Editor’s note: Since next Monday is Memorial Day, the Not-for-profit News will publish on Wednesday, May 27.
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Nonprofits rush to take advantage of PPP lifeline
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By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors
Cindy Booth advocates for Marion County’s abused and/or neglected children through her work at Child Advocates.
Rosalyn Demares promotes state artists through Indiana Artisan.
Rachel Sahaidachny invests time and energy helping writers tell their stories at the Indiana Writers Center (IWC).
Julia Whitehead champions Kurt Vonnegut’s legacy at the museum and library that bear his name.
What these four nonprofit leaders have in common is that they applied for Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program loans. As of May 8, Indiana SBA-approved lenders helped complete 71,614 loans, totaling more than $9.66 billion, according to SBA.
What is not clear, however, is how many of these loans were approved for nonprofits.
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Loan forgiveness under the PPP
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By Neil Hare, Forbes
If you were one of the lucky businesses to receive a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan as provided under the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act, you currently have eight weeks to use the funds appropriately to meet the criteria for loan forgiveness or face repayment.
The following are the top 10 most frequently asked questions about loan forgiveness starting with the most pressing one about borrower liability.
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Check out our website. We are highlighting the best resources and tools we can find, and then add to our website for future reference.
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The Hamilton County Stabilization Fund was established last week to provide businesses with up to $10,000 in grants for payroll, utilities, rent, mortgage payments, insurance, other services and materials directly tied to products that business sells. Eligible businesses must apply for the needs-based assistance through the Hamilton County website by the close of business on May 22.
Read more.
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Indianapolis-based Early Learning Indiana is launching the Come Back Stronger Fund to help support health and safety-related expenses for early learning providers. With the support of a $15.7 million grant from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc., the nonprofit will offer grants to help offset expenses incurred by Indiana providers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more.
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Do you have unanswered questions about your nonprofit re-opening, PPP forgiveness or 990 reports due in July? Let us help.
Charitable Advisors has designed a partnership with local nonprofit business experts and IU faculty from the O’Neill School and Lilly Family School of Philanthropy to provide expert advice rapidly. All responses are confidential and sent to you in writing.
Access the question portal at the Indy Chamber’s Rapid Response Hub. It is free and open to all nonprofits in Indiana.
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Adjusting course, if your fundraising eggs are all in one basket
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By Jen Pendleton, vice president – Indiana, Aly Sterling Philanthropy
These are rocky times for all nonprofits, and especially those that rely on one major event or a handful of corporate sponsorships to get by.
All it takes is one cancellation or budget cut to spell the end of a mission.
That’s why we believe that diverse revenue streams are the key to sustaining nonprofit missions in any environment. And here’s the good news: you can start working now to adjust course and get your mission on track to a sustainable future.
Start by
doing your homework to find key donor/funders – foundations, individuals, DAFs, etc. – that might be interested in supporting your kind of work. Look outside your own community for potential donors and reach out to program officers and financial planners, who represent vast sums of charitable dollars, to ask about their foundations’ and clients’ interests.
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Music for All has appointed
Jeremy Earnhart as chief executive officer. Earnhart was previously vice president and chief operations for the organization.
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The Indianapolis Opera has named
Alex Paul Sheerin resident artistic director. Sheerin most recently served as artist director at Brevard Music Center in North Carolina.
-- Inside Indiana Business
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HAND Inc.’s Board of Directors has promoted
Andrea Muirragui Davis to executive director, effective immediately. Davis has served as interim executive director since November. She joined the organization in 2016 as outreach coordinator.
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HAND Inc.’s Interim Deputy Director
Rebekah Metzger was named development director to focus on neighborhood and community development. She joined the organization as project manager in 2017.
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Applications are being accepted for the
Women & Hi Tech's 2020 Leading Light awards and scholarships. Nominate outstanding women in STEM fields. Deadline for all applications is June 1. New this year, Women & Hi Tech will honor male allies, as well as our diversity, equity, and inclusion champions.
Nominate here.
