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, an assortment of e-mails that I have received during the past week, or articles that I may stumble upon.From time to time, you will findannouncements of events, grant opportunities, job postings, links towebsites and articles of interest or notes of encouragement. I hope that you, orsomeone you know, would find theinformation to be of use. If you would liketo unsubscribe, submit material, or makegeneral comments, you may contact me at valeriefleonard@msn.com.I look forwardto hearing from you soon.Valerie F. Leonard, Editor
June 13, 2012 Volume 7, Issue 2
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Funding Sources
Grant Listings from Congressman Danny K. Davis
I thank Tumia Romero, Deputy Chief of Staff for Congressman Danny K. Davis, for providing the following grants listing.
Grant Alerts June, 2012
I thank Melisa Fraase,
Illinois General Assembly Legislative Research Unit, for providing the following listing of federal grant opportunities.
The following announcements are from the Philanthropic News Digest.
A total of $15 million will be awarded to U.S.-based nonprofit 501(c)(3)
organizations for local workforce development and education initiativesleading to economic self-sufficiency through employment...
Grants of up to $1,500 are available for programs that enhance student achievement through service-learning in K-12 public schools in the UnitedStates and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick...
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Nonprofit Management
Operations Management:Topics in OrganizationalEffectiveness
I will be teaching a course innonprofit operations management for the UIC-Great Cities Institute,Certificate in Nonprofit Management program. We willcover a number of issues, includinghuman resources management,compliance, performancemanagement and technologyplanning. Registration deadline:June 26, 2011 Click here
Just Checking
A number of nonprofits will havetheir fiscal year end on June 30,2012. Please review the handoutsfrom a recent Ask the Expert Webinar, as well as my nonprofit compliance checklist as you preparefor your state and federal filings.Click here
IRS Workshop at UIC
Save the date
: September 18, 2012.The IRS will be coming to theUniversity of Illinois Great CitiesInstitute to conduct an intensiveone day workshop for nonprofit organizations. This popularintroductory workshop is designedespecially for administrators or
volunteers who are responsible foran organization's tax compliance aswell as those interested
in careersin the nonprofit sector. I will share
registration information as soon asit is available
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Policy and Advocacy
Housing Action Illinois Legislative Wrapup
I thank Bob Palmer of Housing Action Illinois for providing hislegislative update.
General Assembly Finalizes State Budget: Programs forHomelessness and Supportive Housing Protected and Expanded
The Illinois General Assembly did manage to pass their fiscal year 2013(FY13) state budget by their May 31 deadline. At a time of large budget cuts for many health care and human service programs, advocates weresuccessful preserving and even increasing line items addressinghomelessness. This represents a significant victory and demonstrates agood deal of support among legislators for these programs.The victory is somewhat mitigated by the fact that much of the money forthese programs in FY13 will be diverted from the Illinois AffordableHousing Trust Fund
,the main state revenue source for preserving anddeveloping affordable housing units. Overall, however, we are pleasedthat all Trust Fund resources will be spent on housing-related programs,with no fund sweeps or interfund borrowing, in a way that helps reducethe cuts necessary in other parts of the budget. More
llinois General Assembly Adjourns Spring Session;Chamber Scores Big Wins for Membership
The following legislative summary is found on the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce's website.
The Illinois General Assembly officially closed the spring legislativesession when the Senate adjourned near 2 am Friday morning. TheChamber worked late into the night to ensure that key pieces of theChamber's legislative agenda were successfully passed.Major victories included passage of Senate Bill 1849 gaming expansionbill that includes a land-based casino in Chicago, House Bill 4568 IllinoisJobs Now CREATE bond authorization legislation, and Senate Bill 2885Health Care Purchasing Group Act. Read the Full Update
Donors Forum Policy Alert
I received the following e-mail from Laurel O'Sullivan
State's Strategic Budgeting Plan Incorporates Donors ForumRecommendations
Nonprofits and grantmakers received welcome news last Friday whenGovernor Quinn's office unveiled a proposed strategic plan forimplementing Budgeting for Results (BFR) that includes keyrecommendations from Donors Forum's recent study of performance-based budgeting. More
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Arts and Culture
North Lawndale African American Heritage QuiltingProject Update: LEARN and Bethune Schools
The North Lawndale African American Heritage Quilting Project is inthe process of using quilting to document the African Americanexperience in North Lawndale. We have recently partnered with CityYear and the Bethune School of Excellence's Class of 2012 to donate 6quilts to the as a class gift. Seventh and eighth graders supervised thirdand fourth graders in the development of quilt blocks to depict localheroes, family traditions and symbols representing qualities the youthwould like to see in their leaders. We are also working with LEARNCharter School to translate their Black History Month presentations toquilt form. They will also be donating a quilt developed during theDrive Thru Quilting Day to McDonald's on Roosevelt and Kedzie. Visit http://northlawndalequilting.blogspot.com to get more detailedupdates.
The following articles are from the Philanthropic News Digest.
Kresge Foundation Adopts 'CreativePlacemaking' Approach
The Kresge Foundation has announced a new strategy for its arts andculture program that unifies the elements of the three-part framework which has guided its arts and culture grantmaking since 2010. Underthe strategy, Kresge will focus on the integration of arts and culture intocomprehensive community revitalization efforts, an approachsometimes called "creative placemaking." According to the foundation,creative placemaking embodies the belief that the arts can enliven andrejuvenate public and private spaces, improve the climate for localbusinesses, and contribute to making neighborhoods and communitiesmore desirable places to live.Read the article»
GrantSpace
Have you visited GrantSpace, the Foundation Center's learningcommunity for the social sector? In the Arts area of the site, you'll findarts-themed videos and podcasts, sample grant proposals, the latest arts-related reports from PubHub, funding facts and figures, an FAQ, aTwitter feed featuring the tweets of arts funders, and more. Stop by andjoin the conversation. http://grantspace.org/Subjects/Arts-and-Culture
A new Americans for the Arts report found that in 2010, while manyindustries were struggling to recover from the recession, the nonprofit arts and culture industry was pumping billions of dollars into thenational economy... more
RecommendedReading
Putting Data to Work
I thank Deborah Bennett, SeniorProgram Officer at the Polk Brothers Foundation, for sharingthis report on benchmarking forworkforce development programs.Click here
Free Nonprofit MarketingResources from Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com
Fiscal Year 2013Illinois State Budget
State Budget CrisesRipping the Safety Net Held by Nonprofits
This 2010 report by the NationalCouncil of Nonprofits re statebudget cuts and nonprofits is stillrelevant. Click here
Consistent orUnconstitutional: Analysisof New Kansas Contract and Grant LanguageLimiting Speech
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