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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Oklahoma tornado devastation: What to do now?

As our nation sits and watches the devastation in Oklahoma following a series of tornadoes, I was reminded of a conversation I had with Jennifer Lammers, the new program director for the Alliance for Nonprofit Management, about an article she wrote following ... [Published Philanthropy Journal - May 22 2013]

Entities: Disaster, Tornado, Donor

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

GlaxoSmithKline plc

May 31 is deadline to apply for 2013 GSK IMPACT Awards

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Triangle Community Foundation will accept applications through May 31 from nonprofits that are improving community health through innovation. The 2013 GSK IMPACT Awards will honor up to 10 nonprofits in Research Triangle Park, ... [Published Philanthropy Journal - May 21 2013]

Entities: TRIANGLE PARK, Deadline, GlaxoSmithKline plc

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

Some nonprofits concerned that IRS scandal will stain their good work

State and national 501(c)(3) charities are expressing concern at being unfairly implicated by the growing scandal over the way the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Exempt Organizations Division has handled applications submitted by certain 501(c)(4) social ... [Published Philanthropy Journal - May 16 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Organism, Taxes

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

IRS scrutiny of nonprofit political groups to be addressed by newly named leaders

Controversy over disclosures that the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Exempt Organizations Division targeted conservative political groups for special scrutiny will be the responsibility of Joseph H. Grant, who was appointed last week as Commissioner ... [Published Philanthropy Journal - May 14 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Leadership, Social Welfare, Kevin Drum

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Trend Spotter: Learning and leading nonprofit organizations in uncertain times

Nonprofit organizations rely tremendously on the knowledge, experience and talents of their leaders. In North Carolina, nonprofit leaders are taking advantage of vast array of professional development training, as well as formal and informal peer to peer ... [Published Philanthropy Journal - May 10 2013]

Entities: Spotter, Leadership, Organism

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Open Hearts Foundation provides Jane Seymour her best role

Jane Seymour has played a wide array of roles in her acting career, from sexy Bond girl to a covered-up frontier physician in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman to a lusty cougar in Wedding Crashers. She's also an accomplished painter and, in case anyone hasn't ... [Published Philanthropy Journal - May 02 2013]

Entities: Jane Seymour, Pat Tillman, Marie Tillman, Hannah Storm

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Kohl's

NC News Bits – 4.24.13

Kohl's Department Stores, through the Kohl's Cares cause merchandise program, donated $98,421 at the Kohl's Bull City Fit Grand Opening celebration event on April 20. The event was hosted by Duke Children's Healthy Lifestyles and included Duke University ... [Published Philanthropy Journal - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Sports Medicine, Kohl's, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

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1. Sector Coordination is Key - "While coordination of service providers takes time, effort, and funding, its importance cannot be overstated. No organization can do everything needed in the wake of a disaster. Those that have tried have failed. Coordination of efforts allows organizations to provide service in their areas of greatest competency, leaving other tasks to those groups better prepared to handle them."

Oklahoma tornado devastation: What to do now? [Published Philanthropy Journal - May 22 2013]

...role in improving the health of our state," said Katie Loovis, Director, U S Community Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement, GlaxoSmithKline. "We are seeking to honor ten unique and exemplary local programs for their commitment to our region and positive influence on the communities they serve."

May 31 is deadline to apply for 2013 GSK IMPACT Awards [Published Philanthropy Journal - May 21 2013]

Owens additionally expressed concern about Lerner attributing the problem to low-level employees in Cincinnati. "It shouldn't be low-level employees making decisions about general case processing" Owens says in the statement. "That's a management job."

Some nonprofits concerned that IRS scandal will stain their good work [Published Philanthropy Journal - May 16 2013]

... "The IRS has been either unwilling or unable to regulate them properly," wrote Kevin Drum in Mother Jones. "So the fact that some of the folks responsible for processing these applications were looking for a way to flag potentially dubious groups is sort of understandable."

IRS scrutiny of nonprofit political groups to be addressed by newly named leaders [Published Philanthropy Journal - May 14 2013]