https://501c3.help/herald/ Stories about America's nonprofits, published by 501c3.help. en-us Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://501c3.help/herald/new-york-city-council-plan-late-nonprofit-payments/ https://501c3.help/herald/new-york-city-council-plan-late-nonprofit-payments/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:26:00 +0000 Law & Policy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/minnesota-farm-to-food-security-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/minnesota-farm-to-food-security-grants/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:25:00 +0000 Food & Housing 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. https://501c3.help/herald/california-nonprofit-beneficiaries-investment-accounts/ https://501c3.help/herald/california-nonprofit-beneficiaries-investment-accounts/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:24:00 +0000 Law & Policy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/pocket-rescission-cancels-refugee-housing-counseling-funds/ https://501c3.help/herald/pocket-rescission-cancels-refugee-housing-counseling-funds/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:23:00 +0000 Human Services 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. https://501c3.help/herald/erie-gives-giving-day-record-total/ https://501c3.help/herald/erie-gives-giving-day-record-total/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:22:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/arkansas-full-table-fund-food-insecurity-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/arkansas-full-table-fund-food-insecurity-grants/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:21:00 +0000 Food & Housing 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. https://501c3.help/herald/tax-court-charity-founder-excess-benefit-taxes/ https://501c3.help/herald/tax-court-charity-founder-excess-benefit-taxes/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:20:00 +0000 Law & Policy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/maryland-houses-of-worship-federal-security-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/maryland-houses-of-worship-federal-security-grants/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:19:00 +0000 Faith 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. https://501c3.help/herald/austin-extends-social-service-contracts-during-review/ https://501c3.help/herald/austin-extends-social-service-contracts-during-review/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:18:00 +0000 Human Services 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. https://501c3.help/herald/travelers-championship-5-million-290-charities/ https://501c3.help/herald/travelers-championship-5-million-290-charities/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:17:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/nfwf-grants-western-big-game-migration-corridors/ https://501c3.help/herald/nfwf-grants-western-big-game-migration-corridors/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:16:00 +0000 Environment 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. https://501c3.help/herald/newport-lefrak-simon-grants-jersey-city-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/newport-lefrak-simon-grants-jersey-city-nonprofits/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:15:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/south-carolina-crime-victim-services-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/south-carolina-crime-victim-services-grants/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:14:00 +0000 Justice & Rights 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. https://501c3.help/herald/wabash-valley-community-foundation-grants-stalled-projects/ https://501c3.help/herald/wabash-valley-community-foundation-grants-stalled-projects/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:13:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/nbcuniversal-local-impact-grants-small-nonprofits-11-markets/ https://501c3.help/herald/nbcuniversal-local-impact-grants-small-nonprofits-11-markets/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:12:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/dubuque-racing-association-casino-grants-tri-state-groups/ https://501c3.help/herald/dubuque-racing-association-casino-grants-tri-state-groups/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:11:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/howard-county-bill-nonprofit-grant-audits-public-database/ https://501c3.help/herald/howard-county-bill-nonprofit-grant-audits-public-database/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:10:00 +0000 Law & Policy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/maryland-nourishmd-grants-food-retailers-food-deserts/ https://501c3.help/herald/maryland-nourishmd-grants-food-retailers-food-deserts/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:09:00 +0000 Food & Housing 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. https://501c3.help/herald/fema-mitigation-grants-nonprofit-earthquake-work/ https://501c3.help/herald/fema-mitigation-grants-nonprofit-earthquake-work/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:08:00 +0000 Community 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. https://501c3.help/herald/publix-charities-25-million-food-bank-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/publix-charities-25-million-food-bank-grants/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:07:00 +0000 Food & Housing 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. https://501c3.help/herald/orlando-magic-youth-foundation-grants-central-florida-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/orlando-magic-youth-foundation-grants-central-florida-nonprofits/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:06:00 +0000 Youth & Sports 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. https://501c3.help/herald/florida-blue-foundation-food-security-grants-eight-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/florida-blue-foundation-food-security-grants-eight-nonprofits/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:05:00 +0000 Food & Housing 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. https://501c3.help/herald/justice-department-appeal-church-johnson-amendment-settlement/ https://501c3.help/herald/justice-department-appeal-church-johnson-amendment-settlement/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:04:00 +0000 Law & Policy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/microsoft-community-first-grants-king-county-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/microsoft-community-first-grants-king-county-nonprofits/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:03:00 +0000 Community 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. https://501c3.help/herald/california-property-tax-welfare-exemption-detention-facilities/ https://501c3.help/herald/california-property-tax-welfare-exemption-detention-facilities/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:02:00 +0000 Law & Policy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/states-opt-into-federal-scholarship-tax-credit/ https://501c3.help/herald/states-opt-into-federal-scholarship-tax-credit/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:01:00 +0000 Education 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. https://501c3.help/herald/florida-local-government-dei-ban-miami-dade/ https://501c3.help/herald/florida-local-government-dei-ban-miami-dade/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Law & Policy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/courts-vacate-epa-solar-for-all-termination/ https://501c3.help/herald/courts-vacate-epa-solar-for-all-termination/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:59:00 +0000 Environment 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. https://501c3.help/herald/alabama-arts-council-grants-201-organizations/ https://501c3.help/herald/alabama-arts-council-grants-201-organizations/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:58:00 +0000 Arts & Culture 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. https://501c3.help/herald/federal-nonprofit-security-grants-security-staff-bill/ https://501c3.help/herald/federal-nonprofit-security-grants-security-staff-bill/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:57:00 +0000 Faith 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. https://501c3.help/herald/louisiana-americorps-state-formula-grant-competition/ https://501c3.help/herald/louisiana-americorps-state-formula-grant-competition/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:56:00 +0000 Community 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. https://501c3.help/herald/court-vacates-education-department-teacher-grant-directive/ https://501c3.help/herald/court-vacates-education-department-teacher-grant-directive/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:55:00 +0000 Education 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. https://501c3.help/herald/duffield-foundation-veterinary-care-commitment/ https://501c3.help/herald/duffield-foundation-veterinary-care-commitment/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:54:00 +0000 Animals 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. https://501c3.help/herald/north-texas-giving-day-midnight-record-total/ https://501c3.help/herald/north-texas-giving-day-midnight-record-total/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:53:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/charities-ira-gifts-held-up-financial-firms/ https://501c3.help/herald/charities-ira-gifts-held-up-financial-firms/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:52:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/hud-continuum-of-care-competition-appeals-court/ https://501c3.help/herald/hud-continuum-of-care-competition-appeals-court/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:51:00 +0000 Food & Housing 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. https://501c3.help/herald/lost-funds-tracker-federal-grant-disruptions/ https://501c3.help/herald/lost-funds-tracker-federal-grant-disruptions/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:50:00 +0000 Law & Policy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/arts-capital-atlanta-unrestricted-grants-arts-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/arts-capital-atlanta-unrestricted-grants-arts-nonprofits/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:49:00 +0000 Arts & Culture 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. https://501c3.help/herald/foundations-25-million-nonprofits-insurance-alliance/ https://501c3.help/herald/foundations-25-million-nonprofits-insurance-alliance/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:48:00 +0000 Philanthropy The Santa Cruz, Calif., group of nonprofit insurers, which covers only 501(c)(3) organizations, announced the support on Sept. 