Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the second round of NY BRICKS on Aug. 31. Grants of $250,000 to $15 million require a 20 percent match, most of the money is aimed at new centers, and a nonprofit must be prequalified with the state before it applies by Dec. 7.
The Department of Industrial Relations gave the figure on Aug. 31, as Labor Rights Week began. More than 100 nonprofits, unions and university programs now carry state information to workers, under grants that run through mid-2027.
The Florida Nonprofit Corporation Act replaced the Not For Profit Corporation Act for about 196,000 corporations. Charities keep a three-director minimum, liability protection now covers every nonprofit's directors and officers, and a corporation holding charitable property cannot become a for-profit.
ABCs of Growing Up Foundation, which publishes as WHYIA, makes illustrated books that give parents and grandparents the words for conversations young children need. Each one takes four weeks, more than 200 reviews and more than 40 illustrations drawn for it.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills on Sept. 25. One lets the state's Nonprofit Security Grant Program pay to protect events such as Pride celebrations and religious festivals; the other creates a protected zone around houses of worship.