Join Us on Capitol Hill on June 4th!

Hello Nonprofit Congress Participants (and those of you who are lurking ‘fence-sitters’), The delegation from New York is happy to have representatives from a diverse geographic area – and we’re excited to take our message about nonprofits, our strength, our impact on communities and our desire to see the National Capacity Building Initiative become a [...]

Outcome of Town Hall Meetings

I know it’s long overdue (who needs a little refresher on how to keep up a blog?) but we wanted to post the results of the Nonprofit Town Hall Meetings here: On April 9, 10 and 15, the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York and the Council of Community Services of New York State convened [...]

Why Google? iGoogle. And Google Grants.

(First, Sorry for the cross posting from the NYNED Blog!) Do any of you use iGoogle as your homepage? It’s a virtual dashboard of your work (or home) life at a glance. I don’t know, maybe I’m just too excited about these kinds of things but I see nonprofits everyday struggle with problems of efficiency, [...]

There are how many nonprofits?!?!

Fascinating post here on the number of charities approved by the IRS last year. At our first Nonprofit Congress meeting, the New York delegates dined together and spawned a detailed “conversation” on the number of nonprofits throughout the country.  According to the IRS business master file, New York has close to 100,000 nonprofits throughout the [...]

Town Hall Meetings – Save the Date

This just in…New York’s “Town Hall” Meetings will take place on April 8th (Albany), 9th (NYC) and 10th (in ‘cyberspace). These meetings will be a great place to get an update on what’s been going on nationally and in our state with the Nonprofit Congress movement. During this meeting we will: identify what we are [...]

The Nonprofit Primary Project – Making a Difference

Were you interested in the primary results in New Hampshire? You can bet New Hampshire nonprofits were…New Hampshire nonprofits, in an unprecedented initiative, raised awareness of the importance of the nonprofit sector by engaging in continued dialogue with the candidates in various forums across New Hampshire.  Every candidate was asked three basic – but important questions: What role has [...]

What’s it all about?

It’s all about coming together as a sector. Too many times we as nonprofits focus too much on our own organization and clients, and don’t have the time to look up and see the big picture. The first Congress was exciting, stimlulating, and fun for those of us that were there. Once many of us [...]

We’re not sure either, but we know it’s good

It’s the NY Nonprofit Congress blog! Why a blog you say? Well, that’s a longer answer than we can give in a blog (ironic, isn’t it?) This tool is to keep you updated on – and involved in – the Nonprofit Congress by providing you with resources that can help you, a nonprofit, here in New [...]