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Join SANDAN & Get Connected...
SANDAN's annual membership campaign kicks off with new and
exciting benefits. Our Affiliate Member package for 501(c)(3)
organizations is approved and will be in your mail later next
week. SANDAN's benefits
package is much improved and we
hope you will agree that being a member of the "Go-To" association of nonprofits
is a priority for your organization. Please review the
membership join/renewal materials and send in with your check as
soon as possible - the new year begins July 1st.
Our Community Partner package (government, corporate, and
individuals) is still in the works and should be out by mid
July.
New applications
and information will be available on SANDAN's
website to be viewed and downloaded as soon as available.
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Member Spotlight
Mental Health Systems, Inc.
Families Forward is a wraparound program that offers
intensive in-home services throughout San Diego County to
children and youth ages 6-18 who suffer from severe
emotional disabilities and are at risk for out-of-home
placement or who are transitioning back to a home-like
setting. Services include case management, mental health
services, crisis management, medication management,
educational support, flexible funding, and collaboration
with other service providers. Families Forward also
provides peer mentoring from our Family and Youth Support
Partners.
Wraparound embodies the following
principles: strength based, needs driven, individualized,
family voice and choice, team based, collaboration, and
individualized. Wraparound staff partner with the family
in utilizing a unique process to find solutions to their
problems so that they can live a happier, more stable life
and achieve goals that are important to them. Part of that
process includes helping the family build a larger team
made up of informal supports, such as extended family
members, friends, community members, and any other persons
who can provide support and be a part of the family’s life
after wraparound leaves the home. Our Information and
Referral Line offers resources to the entire community
including families, providers, and community members. For
more information on this program, contact Karyn M.
Bingham, Program Manager; (619) 297-8111 or by email at
famfor-pm@mhsinc.org.
Member Spotlight - Each month we will share a brief
story or article on a SANDAN member, their mission,
programs, key staff or a special event. If you would like
us to SPOTLIGHT your program, please submit details
to
Jeanine Politte by the 10th of the month to be
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Government Updates
State & Local News
CAN sponsors Nonprofit Advocates
Caucus. Twenty advocates representing housing,
health, service and volunteerism, the environment, arts
and culture and many other parts of the nonprofit sector
met on June 11th in Sacramento. The Caucus is intended to
be a forum for information sharing, strategizing and
action and is open to all nonprofits. For more
information, contact CAN's Public Policy Director Ken
Larsen at 916.402.1335 or
klarsen@CAnonprofits.org.
Federal Appropriations
Appropriations Season Kicks Off
"Congress shifted into full
appropriations mode the week of June 4 as both the House
and Senate began subcommittee markups of the twelve
individual appropriations bills. As the White House and
congressional Democrats continue to trade barbs about
potential vetoes of spending bills..." (OMB Watch 6/12/07)
To read more of this article -
click here.
Appropriations resources...
Status of House Appropriations Legislation for FY 2008
- for the House breakout of 302(b) allocations
Latest News on the Senate Appropriations Committee FY 2008
More information on federal, state & local issues can be
found at
SANDAN's News You Can Use.
Internal Revenue Service
Charity Reform Update, June 2007:
Senate Finance Committee Leaders Advocate Form 990
Revision
"On May 25, 2007, Senate Finance
Committee chairman Max Baucus and ranking member Chuck
Grassley wrote to secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson
urging expedited revision of IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF.
Grassley and Baucus have led Congressional charity-reform
efforts in recent years and were instrumental in adding
provisions governing charities and private foundations to
the Pension Protection Act of 2006." (www.Guidestar.org
June 2007)
more...
IRS Releases DRAFT of Redesigned Form 990
Questions concerning the redesigned
form and instructions should be e-mailed to the IRS at
Form990Revision@irs.gov; or mailed to Form 990
Redesign, ATTN: SE:T:EO, 1111 Constitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, DC 20224. Comments are due no later than
September 14, 2007.
Resource Library
The
AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional
Practice, amended in 2004, guides AFP members to act
with the highest standards and visions of their institution,
profession and conscience when generating philanthropic support. "The Association of Fundraising Professionals exists to
foster the development and growth of fund-raising professionals
and the profession, to preserve and enhance philanthropy and
volunteerism, and to promote high ethical standards in the
fund-raising profession."
