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Nepotism, self-dealing, and conflicts of interest are rampant among the nonprofits that run New York City’s extensive network of homeless shelters, a city investigation has found. The probe found “hundreds of problems” among 51 of the groups, which numbered about 70 when the investigation began. Some of the nonprofit executives gave jobs to family members, ignored competitive bidding requirements, and rented buildings from or awarded service contracts to companies they had interests in. Executives at 13 of the organizations made more than $500,000 per year, and in some cases more than $700,000. New York City’s shelter program, the largest in the country, costs about $4 billion per year to house an average of about 86,000 people per night. (New York Times)
With youth homelessness on the rise, a Birmingham, Ala., nonprofit is busier than ever helping young people find places to live and build stable lives. Youth Towers, launched in 2011, long helped those who had aged out of foster care or otherwise had nowhere else to go, before the pandemic robbed hundreds of thousands of children in the United States of their primary caregiver and left many homeless. Run by two women, the nonprofit helped 65 young people find their own homes in the past three years. Relying on individual and business donors, as well as a few grants from the federal government, the organization helps find housing and pays deposits and some rent. (AL.com)
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Women’s Health: Action for Women’s Health is a $250 million global open call launched by Pivotal that will fund organizations around the world working to improve women’s mental and physical health. Flexible funding between $1 million and $5 million will be awarded to an array of organizations—of diverse geographies, sizes, perspectives, and approaches — united by their work to improve the mental and physical health of women. Grants range from $1 million to $5 million; deadlines are December 3 for registrations,and January 10, 2025, for applications.
Youth Sports: The mission of All Kids Play is to increase quality youth sports participation in the United States by providing financial assistance to families and communities that lack sufficient resources and provide education on safe and healthy sports-related play. All Kids Play’s Youth Sports Grants for organizations support nonprofit organizations, school sports programs, or government-run programs (i.e. community park districts) in low-income communities that provide community-based recreational level sports for kids in grades K-12. Grants for individuals are also provided.
