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The nonprofit sector is constantly changing, so it is important to stay up-to-date. The articles below will detail the latest nonprofit news from around the country. Whether it’s a breaking story about a major CEO stepping down, or potential federal laws that might impact organizations, these articles will get you the latest sector developments.

• The Second Mile To Cease Operations
• IRS Tax-Exempt Advisors To Hold Public Meeting
• U.S. Senate To Investigate Veteran’s Charity
• Ad Agencies Compete For JDRF On Reality Show
• Jeff Skoll named Independent Sector's 2012 John W. Gardner Leadership Award Winner
• New Chief Scout Appointed to Run BSA
• Governor Appoints New Nonprofit Liaison
• DMA Boss Kimmel Quits
• House Subcommittee Targets Nonprofits
• Flo Green Dead At 71
• Community Foundations Not Back To 2007 Levels
• Blackbaud and Convio Now Operating As One
• Public/Private Ventures To Shut Down
• Susan G. Komen Spokesman Quits
• Blackbaud Completes Tender Offer For Convio
• Brown University Doubles Payments To Providence
• Giving Continues Steady Year-Over-Year Recovery
• Blackbaud/Convio Deal Moves Closer
• National Council of Nonprofits Taking Over CLPI
• Chuck Colson, John Hoyt Both Dead At 80
• Kardashian Wedding Gifts Slated For Donation
• Blackbaud Files Paperwork For Convio Acquisition
• The IRS Starting Its 403(b) Plan Audits
• Goin’ Hollywood, Well, Actually Austin
• New CEO For Council on Foundations
• Daytop Village Files Chapter 11
• Volunteer Week Is When?
• Mortenson To Pay $1 Million In Restitution To Charity
• New CEO At Feed The Children
• Astor’s Estate Settled, Charities Benefit
• Senate Confirms New CNCS Executive
• New Leader For Council on Foundations
• Survey: Church Giving Is Rebounding
• Number Of Nonprofits Down, Filing With IRS Up
• Komen Chair Steps Aside, Former Board Member Returns
• Benefit Corporation In California Meets Chill In San Francisco
• Blackbaud/Convio Deal Still Not Closed
• Komen’s New York CEO To Leave
• GuideStar Seeks New Leader
• Director Less Than Invisible In Underwear And Is Hospitalized
• Charitable Giving Continues A Rebound
• Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul
• FEMA, CNCS Look To Add Disaster Volunteers
• Investigators: Nonprofit Faked Job Placements
• Donor Can Sue Johns Hopkins
• Health Fundraisers Sought Cash, Not Pledges
• Going ‘GaGa’ For A New Foundation
• Study: Finance Managers Falling Short
• Perp Walk: Finance Director Sentenced
• Philanthropy On The Rise In California
• Nonprofit Finance Fund Awarded Tax Credit Allocation
• Scout Organizations Get Unwanted Notice
• Small Foundations Ratcheted Up Giving in 2011
• Blackbaud Extends Convio Tender Offer 10 Days
• U.S. College And Universities Raised $30.3 Billion
• Federal Budget Proposal Reduces Charitable Deduction
• 10 States Leave Behind No Child Left Behind
• FDA Fines Red Cross $9.6 Million
• Former Exec: Komen Was Trying To Move To ‘Neutral Ground’
• Komen Senior VP Quits
• Another Bookkeeper, Another Arrest
• Komen Apologizes, Reverses Decision
• Komen, Planned Parenthood Profiting From Fight
• Politics Charged In Plan To Pull Planned Parenthood Funding
• Blackbaud’s Buying Spree Hits $431 Million With Convio Deal
• Educational Endowments Returned An Average 19.2%
• Fundraising Consultants Launch Integrated Marketing Group
• Salvation Army’s Kettles Cooked To Record Giving
• Garth Brooks Gets His Donation Back
• Jobs Up, Market Share Down At Nonprofits
• Philanthropist Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Dies
• Romney’s Giving Exceeded Tax Payments
• Perp Walk: Case of the Crumbled Cookie
• Index: Some Nonprofits At Pre-Recession Giving Levels
• Blackbaud To Acquire Convio For $275 Million
• Survey: Prepare For 50 Percent Cut In Gov’t Income
• Supreme Court’s Ministerial Exception Leaves Room For Debate
• Former Girl Scouts Finance Exec Pleads Guilty
