If your organization is working towards becoming an incorporated nonprofit in California, you’ll need to know that a few changes took effect on January 1. For more about those changes and lots of other helpful legal tidbits, visit the Nonprofit Law Blog.

A recent study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project shows the connection between smartphones and donations to charitable causes. The results are surprising.   Usually, the decision to contribute to a cause is made with thought and research. This study, which looked at donations made after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, shows that donations made via ...
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CALIFORNIA RELEAF HONORED AS 2012 TOP-RATED NONPROFIT New GreatNonprofits.org Award is Based on Positive Online Reviews   Sacramento, CA December 4, 2012 – California ReLeaf announced today that it has been honored with a prestigious 2012 Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations.   “We are excited to be named a Top-Rated 2012 Nonprofit,” ...
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GuideStar is an organization that publishes information about nonprofit organizations across the country on www.guidestar.org.   This website is an important tool used by corporate and foundation funders and individual donors to research prospective nonprofit grant-recipients.  Is your nonprofit organization already on GuideStar?  If not, we encourage you to establish a profile.  It’s a simple step that can help your organization stand ...
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With two weeks to go in the 2012 Legislative Session, California ReLeaf discovered that a much-desired “local project funding program” was being inserted into the Cap and Trade bill package that was moving forward with great momentum.  The proposed language had much of what our network of urban forestry nonprofits would want to see (including specific mention of urban greening)… ...
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