Nonprofit News

• Contributions to nonprofits, demand for services increase
• Hawai‘i agency receives $1.5 million fatherhood grant
• Forum to explore how nonprofits can engage older workers
• Magazine interviews HCF’s CEO about 2006 sector study
• Board members are scarce, but term limits are best practice
• Bishop Museum seeks new chief executive
• How to protect your organization from a bird flu pandemic
• Still lonesome? Hawaii’s population grows to 1.285 million
• Who is most stressed out, why and what can we do about it?
• Call to action: Newspapers must improve coverage of nonprofits
• Nonprofit Congress report sets the agenda for the sector
• HANO offers members money-saving D&O insurance program

Public Policy

• Federal developments impacting nonprofit speech rights in 2006
• New nonprofit advocacy guide available from Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest
• Earned Income Tax Credit filings surge in Hawai‘i
• Born Learning connects with parents and caregivers
• HACBED report: Asset-building can be the path to social justice

Announcements

• Save the date for May 9 HANO conference, "Moving Forward Together"
• Find out about Compassion Capital capacity-building and grants
• Hawai‘i Employers Council newsletter goes paperless
• Student peace and PSA video contest offers $900 in prizes
• ReZoom will award $200,000 to 10 nonprofits with compelling stories
• Organize a “QuizBowl” team and win a stay at the Ihilani
• Classroom volunteers needed for Kauai elementary schools

New Resources

• ‘Olelo ‘Snap-Pack’ can get your message to the community in a jiffy
• myAdvertiser.com provides nonprofits and communities an information
• Kauai has a new, online, searchable Directory of Community Organizations
• Need examples of policies? BoardSource has a new downloadable sampler
• Avoid your own mistakes; read about ethical dilemmas of others
• Hawai‘i foundation update