• UWW Spokesperson Sal Fabens Dies
• Ward Elected New Chairman at CNCS
• White House, Nonprofits, Business To Create Summer Jobs
• Feed The Children Close To New CEO
• Contributions To Donor-Advised Funds Were Up Last Year
• U.K. Group Ranks U.S. Most Charitable Nation
• Aid Groups Hoping For North Korean Transition
• New Salvation Army Bell-Ringing Record Set
• Google Gives Back – To The Tune Of $40 Million
• IRS Extends Filing Deadlines
• Index: Online Giving Up 10 Percent
• Healthcare Philanthropy Standards Sought
• Mailers Ask USPS To Drop Exigent Rate Case
• Tarnished Second Mile Charity Starts Layoffs
• Survey: Charity Receipts Up But So Is Demand
• Changes To First Class Mail Could Slow Return Gifts
• N.Y. Attorney General Examining Cause-Related Marketing
• Charity Tied To Former Penn State Coach Is Sued
• Kids’ Charity Is Damaged By Penn State Scandal
• William Aramony Dead At 84
• Reply Devices Account For At Least $400M In First Class Postage
• ‘Pearing’ Up Needs With Abilities A Winning Strategy
• Charity CEO Forced Out In Wake Of Penn State Scandal
• ACS Elects First Female African-American Chair
• Penn State Board Fires Iconic Coach
• Few Officials Talking As Sex Scandal Hits Penn State, Charity
• Post Office Files For Extra 5.6% Rate Hike
• Nonprofit Standard Mail Postal Rate To Drop
• White House Unveils Presidential Citizens Medal Winners
• Hunger Touches Most New Yorkers In Some Manner
• Study: Summer Doldrums Hit Giving
• Charitable Deduction The Focus of U.S. Senate Hearing
• Corporation For National And Community Service Gets New Boss
• Charitable Deduction Cap Pulled From Bill
• 19 Major Nonprofits Lobby To Keep Charitable Deductions
• Seattle-Area Affiliate Again Tops United Way Fundraising
• Foundations Fear Recession, Double-Dip
• 2010 Funding
• United Way Revenue Up 2.4 Percent In 2010
• AmeriCorps Stories: How 9/11 Changed My Life
• CDR Fundraising Group Is Sold
• Girl Scouts of the USA Picks New National CEO
• Heifer CEO Suing Board For $5 Million
• HRC takes top award
• Schumann To Leave Lutheran Services in America
• Peter Goldberg of Families International Dies
• Value Of Volunteering Hits $173 Billion
• Former Red Cross CEO Healy Dies
• $14 Million Innovation Grants Awarded
• Jerry Lewis Out As Host, Chairman
• Religious Group Drops ‘Christ’ And ‘Crusade’ From Name
• Walton Family Pledges $49.5 Million To Teach For America
• Fundraisers Worried About Federal Deduction
• Record-Breaking 5.2 Million Visitors To Metropolitan Museum of Art
• New Jersey Considering Mandatory Disclosure Requirement
• Commission Adopts Model Protection Of Charitable Assets Act
• Lobbying Groups Splurge On Lawmakers
• Fundraisers Fear Changes To Charitable Deduction
• Some Minnesota Nonprofits Gain Reprieve
• Gunderson, Reischauer To Leave Posts
• Gunderson To Leave Council On Foundations
• Convio Expands To The UK, Buys Baigent
• Bass Begins New Chapter At Bauman Foundation
• First Step Toward 1 Million Volunteers
• Study: Nonprofit Managers Eyeing The Door
• Woo New CEO At Catholic Relief Services
• 8.8% Response Takes Direct Response Package Prize
• IRS Seeks Public Comment On New Form 990
• Giving Hits $290 Billion, Maybe
• Save The Children Picks Miles For CEO
• IRS Revokes Exempt Status Of 275,000 Nonprofits
• Cause Marketing Campaigns Recognized
• Public Comment Sought On 990
• Robert L. Payton Dies: First Head Of Center On Philanthropy
• Joplin Helps Mobilizing Despite Communication Wipeout
• Jerry Lewis Making Last Telethon Appearance
• Ousted Feed The Children Founders Continue Fight
• Fear And Loathing In The Fundraising Office
• Charities Stay On Mission With News Of Bin Laden’s Death
• Lady GaGa, Robin Hood Team On $1 Million In Grants
• Montana’s AG Wants ‘Tea’
• It's Official: Postage Costs More
• Nonprofits Might Have Escaped Epsilon Data Breach
• Epsilon Reports Data Breach
• NAACP Report Ties Incarceration To Education
