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The Sept. 29 vote applies a law that bars state and local money and contracts for designated groups and makes material support a felony. CAIR, whose lawyers say the state has identified no violent act by it, is challenging the law in federal court.
The Center for Effective Philanthropy surveyed 183 foundation leaders and 329 nonprofit leaders in May. Nearly all funders changed something, 12% rate their own response as very effective, and 41% of nonprofit leaders say they can be completely honest with funders.
Nonprofits and public agencies may apply to the state's Violence Against Women Act grant program until 4 p.m. on Oct. 23. The competition is held once every four years, and those chosen may be funded through 2030.
The one-year grants from the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, announced Sept. 29, become available with the 2027 fiscal year. Nonprofits, tribes and state and local governments are among the recipients.
Rev. Proc. 2026-8, issued in January, reopened group exemption applications after more than five years and set new terms. Central organizations that already hold a group exemption must bring their groups into line before Jan. 22, 2027.
The company confirmed that an error removed data tied to expired Microsoft 365 Business Premium grant subscriptions before the retention period was over. It has not said how many nonprofits were affected and is offering them a free setup session.
A Senate committee approved bills on Sept. 29 that would raise the weekly prize cap for small games of chance to $60,000 and let clubs keep half their proceeds. A House committee the same day amended a Senate-passed bill letting charities take cards and mobile payments for raffle tickets.
The foundation's third-quarter grants, $1,611,169 in all, go to a planned trail of bronze sculptures along the Concho River, a county library, a hospice, a YMCA preschool, rural community centers and a volunteer fire department. Its next round is expected in December.
The grants pay for 50 projects in 31 states, from a Frank Lloyd Wright studio in Wisconsin to the archives of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Nonprofits, states, tribes and local governments share the money, which comes from offshore oil and gas revenue.
Grants of $100,000 to $250,000 for 12 months, run by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, are open to 501(c)(3) groups with budgets of $1 million to $10 million that serve small and micro businesses directly. Applications close Oct. 21 at noon Pacific time.
Council Member Lincoln Restler's agenda, reported on Sept. 28, asks City Hall for faster bridge loans, a 10-week push on unpaid invoices and public data on delays. Its one bill, introduced Sept. 10, would set model staffing plans for the agencies that manage human services contracts.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture named the recipients on Sept. 28. Food shelves, food banks and other grantees in 15 counties will buy food grown and raised in the state and give it away, under a state program modeled on a former federal one.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1288, his office announced Sept. 27. For deaths from Jan. 1, 2027, a firm must try to notify a nonprofit beneficiary within 60 days of learning of the death, may not make it open an account and in most cases must hand over its share within 60 days of its paperwork.
The request reached Congress on Sept. 25, five days before the money was due to expire, so it lapses before lawmakers can act. The largest item, $567 million, comes from the account that pays for refugee resettlement programs.
The Erie Community Foundation announced the final total of its 24-hour online giving day, held Aug. 11, on Sept. 25. The money grew from last year's $11.4 million, but the 11,913 donors and 31,521 gifts were fewer than in 2025.
Anchored by a $10 million grant from the Walmart Foundation, the Arkansas Full Table Fund takes applications from Oct. 1 to Dec. 7 for two-year pilot grants of up to $200,000 in three areas: federal nutrition programs, the charitable food system and new local ideas.
In a Sept. 24 opinion, the court found that the founder of Senecura signed a no-interest note for both sides when the money went to his real estate company, and did not pay it back in time. Most of the bill is the 200 percent tax on an excess benefit left uncorrected.
The Department of Homeland Security chose the recipients under its Nonprofit Security Grant Program, Maryland's congressional delegation said on Sept. 24. The list names every recipient but not what each one receives.
The City Council approved the 14 extensions on Sept. 24 over Mayor Kirk Watson's objection. A staff review of 133 social service agreements worth $48.2 million recommended no cuts, and every agreement is subject to changes or a new solicitation before Oct. 1, 2027.
The Travelers Championship gave its final count on Sept. 24, up from more than 270 charities in its first tally in June. Many of them took part through Birdies for Charity, which adds a bonus of 15% to what each charity collects.
The 14 grants, announced Sept. 24, restore winter range and bring fences to wildlife-friendly standards for elk, mule deer, pronghorn and moose. Most of the money goes to state wildlife agencies and Tribes; three nonprofits are among the grantees.
The developers of Newport doubled their $1 million anniversary pledge on Sept. 24, choosing the 40 recipients from 135 applicants. They have not said how the yearly money that follows will be awarded.
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the grants on Sept. 23. About 78 percent of the money is federal, and on the two regional award lists his office published, nonprofits receive about $17 million of $19.9 million.
The Terre Haute foundation announced its Partners for Progress grants on Sept. 23. They pay for playgrounds, trails, a rural clinic, a museum floor and other projects in Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties, several of them with matching or challenge grants attached.
