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Minnesota’s nonprofits say health reform must include them

By Andy Birkey | 10.28.09 | 12:50 pm

mcnlogo125x100The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) announced today that the organization will support the health care reform package moving through Congress, but only if it includes provisions for nonprofit agencies.

McCollum: Nonprofit workers should get health reform benefits, too

By Andy Birkey | 10.23.09 | 1:06 pm

Rep. Betty McCollum is spearheading an effort to get nonprofit employees included in the health reform benefits being planned for small businesses. She has penned a letter to congressional leaders urging them to consider nonprofits on a level playing field…

Madoff scandal hits local nonprofits

By Andy Birkey | 12.29.08 | 1:31 pm

The biggest case of investor fraud in American history, perpetrated by Bernard Madoff, may bilk investors out of some $50 billion. Locally, the pain is hitting several Twin Cities nonprofits that received funding from the New York–based JEHT Foundation, which invested heavily in Madoff-related entities. Madoff-affiliated foundations gave money to nonprofits ranging from the local Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the Wellstone Action Fund to a Fairview Foundation dedicated to assisting patients with terminal illnesses.