• IRS Issues First Guidance on Nonprofit CO-OP Health Insurers
• Safeway Wins Corporate Philanthropy Honors
• IS Co-Founder Brian O'Connell Dies
• Insiders Stole Computers From Council On Foundations
• List Pioneer Carol Enters Dies
• Donors Not Digging Deep For Japan Relief
• Nonprofit With Operations in Japan Are Getting To Victims
• US Charities Preparing To Help Japan
• Talk Costs NPR Execs Their Jobs
• Smile Merger Now In Doubt
• Association of Fundraising Professionals Picks Andrew Watt To Be CEO
• US Senate Passes 1099 Repeal
• Pensions Sink Postal Services Profit
• Childrens Miracle Network Launches Social Game
• Survey
• With Revenue Up Nonprofits Are Rehiring
• Blackbaud Spends Over 17 Million DollarsTo Buy Public Interest Data
• Convio Acquires Analytics and Data Firm StrategicOne
• 100 Million Dollars Launches Teach For America Endowment
• Postal Services Upping Rates 1.7 Percent
• Clara Miller To Leave Nonprofit Finance Fund
• Harsher Penalties For W2 1099 Noncompliance
• Appeals Court Upholds Judgment For Wounded Warrior Project
• Wounded Warrior Charities Battle Over Names
• Evangelical Groups Avoid Legislation For Now
• Save The Children Leader To Step Down
• Haiti: One Year Later
• Boston Area Salvation Army Leader Dumps His Second United Way
• Financial Data Confirms The Worst About 2009
• The BP Disaster
• New Stuff
• Gary Bass To Leave OMB Watch To Head Foundation
• Massachusetts General Seeks 1 and a Half Billion Dollars
• USPS Fires Back
• Schullers Crystal Cathedral Declares Bankruptcy
• Postal Rate Hikes Rejected By PRC
• AFP- Paulette Maehara To Retire
• Social Innovation Fund Picks 50 Million Dollar Winners
• Legislation seeks new federal agency for nonprofits
• Mental health issues spill into recovery
• Giving Drops Less Than Expected
• Camera Phone Fundraising Taps Younger Donors
• Estimate-Households Gave 5 Percent Less In 2009
• House Passes Charitable Deduction Package
• 11 Questions Every Donor Asks, Or Should
• IRS Urges Small Charities To File Paperwork
• Miners Dying Faster From Black Lung Disease
• Grant Makers Believe They Did A Good Job
• Revocation Looms For 341,000 Nonprofits
• Convio Goes Public at 9 Dollars A Share
• DMA Chair Resigns Citing Business Concerns
• 69 Organizations Applied For 125 Million Dollars
• Scouts To Appeal 18.5 Million Dollar Abuse Award
• Grant Making Plummeted 8.4 Percent During 2009
• Convio Seeking 10-12 Dollars Per Share In IPO
• Record Multi Million Dollar Fine Vs Telefundraisers
• Martin Stein, 58, Remembered As Industry Leader
• US Postal Service: Pay More Get Less
• Five Day Delivery Is In The Mail
• ACORN Closing Its Doors
• President Signs Healthcare Reform
• Survey: No Cash On Hand At 12 Percent of Charities
• Founder Larry Jones Voted Off Feed The Children's Board
• Market A Day, Hope For A Lifetime
• Court Rejects Texas Solicitation Measure
• IRA Charitable Rollover Provision Clears Senate
• DM Guru Martin Stein Dies
• Infogroup Bought In 635 Million Dollar Deal
• Donors Pick St Jude's, Komen As Most Respected
• WealthEngine Gets 5M Dollars In Venture Funding
• Red Cross President/CEO to Undergo Cancer Treatment
• Senate Approves Tax Credits For New Hires
• NAACP Elects Its Youngest Ever Board Chair
• Social Innovation Grants Start at 1 Million Dollars
• Corvington AppointedTo Run CNCS
• Fundraising Chaos Reigns As Estate Tax, IRA Expire
• Ruth Lilly's Legacy Was Poetry In Giving
• MINDset Direct Acquired By CDR
• Philanthropist Ruth Lilly Dead At 94
• Giving Lagging, But Fundraisers Optimism Rising
• CNCS Posts Draft Of Social Innovation Fund Applications
• MDA Gets Its Largest Ever Individual Donation
• Milton Murray, Man Behind The Philanthropy Stamp, Dead At 87
• Komen Appoints Founder As New CEO
• Stocks Booming At Firms Selling To Nonprofits
• Red Cross Survey: Holiday Giving Will Be Strong
• Komen CEO Leaves, 3 Days After New Federal Cancer Guidelines
• FTC Founder To File Wrongful Termination
