Nonprofit News
NewMexicoResources.org - Helping New Mexicans access Public Supports
Sep 23 2010Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), as part of the greater New Mexico community, has launched a free, web-based tool to help New Mexicans access public supports. Available online at www.NewMexicoResources.org, this resource helps make the complex public benefits system more understandable and accessible. The website provides clear answers to commonly asked questions, and helps... Read Article
Albuquerque Project - National Grant Winner
Sep 15 2010Albuquerque Project Among America's Promise Alliance and AT&T My Idea Grants Program Winners:
Grant focuses on a collaborative effort to increase high school graduation rates
America’s Promise Alliance and AT&T recently announced the winners of the My Idea grants program, an initiative to engage young people in an effort to keep their peers in school. National... Read Article
2010 YNPN Award Recipients
Sep 15 2010
YNPN-Central New Mexico is pleased to announce our 2010 YNPN Award recipients.
For more... Read Article
Board Leadership: Where the Ethos Begins
Sep 2 2010In the search for organizational accountability, the Board of Director’s are under the microscope. More and more questions about board composition, independence and processes are surfacing on S.E.C., I.R.S., and other official forms and forums. It calls into question: What are the expectations and responsibilities of a board of directors?
While the specific responsibilities... Read Article
GuideStar Releases Report: The Effect of the Economy on the Nonprofit Sector
Sep 1 2010
Public charities and private foundations continued to take a beating during the first five months of 2010. Some 40 percent of participants in GuideStar's first nonprofit economic survey for 2010 reported that contributions to their organizations dropped between January 1 and May 31, 2010, compared to the same period a year earlier. Another 28 percent said that... Read Article
Volunteer Managers Certificate Program Starts September
Aug 24 2010Remember Volunteer Albuquerque? It was a nonprofit created over ten years ago to facilitate volunteering at local nonprofits in the Albuquerque area. It recently donated $14,000 to the UNM Foundation to benefit the nonprofit community and its hard working volunteer managers. Over the past 18 months, Volunteer Albuquerque, with support from M.O.V.E, NM Commission on Volunteerism and... Read Article
Make a Difference Day - ABQ and Rio Rancho Register Your Projects
Aug 20 2010The Center for Nonprofit Excellence at United Way of Central New Mexico, is pleased to support the Albuquerque area Make a Difference Day volunteer team.
This year Make a Difference Day will be held on Friday & Saturday, October 22 & 23, 2010.
Last year approximately 4,000 volunteers completed 228 volunteer projects for 123 nonprofit agencies in the greater... Read Article
2010 Ethics Conference - Albuquerque
Aug 19 2010Save the Date: Thursday, November 18, 2010
Transparency: Ready or Not
The 2010 Ethics Conference
8:00 a.m. - noon
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
For more info: New Mexico Ethics Alliance
www.nmethics.org
$1 Million Advertising Campaign Launches to Support Albuquerque Nonprofit
Aug 18 2010Assistance League® of Albuquerque’s Program Helps Children Receive an Education
Advocate, a partnership between New Mexico-based advertising and media companies designed to support not-for-profit organizations based in Albuquerque, is launching its “Empty Hanger” advertising campaign today for Assistance League® of Albuquerque. In April, Advocate selected Assistance League... Read Article
Give a Pint, Get a Pint - Aug 16
Aug 13 2010The Albuquerque Marriott is hosting its annual summer blood drive to help maintain New Mexico’s blood supply during a historically challenging time for blood donations.
“This blood drive is targeted to collect more than 100 units of blood, which will be vital to the summer blood supply,” Charlene Smith, a spokesperson for United Blood Services said.
The event takes place... Read Article