The
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art has been accepted into two prestigious national programs, the Museum Assessment Program (MAP) and the Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP). Both programs will help the Eiteljorg strengthen operations and plan for the future.
Read more.
The
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership released three free industry-specific guides to help employers resume operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each guide offers advice geared toward a particular type of workplace: manufacturing, logistics and warehousing; office settings; and sales and service environments such as retail stores.
Learn more.
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir announced renowned composer Augusta Read Thomas as its newest commissioned composer, with plans to premiere her work for chorus and orchestra in spring 2022. The commissioned composer plans are a part of the organization’s strategic planning and fundraising efforts and are made possible in part by the generosity of the Lilly Endowment and the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation.
Read more.
The
Indiana Citizen Education Foundation has launched a get-out-the-vote initiative, One More Voice. The organization says the statewide campaign intends to increase voter registration, education and turnout. Through this new campaign, the nonprofit hopes to reach 750,000 of the state’s estimated 1.7 million unregistered voters.
Read more.
COVID-19 funds awarded
Girls Inc. of Johnson County received a $1,000 donation from
Horizon Bank to support its mission of providing safe and enriching programs for girls during this pandemic.
Learn more.
Gleaners, Hamilton County Youth Assistance Program, InterChurch Food Pantry of Johnson County and
Second Helpings received $80,000 from Arbor Homes to support their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Junior League of Indianapolis contributed $1,000 to the
People for Urban Progress (PUP) Indy Mask Project to support the production of 200 protective fabric masks for community health centers, childcare centers and long-term care facilities.
Read more.
The
Central Indiana COVID-19 Community Economic Relief Fund (C-CERF) has made a third round of unrestricted grants totaling $4 million to 56 community organizations. Combined with two rounds of grants made since March 24, C-CERF has now distributed more than $15.8 million to 100 organizations in Central Indiana.
Learn more.
United Way of Central Indiana awarded a first round of unrestricted grants totaling $1.8 million to human services organizations serving individuals affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks and Morgan counties. These funds were made possible by a recent $3.5 million grant from
Lilly Endowment Inc. to help meet the needs of Central Indiana communities outside Marion County. To see a complete list of recipients,
click here.
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Major considerations for nonprofits in a (post?) COVID-19 pre-recorded webinar. Emergent needs are still present across communities in response to the pandemic, but recovery is just around the corner. The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County partnered with Charitable Allies’ Zac Kester to provide important and up-to-date information for local nonprofit organizations. This webinar was designed to help nonprofit organizations understand what legal options they have to recover revenue, and manage debt, and navigate operations during the pandemic.
Listen here.
Shifting your events online during COVID-19 webinar on May 20 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Evaluate how to transition your programs from an in-person to an online format, identify online resources to host online events, pinpoint and practice online facilitation tips and tricks and understand possible challenges of shifting to online events and how to tackle them. Cost: free.
Register.
Tools every nonprofit needs to simplify their life webinar on May 21 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. (ET). Learn which social media platforms you should care about, five online tools to help you master your online presence, social listening tools, engagement tools and how to curate your web content in less than 15 minutes per day. Cost: free.
Register here.
Coronavirus and nonprofit grants: Tactics and strategies to help you adapt webinar on May 22 at 1:00 p.m. (ET). Learn how to communicate with grantmakers during times of crisis, engage and motivate your grant team even if it’s working remotely for the first time and stay up to date on new types of grant opportunities available as response/stimulus funding. Cost: free.
Register here.
Leadership Indianapolis: Psychological first aid: Helping yourself and others webinar on May 28 from noon to 1:30 p.m. This course will help you to build resilience and support yourself and others through this crisis by reviewing basic principles of providing psychological first aid, including how to recognize and manage stress in yourself and in others and how to lend support to the organizations and neighborhoods that you’re serving during and following the COVID-19 outbreak. Cost: free.
Register.
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Download the new donor welcome series email template kit. The Fundraising Effectiveness Project reports that 55% of donors who give to your organization once won’t give again, which is why your organization’s new donor welcome series is one of the most important email campaigns you’ll ever create.
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