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Research Friday: The Self-Sufficiency Standard

ASU Lodestar Center

For nearly 50 years, the Federal Poverty Limit (FPL) has been the standard measure used by governments and nonprofit organizations serving low income individuals and families to determine eligibility for anti-poverty programs. Finally, while the FPL is the same no matter where one lives, the Self-Sufficiency Standard varies by Arizona county.

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Diversity recruitment key to nonprofit boards achieving mission

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Joseph Garcia Director of Communication, ASU Morrison Institute Director, ASU Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center. Garcia, a former political reporter, has taught at Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and at the University of Arizona School of Journalism.

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New Tax Law: Understanding the Impacts on Charities and Giving

ASU Lodestar Center

The Tax Policy Center projects that individual charitable giving will decrease by between 4 and 6.5 The Tax Policy Center projects that those who will get an itemized deduction for their charitable donation will be reduced from 37 million to 16 million in 2018. percent in 2018. What did not get passed? Overall projection.

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: How do I fill out form 1023?

ASU Lodestar Center

It is easy to equate recognition of an organization’s 501(c)3 status with a government stamp of approval, since it is required for many grant applications and for donors to claim gifts as tax deductible. Activities that are illegal or violate public policy. In Arizona, the number required is only one. It’s a tax status.

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Research Friday: Attention Philanthropy: The Good, the Bad, and the Road Ahead

ASU Lodestar Center

Since TOMS launched in 2006, over 1,000,000 pairs of shoes have been given to children in more than 20 countries. Chao Guo is Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. Yet attention can cut both ways, as the Greg Mortenson controversy illustrates.

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Demographics Are Destiny: How and Why to Diversify Your Staff Now!

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Latino and Asian populations are expected to nearly triple, and the children of immigrants will become more prominent. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent. So What and Who Cares? The changing demographics of the U.S.

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Better Together: What Collaboration Strategies are Necessary to Increase Nonprofit Effectiveness?

ASU Lodestar Center

Data was compiled from various studies which included children and their families within the child welfare system and researchers noticed that between 40 and 86 percent of these children involved in child welfare or juvenile justice systems were seriously emotionally disturbed and a high number of these children remained untreated (Chuang, 2010).