Pyrrhic Fundraising, Nonprofits pay dearly for their
donations - By Rosaline Juan, Summer 2007 issue,
Stanford Social Innovation Review. "It takes money to
make money, the saying goes. But nonprofits actually lose
money – at least in the short term – when they try to
raise funds through direct marketing, find the coauthors
of a recent paper in the Journal of Nonprofit & Public
Sector Marketing (vol. 16, no. 1/2). The researchers show
that over a one-year period..."
Organizational Slack (or Goldilocks and the Three Budgets)
by Woods Bowman, for the Nonprofit Quarterly.
"Organizational slack is an important concept in the
management literature, but you won’t find it mentioned in
articles on nonprofits. It has several definitions, but
all boil down to extra resources or resources held in
reserve. The difference between a hand-to-mouth
organization and a vibrant one is slack. Think of slack as
the financial aspect of organizational capacity."
Online Fundraising Tactics, What Works? Various
fundraising strategies compared, by Karen Matheson
and Eve Fox, for TechSoup, May 2, 2007. "When it comes to
online fundraising, there is no “one size fits all” magic
formula to inspire list members to give. However, some
tactics do work better than others."
Nonprofits as Contractors for Local Governments,
Challenges and Benefits - Nonprofit Sector
Research Fund 'Snapshots', Aspen Institute, March 2007.
"When nonprofits contract with local governments, the
nonprofits may experience challenges, but they may also
gain prestige and funding for programs. Since nonprofits
may find that they are distracted from their mission by
management challenges and the demands of regulation and
oversight, they should carefully weigh both the benefits
and the costs of being government contractors."
SANDAN Updates
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Last
Chance to complete our brief questionnaire on your
experiences with the BBB Charity Review process
At SANDAN's June 1st monthly meeting,
attendees had a chance to discuss the process with BBB
representatives and offer suggestions. If you missed it,
meeting notes will be posted in the Member's Only section of
SANDAN website. |
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The San Diego Better Business Bureau Charity
Review, is evaluating
local charitable organizations for compliance using a set of
charity accountability standards developed by the national
council and the Wise Giving Alliance.
Click here to
complete our brief questionnaire.
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SANDAN's Annual Board Meeting
SANDAN's Board of Directors elect a new board member, renew
terms and elect officers for FY 2007-08 at the June 1st annual
meeting. We want to share a warm welcome to Tom Scott, Executive
Director of the San Diego Housing Federation, as he joins the
board as our newest director. Tom brings a new viewpoint to the
board representing the nonprofit housing community. We also want
to thank SANDAN's Board for continuing to shape and transition
the organization into the "Go-To" association for all
nonprofits.
For
a complete list of SANDAN board members and staff, click here.
e-Subscription or e-Communications
SANDAN
Newsletters, Alert Bulletins, Committee Reports, email updates and more...
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complete the form.
Contracting
Workgroup
The next meeting is scheduled for June 28th from 2:00 - 3:30pm at County Mental
Health Services Admin. Office, 3255 Camino del Rio South, in the
La Jolla Room. Meetings are open to all
County contractors, co-convened by SANDAN and the County of San Diego HHSA
Agency Contract Support, and includes representatives from
Mental Health Contractors Assoc. and the ADS Providers
Association.
Children's Service Committee
This committee is open
to all SANDAN members with an interest in children's issues and
services. The committee was suppose to meet on June 13th, but we
do not have any notes available at this time.
Movin' & Shakin'...
HHSA announces the appointment of Dr. Wilma
Wooten as the Public Health Officer for the County of San Diego.
more info Regina Evans, SANDAN Board
Member, has been appointed deputy cabinet secretary in
the Office of the Governor.
View the announcement on her appointment
Do you know a nonprofit executive who might
be transitioning, please
contact
SANDAN so we can spread the word.
Congrats! The San Diego Long Term
Care Integration Project (LTCIP) has been awarded a
$532,000 grant by the California Endowment and the
Alliance Healthcare Foundation which builds upon the
Project’s Physician Strategy and to develop TEAM SAN
DIEGO, a community health education strategy that will
serve to create “virtual” care teams around individuals
with complex needs to improve access to quality,
comprehensive and coordinated health programs for
vulnerable aged and disabled persons.
San Diego's Charities Lead the
Nation! America's Best Charities are Found in San Diego...
According to the 5th annual Charity Navigator
Study, San Diego out performed all other cities in the
study for the third year in a row. The study examined the
differences that exist in the financial practices of
charities located in 30 metropolitan markets. Dollar for
dollar we spend more on programs, less on fundraising
expenses, and less on executive compensation than our
counterparts in the other metro areas.
To read the complete report..
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