• Feed The Children Fires Founder Larry Jones
• Healthcare Giving Bucks Trend, Heads Upward
• All Sectors Are Needed To Civilize Society
• Nonprofit Pension Liability Relief Introduced In Congress
• infoGroup Launches Nonprofit Division
• Feed The Children Faces More Litigation
• Challenges In Welcoming Pro Bono Volunteers
• United Way Campaigns Are Hurt By Layoffs
• Lawsuits, Proxy Fight Heading Into DMA's Annual Meeting
• Patrick Corvington Picked To Head Corporation for National and Community Service
• DMA And Board Members Are Dueling Proxies
• Spurned Board Member Goes After DMA
• Jo Sullivan Leaving ASPCA For CDR Group
• Judge Rejects Donors Intent
• PSAs Can Fuel Organizational Credibility
• Jones Ousted As Boss At Feed The Children
• Special Olympics Founder Eunice Shriver Dies
• Angie Moore To Head Merkles Nonprofit Group
• infoGROUP Merges Direct Media And Millard
• Michelle Obama Launches National Service Conference
• TV Programming To Spotlight Volunteering And Service
• New Officers, Members At DMANF Advisory Council
• TV Networks To Focus On National Service
• Obama Cans CNCS Inspector General Who Wrote Negative Report
• 2008: Giving Dropped 6.4 Billion Dollars
• Mail Service Cuts Coming
• America's Charities Cuts Into United Ways Business
• Surveys: Few NP Mergers And Ready Credit
• Bill Signing, Appointment Mark Big Day For National Service
• Judge Approves Barton Cotton Sale
• Ray Grace, Fundraising Leader, Has Died
• Buyer Found For Barton Cotton
• Pro Bono Work Pegged At 120 Dollars Per Hour
• National Service Bill Passes House Of Representatives
• Nonprofit Related Sales Plummet
• Millard Fuller, Co-Founder of Habitat for Humanity, Dead At 74
• Nonprofit Congress In NOLA A No Go
• Taking Cancer To Court
• Obama Appoints Chief of Faith Based Office
• Judge Adds To Lung Association Confusion
• Thrift Shops Exempted From Lead Rules
• Charities: Online Registrar Owes Us Money
• New Nonprofit Investment Rules About To Hit
• Amergent Acquires npadvisors.com
• Looking For Donors? Try Memphis
• Survey: Fundraising Confidence Reaches New Low
• Madoff Fraud Sparks Investigations, Policy Revisions
• Charities Closing Because of Stock Fraud
• Princeton, Foundation Settle Donor Intent Case
• Economy Changing Charity Marketing Strategies
• Fundraisers Suing State Of Utah
• Nonprofit Takes Top ECHO Award
• PoL refunds almost 7 million for travel certificates
• With Obama's election, nonprofits aim for a seat at the table
• Gov't Services To Nonprofits Have Worsened
• Survey: Donors Plan To Give This Holiday Season
• The 5 Billion Dollar Battle Of The Sexes
• ServiceNation Summit Draws Debate On Activism
• Charities Target Millennial Generation Workforce
• Henry Suhrke, Philanthropy Law Pioneer, Dead At 83
• Census: 800,000 More Lived In Poverty Last Year
• Points of Light Refunds Continue
• Convio pulls IPO
• 10 Ideas For Mobilizing Change
• National Service Summit Set For New York City
• Building Vs Blowing Up
• Holiday Jeer
• Tempel Leaving Center On Philanthropy To Head IU Foundation
• Time To Let Go
• Sparks Flying
• United Way promises Day of Action
• Webby Winners Get Just 5 Words
• New Boss At Gates
• Complaints Filed Against Grant Institute
• Red Cross Beats J&J In Federal Court
• Idol Charities Still Waiting For Funds
• Cancer Fundraiser Aims For $100 Million, Exposure
• Bradford K Smith Selected New President Of The Foundation Center
• Kintera Narrows Losses, Cuts 14 Percent Of Workforce
• Hospices On Life Support In New Federal Budget
• Vanishing Tax Subsidies Scatter NYC Charities
• Next-McGovern Becomes 10th Red Cross CEO in 12 Years
• Red Cross appoints new CEO
• Fewer Donors, Flat Or Declining Giving Marked 2007
• Atlanta Luring Major Charities
• Travel Reimbursement Scam Unraveled at JDRF
• Fuel Costs Eating Up Food Banks
• California Legislation Pushing Foundation Funding Diversity
• Estate Tax Wont Die
• Kettle Campaign Hits Record, But 2007 Growth Slowed
