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Newsletter: Should You Ask Partners for a Minimum Revenue Commitment? ; UK Chicken Shops Ask Diners to Go #KnifeFree ; Google’s Unusual Plan for Disaster Relief

Selfish Giving

Join Perlman and Perlman's Karen Wu for this Engage for Good webinar: The 10 Commandments of Cause Marketing Law. Google’s unusual plan for disaster relief: just give survivors money. Like me, you're too pretty for prison. SPONSORED LINK] ?? Marketing Your Cause. I love the idea of cause-related pop-ups. Here are four examples.

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Local Militias Step into Government Gaps

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Josiah S on istock.com Founded in March 2009, the Oath Keepers are an anti-government far-right militia group comprising former law enforcement, first responders, and former military who pledge to defend the United States against government tyranny at all costs. Actual law enforcement looked the other way.

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Puerto Rico: The Critical Role of Information and the Nonprofit Sector in Disaster Living

NonProfit Quarterly

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which “ was signed into law in 1988 to create an orderly system to get federal assistance to state and local governments in the wake of natural disasters.”. The US government and FEMA recently changed the recovery process in Puerto Rico.

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Be The Best Leader Following Disasters: Strategies To Rebuild Workplaces For Recovery

Fundraising Leadership

“In the wake of natural disasters, employers must ensure they protect and maintain accurate records and pay workers when wages are due. Workers are particularly vulnerable during times of crisis, and employers that failed to comply with federal labor laws cause them and their families additional harm,” the DOL reports.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. The top three causes are medical expenses (54%), disaster relief (12%), and education costs (12%). The top three occasions are birthdays (31%), graduation (17%), and memorials (17%). ?

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3 Big Reasons Why An ‘Ask’ Is Mostly About Your Donor’s Hero Story (Not Your Organization’s)

iMarketSmart

For a human rights charity, it increased donations to mention that it “works in countries that have recently passed laws that harshly restrict nonprofit organizations.”[9]. A pig in a python: How the charitable response to September 11 overwhelmed the law of disaster relief. Indiana Law Review, 36 , 251-334.

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Legislative Tracker - Health & Human Services

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Impact : Increases urgency and accountability for nonprofits delivering aid post-disaster.

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