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Understanding how California AB 488 impacts online charitable fundraising

Candid

A new law that went into effect in California on January 1, 2023, AB 488 is aimed at improving transparency and accountability in online charitable fundraising. While AB 488 is a California law, it could impact all charities in the United States that solicit donations in California, not just those headquartered in the state.

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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

Candid

tax-exempt organizations file annually, are a major source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the United States. For one, busy and understaffed organizations are requesting filing extensions—the IRS expects roughly 762K tax-exempt extensions for fiscal year 2022. Case in point: 990 data.

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How to Start a Nonprofit in 10 Steps

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How to start a nonprofit: first steps How to start a nonprofit: build a strong foundation How to start a nonprofit: file the paperwork What is a nonprofit organization? Explore the different kinds of tax-exempt organizations in the United States with this comprehensive guide , covering the exact types of nonprofits and their classifications.

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

HBCUs have long played a pivotal role in the United States. Foundation staff insight HBCUs educate and support the largest number of Black professionals in fields, such as medicine, law, and engineering. We’ve also made select data tables from the report available in this downloadable Excel file.

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ADA Lawsuits Against Website Owners Are Increasing: Mitigate Risk By Making Your Site Web Accessible

Byte Technology

According to law firm Seyfarth Shaw, its researchers counted a whopping 5,592 ADA Title III lawsuit filings within the first six months of 2019! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 61 million people in the United States are living with a disability, that’s roughly 26% of our nation’s population.

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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Since almost all content for the last decade originates as a digital file, using OCR on the scanned page or the PDF image document is a painful reverse engineering process that delivers lower quality access at much greater cost than native full access. Amazon now ships more ebooks than print books in the United States.

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4 Nonprofits Using Office 365 To Further Their Missions

TechImpact

With 80-90 employees working remotely across the United States, the National Development Council was looking for a better solution to staying connected. Women’s Law Project. As a small foundation, with 9 full-time members, the Women’s Law Project needed a better and more cost-effective solution.