• Charity Scammer Bennett Gets Out Of Prison
• Gates Foundation CEO Patty Stonesifer Stepping Down
• IRS Warns Of Scam Targeting Charities
• Taking Things One Paycheck At A Time
• Boards Give Or Get More Expensive Now
• IRS Sets New Filing Thresholds For Form 990
• IRS To Keep Eye On Exec Compensation
• Salvation Army Scammers To Serve Time
• United Way Expected To Appeal Judges Order
• Power To The People
• Talk Of Do Not Mail Getting Louder
• Sex Scandal Clean-Up Continues At American Red Cross
• Scandal Ensnares Red Cross CEO
• Nonprofit Postal Rates Capped At Inflation Rate
• Nonprofit Wins Diamond Echo Award
• California Fires Activate Response
• 92 Convio Clients Hit In Security Breach
• Center On Philanthropy At 20
• Community Foundations Continue Double Digit Gains
• Outrage To Dogfighting Charges Knocked Out Site
• Blackbaud's Acquisition Of eTapestry
• Ruling Opens Door To CFC Campaign
• Convio Going Public
• Blackbaud Buys eTapestry
• It's Wiki World For Form 990 Revisions
• Points Of Light, Hands On Merge
• 650,000 Charities To Get Letter From IRS
• US Supreme Court OKs Advocacy And Faith Funding
• Nonprofits And Data Breaches
• AHA Continues To Streamline Operations Through Management Consolidation
• Donor Migration: North
• Congress Demands More Form 990 Changes
• Points Of Light, Hands Merger Moving Closer
• News: Nonprofits Could Get Break On Postage Hike
• News: Court To Decide Web-Disability Access Issues
• News: Nonprofit Postal Rates Set To Skyrocket
• Florida County Stops Enforcing Embattled Fundraising Ordinance
• News: US Supreme Court Hears Grassroots Lobbying Case
• Congress Pushing Reforms At Smithsonian
• Deal
• Grants From Foundations Hit Record Level
• Postal Hikes Looming
• Tribune Foundation Caught In A Buy-Out Bind
• News: IRS Going After Excessive Comp
• Contributions To Higher Ed Up 9.4 Percent, Hits 28 Billion
• News: Congress Refocusing On Charitable Sector
• Nonprofits Impacted By New Anti-Terrorism Guidelines
• Focus On Community Impact Has United Ways Changing
• Charities Starting To Charge Non-Reciprocal Fees
• What A Disaster
• Acquisition Frenzy
• Technology Pushing For-Profit Philanthropy
• Going Community By Community
• Converging on Washington
• Election's Impact: More Of The Same For Most Charities
• News: Merger Talks Between NCNA and SNPO
• Breaking News: Impact Of The Election On Nonprofits
• Revenues of NPOs SOARING
• Gaming Wins New Advocates
• Slow Going For Kroc Centers
• 126 Billion Dollars Donated by 3.1 percent of US Households
• Jewish-Related Charities Mobilize Because Of War
• On The Scene
• FDA Fines Red Cross
• WTC Memorial Scheduled To Open In 2009
• Salamon, Foundation Center Call Off Deal For New Institute
• Volunteer Centers, POL Sign Affiliate Agreement
• IRS Seeks Ideas For Form 990
• Special Report: NPTs Power and Influence Top 50 2006
• Giving Estimated At 260 Billion Dollars For 2005
• Armies Of Compassion Shepherd Moves On
• Reaching Past Washington
• Editor's Note
• Special Report: The Sky Isnt Falling
• Houston We Have a Comeback
• Bush Touts Faith Based Answers For Social Services
• Cartoons Have Long Been Politically Incorrect
• Habitat Walks Away From Affiliates' Botched Job
• Red Cross Board Pushes Another CEO Out
• Special Report: The Year In Review
• What Reporters Want To Know
• Role Reversal
• Katrina Aftermath Leaves Conferences In Chaos
• Ex New Era President Seeks Early Prison Release
• Discussing Accountability
• Blogs, Emails, Webs Follow Tsunami Efforts
• Fuller Forced Out At Habitat For Humanity
• Calendar October 02
• Losing Faith
• Newsmakers January 02
• Deadly Mail Makes Life Harder For Nonprofits
• Public TV Merger in NY Struggling From Attack and With Conversions
• Articles Rattle Jerusalem Ys Vestige of Peace
• Giving Hit 203 Billion Dollars in Year 2000
• OPX To Launch
• WBAI is Latest Pacifica Storm
• Bush Plan
• Trying to Define Charity
• Newsmakers November 00