Catholic Archdiocese Plans to Shut Many New York City Churches and Schools
Archdiocese leaders in New York have recommended that dozens of Catholic churches and schools be shut down in New York City, due to changing religious demographics, reports The New York Times. The recommendations come as more Catholics have moved out of New York and into the suburbs. Additionally,…
Retail chains like Target and Wal-Mart are a growing source of smaller donations for local charities, reports The Washington Post. Local store managers have a big say in how the money is donated, and charities can often apply for a grant simply by returning a form to the store. Nonprofit groups…
An unlikely coalition of agriculturists, aid groups, grant makers, and the World Trade Organization is gaining ground in its campaign to cut subsidies to American agriculture, reports The Wall Street Journal. The groups, which say the subsidies depress prices and hurt farmers in Africa, are…
Internet companies and financial institutions have teamed up with a nonprofit group to curb child pornography by making it more difficult to use credit cards and other online means to pay for it, reports The Wall Street Journal. The coalition is run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited…
Mary Barden Keegan, the founder of Houston’s End Hunger Network, has died at the age of 84, reports the Los Angeles Times. After establishing the group in 1985, Ms. Keegan devised its signature food-gathering tool: placing red oil barrels in grocery stores to make it easy for people to donate food.…
The Pennsylvania state government continued its financial support of a charity controlled by two lawmakers, despite concerns raised about an audit of the organization, reports the Associated Press. A state government official told the Beaver Initiative for Growth—which was founded by Rep. Michael…