The company's television stations named this year's Local Impact Grants winners on Sept. 23, five to eight in each market. The program is open only to nonprofits with total expenses between $100,000 and $1 million.
The association, which holds Q Casino's gaming license, awarded $250,000 in Mission Grants in June and $1.26 million in Core Grants in July to organizations in Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. Its Core Grant round drew 152 applications asking for more than $7.59 million.
Council Bill 58-2026, by Council Member Deb Jung, had its public hearing Sept. 22, where leaders of nonprofits that serve county residents testified against it as written. No amendments had been filed by Sept. 29, and the council has not voted.
Gov. Wes Moore announced the second round on Sept. 10, and it opened Sept. 22. Grocery stores, corner stores, farmers markets and other retailers, nonprofit or for-profit, can seek $25,000 to $150,000; $1.67 million of the money is federal and only for retailers in rural counties.
The agency announced the grants on Sept. 18. Most of the money goes to governments, for 115 projects Congress chose and for floodplain management. A $1.5 million earthquake program was the one part nonprofits could compete for, and its applications closed Aug. 14.
The grocery chain's foundation announced its largest hunger gift yet on Sept. 22, $10 million more than last year. Part of it pays for trucks and other one-time costs at Feeding America food banks.
The NBA team's foundation presented its summer grants on Sept. 22 to groups in four Central Florida counties. Letters of intent for its winter cycle open Oct. 2 and close Oct. 23.
The health insurer's foundation announced the grants on Sept. 22. Its guidelines for the program describe four-year grants of $300,000 to $400,000, and this year's round is closed.
In a brief filed Sept. 21, the government argued that a Texas judge had the power to approve the settlement he refused in March. It would bar the IRS from applying the Johnson Amendment to two churches' election speech in their services, and to no one else.
Applications close Oct. 23. The round is open only to 501(c)(3) public charities that serve King County, Wash., and have not received or been invited to receive Microsoft corporate grant money in 2026. A second round opens in spring 2027.
Senate Bill 420 has been on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk since Sept. 4. If he neither signs nor vetoes it by Sept. 30, it becomes law without his signature and takes effect Jan. 1.
Starting Jan. 1, 2027, a credit of up to $1,700 covers gifts to scholarship granting organizations that a participating state lists. Treasury said it would propose the rules by the end of September; none had appeared by Sept. 28, and Washington's governor is waiting for them.
Senate Bill 1134 bars counties and cities from funding or promoting programs designed with reference to race, sex, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation, and makes grant recipients certify that local money will not pay for required DEI instruction. Miami-Dade is moving 19 employees off its volunteer boards.
Rulings on Sept. 18 in Rhode Island and Sept. 22 in Washington vacated the agency's August 2025 decision to end the grants for low-income communities. Neither court ordered money paid or grants restored, and EPA says it is considering an appeal.
The Alabama State Council on the Arts announced 247 grants on Sept. 16, paid for by the Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts. Applications for its arts facilities grants, of up to $100,000, open Oct. 1.
Reps. Joe Neguse and Don Bacon introduced the Safe Spaces for All Act on July 27 and announced it on Sept. 17. It would add onsite security staff, off-duty police officers and application costs to what the Nonprofit Security Grant Program may pay for. It is still in committee.
Volunteer Louisiana, the state service commission in the office of Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, is taking applications for State Formula grants that place AmeriCorps Volunteers with local organizations. A notice of interest is due Jan. 3, and the commission says it may favor existing programs over new ones.
U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley ruled Sept. 17, in a suit by eight states, that the February 2025 directive was arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law. Claims over the canceled grants themselves belong in the Court of Federal Claims, she had ruled earlier.
The Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation announced its five-year Big Bet for Pets on Sept. 17. Its first two open calls, 250 grants of $10,000 and a $10 million pool of multi-year grants for clinics ready to grow, close on Dec. 16 at the latest.
Communities Foundation of Texas said 94,700 donors had given by the midnight close on Sept. 17, ending a season that opened Aug. 27. Last year's event stood at $74.2 million at the same hour and reached $78 million by Sept. 30.
Firms often cite anti-money-laundering rules when they ask a charity to open an account and hand over its leaders' personal details, CNBC reported. A 2024 federal ruling says those rules do not require a new account, and several states now set deadlines for paying charities.
The First Circuit paused a judge's ruling against the Continuum of Care funding notice on Sept. 16 and, at the challengers' request, vacated it on Sept. 24. Of the $4.04 billion on offer, $1.3 billion is set aside for new transitional housing and supportive services projects.
The States United Democracy Center and Grant Witness released Lost Funds on Sept. 16. By the Herald's count of its data, slower grantmaking makes up more than half the total, and nonprofits are among the recipients in 43 of its 61 kinds of disruption.
Arts Capital Atlanta, a coalition of the region's arts organizations and funders, will split its first pooled fund among every applicant found eligible. It expects awards of about $2,000 to $5,000 each, and applications close Oct. 29.