requires such classes, according to a new complaint filed by an education advocacy group (The City)
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Nonprofit BoardCon is back IN PERSON on March 29th! Join us for an all-day conference dedicated to the collaboration of board and staff at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, featuring speakers from Good Shepherd Services, Care for the Homeless, FPWA, Chinese-American Planning Council, The Children’s Village, Rising Ground, HeartShare Human Services, AHRC NYC, and United Methodist Women. Register today to join the conversation!
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ANALYSIS: The pandemic forced nonprofits to find new ways to fundraise when face-to-face fundraising and events were not possible. Those efforts included the emergence of virtual and hybrid events (NonProfit PRO) … The economic recovery requires a new way forward on workforce training (Forbes Nonprofit Council)
OPINION: Finally: A leader who defies easy political labeling (New York Times)
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