The NonProfit Times - February 1, 2009 - (Page 1) The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management • www.nptimes.com • $6.00 U.S. February 1, 2009 Attorneys General Focusing On Fiduciary Responsibilities BY MICHELE DONOHUE W hile long-established charities are seeing donations drop and more are shuttering their doors because of a tough U.S. economy, according to Terry Knowles, assistant director of the New Hampshire Department of Justice Charitable Trusts Unit, her office is seeing an increase in filings for nonprofit status. “There is this persistent urban legend that there are millions and millions of dollars in grant money that no one claims, both from the federal government and from the private funding sources,”she said.“When we have people calling us about establishing new charities, we immediately say to them,‘Why do you want to do that?’ The number one answer is ‘Well, there is grant money available that I can get if I become a charity.’The number two answer, for us is,‘I need a job, so I’m going to start a charity.’ So you have this discon- Responsibilities, page 6 Taking Cancer To Court ACS plans to file briefs in federal cases that impact cancer patients BY MARK HRYWNA THE URGE TO MERGE BY TOM POPE errill Ringold went through a period thinking he might be sitting on the floor of his nonprofit with no chairs or desk as the end came from a merger around the day before Christmas. The organization Ringold ran as executive director, the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Association of King County in Seattle, Wash. found a need to link with the larger O In tight times, combining forces can be a winner M Greater Washington Chapter of the National MS Society. “This has been a very difficult time for the staff,” he said. “At the same time, we know we’re changing for the right reasons.” Because the merger focused on program and service rather than infrastructure, the client files, donor base, and financial history left Ringold’s confines. One social worker on staff also moved Urge To Merge, page 4 pening a wider front in its battle on cancer, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and its Cancer Action Network have launched the Judicial Advocacy Initiative (JAI), a move to affect public policy through the legal system. With the help of pro bono representation, the organizations will monitor court cases they might be able to affect by filing amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs. Amicus briefs generally are filed by entities that are considered authorities on certain topics as a way to educate and inform the courts. The JAI seeks to influence court decisions by “providing high-quality, timely information to judges when the decisions will impact the rights of cancer survivors.” Priority issues will be access to healthcare and preventing workplace discrimination against cancer survivors and will focus on the Appellate and U.S. Supreme Court levels. ACS has filed amicus briefs primarily in cases involving tobacco control, with some involving employment discrimination.Since a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case about cancer survivor discrimination (Garrett v. University of Alabama Board of Trustees) in which ACS was asked to file an amicus brief, the organization has filed approximately 30 briefs, according to Mary Rouvelas, ACS’s associate counsel. In the Garrett case, Milton Ash and Patricia Garrett both were disabled under the definition of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).Ash was a security guard with severe asthma in the Department of Youth Services and Garrett was a nurse at the University of Alabama who had been diagnosed with breast cancer requiring radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Both alleged that they had been discriminated against at Cancer, page 18 NPT SALARY & BENEFITS SURVEY S P E C I A L R E P O R T B E G I N S O N PA G E 11 http://www.nptimes.com
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