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What Difference Do Faith-Based Organizations Make?: eNews from the IRF Alliance

President Obama's faith-based council includes notables such as Noel Castellanos of CCDA.  A discussion on the value of faith-based social services and the question of 501(c)(3) status plus more.

Stephanie's Story: Virtual Volunteering To Help Orphans

Stephanie from Davenport, Florida discovered a way to volunteer from thousands of miles away.

Through ChristianVolunteering.org, Stephanie found an opportunity to serve as a virtual administrative assistant for Orphanages of Africa--an international humanitarian organization in Canada.

Proposal for a "Digital Second Harvest" to Help the Poor and End Piracy

harvest.jpgIt seems like every day I'm reading a new article about the battle between corporations and individuals over copyright and piracy, and it gets old. The problem is that both sides have lost the moral high ground in the debate. Here is a proposal to put both sides on the moral high ground and end the wars over copyright.

"Obama Faith-based Grant Program Maintains Equal Treatment Standards" and Other News for Faith-Based Organizations from the IRFA

From the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, this newsletter features articles on Obama's Faith-based Grant Program, health care reform, pluralism and marriage redefinition as they relate to religious freedom.

Serve America Act: Recommendation on How AmeriCorps Can Address Nonprofit Funding Bias

Research shows that while 52.4% of those in poverty in the USA are people of color, only 16.5% of nonprofits are led by people of color, and only 3% of foundation funding goes toward organizations that are led by people of color. This presentation provides three recommendations of how AmeriCorps can counter this bias: (1) reaching out to Black and Latino led Faith-based organizations (2) requiring grantees provide diversity profiles (3) Revising funding priorities.

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