Photo by: Sully PixelThe CAEAR Foundation, one of the largest national HIV non-profit organizations, is changing its name to HealthHIV and launching a new website. The announcement on World AIDS Day coincides with the start of a campaign to promote the organization’s new vision and expanded capabilities and reach.“HealthHIV clearly, quickly and easily states our mission and reason for being,” said HealthHIV Executive Director Brian Hujdich. “HealthHIV’s logo reflects the evolving healthcare environment and the essential integration of HIV into the primary care setting, significantly changing and broadening the way we approach HIV as a chronic disease. Our new website (www.healthhiv.org) will integrate HIV-related information available to professionals and consumers, provide numerous educational programs, and centralize HIV technical assistance offerings.”To read the entire article, please follow the hyperlink to the Earth Times web-page.

Photo by:  mechanikatNon profits from all 50 states, Canada, Puerto Rico, and 10 Latin American countries have come to together to donate shoes to children who are in need.  In total more than $1.2 million in shoes will be given to children and families who have a need for them.  This program was launched last year by Payless in response to the economic crisis.  They say that it was a huge hit and that was part oft he reason it was kept going for this year.To read the entire article, please follow the hyperlink to the prnewswire.com web-page.

Photo by: splorpA Schenectady, New York nonprofit has been honored for helping experienced workers transition into new careers.  Umbrella of the Capital District won the Encore Opportunity Award and was awarded at a ceremony in Washington D.C.  They were just one of eight organizations nationwide to be awarded this award.  The awards were bestowed by Civic Ventures and the MetLife Foundation.To read the entire article, please follow the hyperlink to the Times Union web-page.

Photo by: Tony the MisfitSeven venerable non-profits have formed an unusual way of fundraising in response to last years loss of support of the United Way.  These non-profits have formed a joint marketing campaign looking to raise lost funds.  They are working under the name GivePhilly and have a website were donors are able to contribute.  Their website is http://givephilly.org/.  The organizations that make up GivePhilly are the Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia, The Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America, The Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia, Settlement Music School, Travelers Aid of Philadelphia, United Cerebral Palsy of Philadelphia and Vicinity, and the YMCA of Philadelphia.To read the entire article, please follow the hyperlink to the philly.com web-page.

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The Community Preservation Corporation, a 35-year-old nonprofit lender that specializes in issuing mortgages to landlords of small buildings and properties receiving public subsidies, is offering $1 billion in credit to New York State apartment building owners.The group’s new “green financing initiative” offers mortgages or refinancing to landlords who fix wasteful energy and water systems in their buildings.To read the rest of this article, please follow the hyperlink to The New York Times web-page.

Photo by: eszterWhen operating a business making a hefty salary is what many people dream about, and a California couple did just that.  Edward Dawson started his business in 1978 and he and his wife Marcia built it into the $63 million a year business it is today.  Over the past five years the couple have earned more than $7 million in salary and deferred compensation.  The problem that arises is that these two collect their wealth from operating a nonprofit funded by taxpayer dollars.  They have been able to secure this money by squeezing by and barely playing by the nonprofit laws that are out there.  A bigger question to ask when looking at this is how morally right is what they are doing.To read the entire article, please follow the hyper link to the Los Angeles Times web-page.

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A 97 year old woman and her two sons, both in there sixties have been living in a battered 1973 Chevy Suburban in Venice, California ever since they lost their house in Palm Springs.  But a story published last Friday let L.A. County officials and a nonprofit called Integrated Recovery Network to step up and help.  They have now found all three temporary housing in the California Villa Retirement Hotel in Van Nuys.  Permanent residence and support is being worked on for the three. 

To read the entire article, please follow the hyperlink to the Los Angeles Times page.

Add another non profit theatre group to the list ladies and gentlemen.  This economic downturn has affected everyone but it seems the arts especially hard.  The Lenox, Mass theatre troupe has been the latest theatre to experience serious financial troubles.  It’s problems are so bad that it would need to raise $2.3 million just to make it to March.  They may not even be able to make their payroll for the month.  The problem leaks back to a $4.75 million deficit over the last five years and their liabilities out way their assets by a ration of almost seven to one.  Other theatre companies to go under have been the Beverly, Mass based North Shore Music Theatre and the Boston, Mass Up You Mighty Race Company.

 To read the rest of this article, please follow the hyper link to the Boston Globe’s web-page.

A Washington D.C. area non profit, Individual Development Inc., is in trouble with the government.  The District of Columbia is halting referrals to them after they took them to court earlier in the week over health and safety concerns of two of the nonprofit’s homes for the mentally disabled.  This action was taken as a result of an on going concern with the non profit’s facilities. 

To read the article in its entirety, please follow the hyperlink to the Washington Post page.

Non Profit Global Team for Local Initiatives received a $387,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to create clean water and sanitation programs in Ethiopia.  This grant will allow the nonprofit to deliver hygiene training, wells and cisterns to around 3,000 people in Ethiopia.  This is something that is going to hopefully help the huge lack of clean water in this country.

To read the rest of this article, please follow the hyperlink to the Business Journal web-page.