The Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy is now accepting applications for the 2014 cohort. The Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy is a long-term initiative to expand the number of Arizonans who are committed to state-level public service and...
April 23, 2014
Meeting Notes
2014 April 9 Legislative Network Committee Meeting
The 2014 Mid-year Meeting session focused on the legalization of marijuana is the topic of this Grantmakers in Health blog, authored by Philanthropy Southwest Consultant Christie McElhinney.
Fort Smith, Ark. —On Monday, The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith breaks ground on a brand new $15.5 million facility for the visual arts program. The new facility will house graphic design laboratories, space for photography, painting,...
Tax reform has been a hot topic in Congress over the past year, and seemingly everything is on the table, including nonprofits' activities. Even with the recent release of a formal legislative proposal, real progress on a bill seems unlikely in...
The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing last week to discuss the perennial issue of the tax extenders, the temporary tax provisions that expire year after year and are usually renewed. However, dozens of provisions that expired at the...
April 17, 2014
Presentation
Toward a Common Good: Maximizing Economic Opportunity, Access to Education, and the Contributions of New Americans in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More Texas children with severe mental health needs receive mental health care in a juvenile detention facility, a school special education program, foster care, or when a parent relinquishes custody to the Texas...