15. Its release does not say whether the money comes as grants or as investments. https://501c3.help/herald/dayton-foundation-record-year-new-charitable-funds/ https://501c3.help/herald/dayton-foundation-record-year-new-charitable-funds/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:47:00 +0000 Philanthropy The Ohio community foundation and its fund holders awarded about as much in grants as the year before. Its next competitive deadlines for nonprofits in the Dayton region are Oct. 2, Nov. 12 and Dec. 1. https://501c3.help/herald/community-west-foundation-health-disability-addiction-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/community-west-foundation-health-disability-addiction-grants/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:46:00 +0000 Health The Westlake foundation's third-quarter grants, announced Sept. 15, go to groups in Cleveland, western Cuyahoga County and Lorain County, four of them first-time grantees. Its next round, for community service organizations, is by invitation and closes Oct. 15. https://501c3.help/herald/gilded-giving-report-billion-dollar-foundation-payouts/ https://501c3.help/herald/gilded-giving-report-billion-dollar-foundation-payouts/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:45:00 +0000 Philanthropy The Institute for Policy Studies released Gilded Giving 2026 on Sept. 15. It says the largest foundations' assets are growing faster than their grants, and asks for a 10% payout requirement for private foundations and a deadline of three to five years for donor-advised funds. https://501c3.help/herald/alameda-county-discretionary-grants-transparency-law/ https://501c3.help/herald/alameda-county-discretionary-grants-transparency-law/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:44:00 +0000 Law & Policy Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1193, which applies only to Alameda County, on Aug. 27, and it takes effect Jan. 1. Supervisor Nate Miley said the board would ask county lawyers about a lawsuit after Sept. 15; none had been announced by Sept. 29. https://501c3.help/herald/religious-restrictions-federal-funds-justice-department-opinion/ https://501c3.help/herald/religious-restrictions-federal-funds-justice-department-opinion/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:43:00 +0000 Faith An Aug. 25 opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel says three federal laws barring faith-based providers from spending grants on worship, religious instruction or proselytization violate the First Amendment. Whether to stop enforcing them is now up to HHS, which must tell Congress if it does. https://501c3.help/herald/juneau-tables-nonprofit-sales-tax-ordinance/ https://501c3.help/herald/juneau-tables-nonprofit-sales-tax-ordinance/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:42:00 +0000 Law & Policy The Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau voted 6 to 2 on Sept. 14 to table indefinitely an ordinance that would have ended the sales tax exemption for most nonprofit sales from Jan. 1, 2027. City staff had put its yield at $3.3 million a year. https://501c3.help/herald/va-grants-nonprofits-veteran-homelessness/ https://501c3.help/herald/va-grants-nonprofits-veteran-homelessness/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:41:00 +0000 Veterans The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the awards on Sept. 14: $855 million in one-year Supportive Services for Veteran Families grants and $318 million in three-year Grant and Per Diem grants. The funding notices carry terms drawn from a 2025 executive order on grant oversight. https://501c3.help/herald/taco-bell-foundation-32-million-youth-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/taco-bell-foundation-32-million-youth-nonprofits/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:40:00 +0000 Youth & Sports The foundation announced its largest round of Community Grants on Sept. 14, $4 million more than last year, with more than 200 additional grantees. Taco Bell franchisees nominate them, and the foundation does not review unsolicited requests. https://501c3.help/herald/salesforce-27-million-education-grants-schools-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/salesforce-27-million-education-grants-schools-nonprofits/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:39:00 +0000 Education The company named the recipients on Sept. 14, a day before its Dreamforce conference opened. The other $18 million goes to public school districts in San Francisco, Oakland, New York City, Chicago and Indianapolis. https://501c3.help/herald/gates-foundation-1-billion-ai-commitment/ https://501c3.help/herald/gates-foundation-1-billion-ai-commitment/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:38:00 +0000 Philanthropy The foundation announced the two-year commitment on Sept. 14 with its 10th Goalkeepers Report. About $400 million is for education, including AI tutoring in U.S. classrooms. The money goes to partners already doing the work, and no application process was announced. https://501c3.help/herald/illinois-nonprofit-board-demographics-law-appeal/ https://501c3.help/herald/illinois-nonprofit-board-demographics-law-appeal/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:37:00 +0000 Law & Policy A Seventh Circuit panel heard arguments Sept. 11 in a suit against a 2024 law covering nonprofits that report $1 million or more in grants to other charities. The judges did not say when they would rule; the law remains in effect.