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The amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot would raise the homestead exemption to $250,000 by 2028. Sarasota County holds more than $16 million in nonprofit service contracts this year and Manatee County more than $5 million.
A Wage and Hour Division opinion letter dated Sept. 7 uses a service dog nonprofit as its example: veterinarians and directors may raise puppies at home as unpaid volunteers, while dog trainers may not.
Gov. JB Pritzker announced a $1.8 million round of Local Food Infrastructure Grants on Oct. 8. Nonprofits, local governments and small farms and food businesses can seek money for cold storage, refrigerated vehicles and processing equipment until noon on Jan. 6, 2027.
The PGA Tour event in Iowa and Illinois announced the total on Oct. 8, up from $16.9 million for 460 charities last year. Its Birdies for Charity program added a bonus of 8.85% to what each charity raised.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Speaker Julie Menin expanded the Discretionary Grant Pilot on Oct. 8. Nonprofits with $25,000 or less in Council funding from city agencies skip the contract process; agreements go out in November.
A health department notice published Oct. 6 names Callen-Lorde and the Nonprofit Organization for Philanthropic Initiatives as the providers the city would negotiate with. It is a negotiated acquisition, not an open grant round; other providers may express interest by Oct. 16.
The state's Department of Environmental Protection offers grants of up to $5,000, $30,000 or $65,000 for projects that teach about air, water, land use or climate change, with priority for environmental justice areas. Projects run from July 2027 to June 2028.
Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper announced on Oct. 9 a companion to the House's Safe Spaces for All Act. Its text makes the same changes to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program and does not yet carry a Senate bill number.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation launched the Great Plains Grassland Fund on Oct. 7 with $9 million from the Walmart Foundation and $9 million from McDonald's USA and its suppliers. Nonprofits, governments and Tribes may apply by Jan. 27.
Pathways to Independence, announced Oct. 7 with the city, Harris County and the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County, is a three-year effort to give people quicker, more flexible help than federal housing programs allow.
A June 1 report by Homeland Security Investigations, released Oct. 7 by Democracy Forward after a records request, says 82 groups were reviewed in Pennsylvania alone. DHS says it does not comment on active investigations.
The partnership, announced on Oct. 6 as ground was broken on 38 studio apartments in North Park, pays for construction of housing projects rather than making grants. Its first four projects are to create 257 affordable homes.
The awards, announced Oct. 2 in Smithfield, Va., go to nonprofits, conservation districts, local governments, universities and a tribe across six states and the District of Columbia. EPA put the total at more than $90 million.
Judge Mary S. McElroy ruled Sept. 21 that four departments skipped the public comment such rules require and that the Justice Department exceeded its authority. The agencies may still write new rules the regular way.
Bills passed 11 to 0 on Oct. 5 let the city keep up to 1 percent of each fund for its own oversight and bar spending on alcohol. Caring for Denver also comes under the state open records law and may spend up to 7 percent on administration, up from 5.
Reps. Susie Lee and María Elvira Salazar introduced the Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding Improvement Act on Oct. 5. Nonprofits awarded the grants now pay for security work first and are repaid later. The bill is in committee.
The state Department of Community Affairs is taking applications through Jan. 31 for its 2027 Community HOME Investment Program, which pays to repair owner-occupied homes and build single-family homes for low-income buyers. Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) status may apply.
The proposed rule would replace the Head Start Program Performance Standards with a shorter set, drop federal ratios and service hours, and lower the cap on administrative costs from 15% to 5%. North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein asked HHS to keep the federal standards.
The investigation, published Oct. 6, counts grants from 34 fund sponsors to Ekal USA and Sewa USA from 2020 to 2024, most through Fidelity Charitable, the American Online Giving Foundation and DAFgiving360. Sewa USA says it is not an RSS affiliate.
Round 16 of the Barnes Housing Trust Fund is the largest in the fund's history, Metro Nashville says. The Metro Council began voting on the grant agreements on Oct. 6 and expects to finish by the end of November.
The second round of the People-First AI Fund, announced Oct. 1, gives unrestricted grants to nonprofits in 35 states and the District of Columbia. They were picked from 1,669 applications, and the foundation aims to pay every grant in full by the end of 2026.
Senate Bill 995 passed 49 to 0 on Oct. 5 and goes to the House. The same day the Senate passed a bill letting clubs keep half their proceeds from the games, up from 40 percent.
The Texas Veterans Commission takes applications for its Fund for Veterans' Assistance until Dec. 2. Grants for the 2028 funding period run 24 months and range from $50,000 to $600,000, and an applicant may receive up to three.
