Frustrated by the student debt crisis? Want to make a difference? CalNonprofits is convening a Nonprofit Student Debt Task Force with the goal of expanding awareness of the many changes made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PLSF) program and its value to California nonprofits. Members of the Nonprofit Student Debt Task Force will lend their voices and experience to help inform CalNonprofits’ Student Debt Project as we share new information about PSLF and the Biden Administration’s new student debt policies, provide resources for nonprofit organizations to access debt relief programs, a ..read more

Fairer overhead rates continue to be an urgent and crucial matter for nonprofits with government contracts and/or foundation grants. Although two of the bills CalNonprofits, along with the CA Nonprofit Contracting Coalition, brought to the legislature this year were overhead related, neither one got to the finish line. So it's tremendously heartening to see that under the Biden Administration, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing changes that – if adopted – will help nonprofits immensely. Right now the office is accepting comments from the public by December 4. Call to actio ..read more

Responding to unanimous support from the Legislature and from nonprofit, philanthropic, and business leaders from all over California, Governor Newsom signed AB 590 into law – paving the way to advance payments for nonprofits with state grants and contracts. As you most likely know, the California Nonprofit Contracting Coalition brought a package of seven bills this year to the Legislature as the California Nonprofit Equity Initiative. More than 550 nonprofit, philanthropic, and community leaders signed on to support the bills, which sought various improvements to how state government contra ..read more

To Our Community: The California Association of Nonprofits is pleased to announce that Geoff Green, currently the CEO of the Santa Barbara City College Foundation and a long-time member of the CalNonprofits board, has been chosen as our next CEO. He will assume his new role beginning January 1, 2024 and Jan Masaoka, current CEO, will continue to lead the organization through the end of the year. Geoff’s appointment comes following an in-depth planning process and executive search led by the CalNonprofits board. Geoff’s leadership and development experience along with his deep commitment to Ca ..read more

What's happening with the seven bills in the California Nonprofit Equity Initiative to improve how nonprofits contract with government? We crossed another milestone last week as the Appropriations committees from both houses voted on six of the seven bills. The results: three bills – all related to how nonprofits are paid – were voted through committee and now await final floor votes. Read more about the entire California Nonprofit Equity Initiative package of bills. It's taken a lot to get here. The California Nonprofit Contracting Coalition has led the way with drafting these seven bills ..read more

 Please join the board and staff of CalNonprofits in welcoming the four outstanding individuals who’ve been elected to the CalNonprofits Board of Directors! We're also saying goodbye to two long-serving members. The four members who stood out from a field of 12 candidates, are: ‣ Shane Murphy Goldsmith, President and CEO of Liberty Hill Foundation in Los Angeles, who is brand new to the CalNonprofits board. ‣ Leslie Castellano, an incumbent candidate, who serves as Executive Director of Ink People Center for the Arts in Eureka. ‣ William York, another incumbent candidate ..read more

First, the headlines: Nonprofits in the U.S. received $55 billion less in donations in 2022 than in 2021 Even more scary: of the $499.3 billion that was donated, a shocking $14 billion came from just six households, and 5% of all gifts were $500 million or more Although we don't have 2022 data, we do know that in 2021, almost $73 billion of total donations went into donor-advised funds (DAFs) with no time obligation to go to an active nonprofit Donations as a percentage of disposable personal income dropped to a 40-year low of just 1.7% The net net: Collectively, we nonprofits have a lot l ..read more

CalNonprofits is currently accepting nominations for prospective new board members! Only staff and volunteers of a CalNonprofits member organization are eligible to either nominate or run for a seat on our board. As part of our commitment to democratic principles and processes, two-thirds of our board is elected by CalNonprofits members. CalNonprofits is led by a distinguished group of board members who together provide strategic guidance to the organization’s leadership and are hands-on advocates for its mission. CalNonprofits seeks a wide range of candidates who reflect the diverse landscap ..read more

Are you a California nonprofit that employed 26-49 employees (at any one time) during either 2021 or 2022? Did you pay mandated COVID sick pay? If you can answer yes to those two questions, you are probably eligible to receive a $10,000-$50,000 grant from the State of California. California Small Business and Nonprofit COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Relief Grant Program (SPSL), an effort of the California Office of the Small Business Advocate, will provide much-needed financial aid to eligible nonprofits and small businesses for costs incurred providing Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SP ..read more

Dear friends in the nonprofit community, I write to you today to let you know I will be leaving the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits) in a few months. I've loved this job and have great pride in all we have accomplished together. After 11 years as CEO, I know the organization is ready for a new leader with new thinking to lead it into the next era, and I am looking forward to exploring new challenges for myself that will continue to contribute to – and shake up – the nonprofit community (in short, I'm not retiring!) With CalNonprofits now so well established as a powerful v ..read more