The internet provider, a Cable One brand, takes applications through Oct. 31 for $125,000 in grants for education and digital literacy, hunger relief and community development. Recipients will be named in December.
Only 7.4% of adults said their household used a charity's services last year, while 71.9% went to worship, a museum, a show or another activity nonprofits typically provide. Fewer now say nonprofits beat government at meeting basic needs.
The Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust, The Nemours Foundation and the states of Delaware and Florida announced on Oct. 2 a grantmaking fund that commits $950 million over 11 years. Its grants are to include at least $237.5 million for Nemours' Delaware initiatives.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Oct. 2 that the city-funded grants the borough arts councils give to artists, collectives and small nonprofits can now reach $10,000, up from $5,000. Brooklyn's deadline is Oct. 11; Staten Island opens in November.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced 56 Conservation Partnership Program grants on Oct. 1, from $6,861 to $100,000. The Land Trust Alliance runs the program with the department.
The Select Committee on Governmental Oversight took testimony on Sept. 30 under an interim charge to recommend safeguards against conflicts of interest in local spending on outside groups. Officials from Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas testified, a press account said.
Temporary rules published Oct. 2 require scholarship granting organizations to register in a new IRS portal, give donors a unique donor number and report gifts each year. Proposed rules would bar states from adding stricter requirements. Comments are due Dec. 1.
The grants, announced Oct. 1, are the first from a $25 million open call that drew more than 1,000 applications. The foundation says they will help more than 5,400 people in 26 states train for trades such as electrical work, welding and HVAC.
The foundation's JCamp 180 program will give up to $10 million a year to more than 100 nonprofit Jewish overnight camps, which must raise $3 for every $1 they receive. The new funding levels begin in 2027.
Requests of $25,000 to $100,000 for 2027 are open in four areas: manufacturing education, the environment, traffic safety and mobility for people with disabilities. Decisions come in spring 2027.
The grants, announced Oct. 1 in Bentonville, are the first state awards from the $100 million the Walton-founded campaign committed in September. Each state gets its share over five years for midwives, doulas, home visits and postpartum care.
Seventeen projects in 15 states share the Underrepresented Communities Grants. Nonprofits hold eight of them, including four for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation.
The tribe near Highland, Calif., announced the grants on Oct. 1. Organizations serving Indian Country make up 43 percent of the recipients and receive 57 percent of the money.
CDC's direct funding for community organizations ran out Sept. 30. Health departments get a one-time supplement through May 2027 and are encouraged, not required, to pass 10 or 25 percent of it on to community partners.
The agency says nearly $17 million goes to 25 projects in 20 states. Each recipient, among them states, local governments and nonprofits, will run its own subgrant program for historic buildings in rural communities, with awards from $400,000 to $750,000.
The Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, passed by unanimous consent on Sept. 30, would open the IRS Independent Office of Appeals to any organization whose exemption is denied or revoked, with some exceptions. The House must still agree to the Senate's version.
The justices on Oct. 1 denied an emergency request from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Americans for Prosperity, leaving the Delaware Elections Disclosure Act in force for the Nov. 3 general election while their suit goes on.
A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Sept. 30 rejected a First Amendment challenge by Americans for Prosperity and its foundation to Proposition 211, which makes major campaign media spenders name donors of more than $5,000.
The 2026-2027 Priority Guidance Plan, released Sept. 29, has five projects for tax-exempt organizations, among them guidance on the ban on campaign intervention by 501(c)(3) groups and on reporting fiscal sponsorship arrangements. It sets no deadlines.
Gov. Wes Moore announced the third year of the state's child poverty program on Sept. 30. Nonprofits and other local groups lead each community's plan, and four communities join this year.
About 5,700 records each carry the statute behind them, the agency that issued it, the date they were last checked, and a label saying whether the rule is settled or still in question.
The House Finance Committee voted 26 to 0 on Sept. 30 for House Bill 2639, which would drop the 33 percent match the state's Nonprofit Security Grant Fund requires on grants of $25,001 to $75,000 for smaller organizations. The bill now goes to the full House.
Senate Bill 420, signed Sept. 29, says property operated as a jail or detention center does not serve the charitable purposes the welfare exemption requires. It takes effect Jan. 1, 2027.
Proposition 44 on the Nov. 3 ballot would set a spending floor for private nonprofit safety net clinics and make those that fall short pay the gap to the state. The Legislative Analyst's Office puts enforcement at low tens of millions of dollars a year, paid by fees on the clinics.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the Nonprofit Security Grant Program awards for fiscal 2026 on Sept. 28. The money reaches recipients through state agencies and pays for cameras, alert systems, gates, lighting, access controls and staff training.