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As fast fashion's waste pollutes Africa's environment, designers in Ghana are finding a solution

Nov. 23, 2024 04:19 AM EST

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana’s capital, early morning shoppers jostle as they search through piles of garments, eager to pluck a bargain or a designer find from the stalls selling used and low-quality apparel imported from the West. At...

As atmospheric river soaks California, farmworkers await flood aid promised in 2023

Nov. 22, 2024 15:33 PM EST

After flood waters from heavy rainstorms deluged two small farmworker towns in January 2023, California set aside $20 million each for the communities to rebuild. Nearly two years later, four-fifths of that aid has not yet been distributed to flood victims of Planada in Merced...

AI could help scale humanitarian responses. But it could also have big downsides

Nov. 22, 2024 15:02 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — As the International Rescue Committee copes with dramatic increases in displaced people in recent years, the refugee aid organization has looked for efficiencies wherever it can — including using artificial intelligence. Since 2015, the IRC has invested in...

House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism

Nov. 22, 2024 04:21 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish...

What is GivingTuesday? The annual day of charitable giving is coming up

Nov. 21, 2024 09:10 AM EST

Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S. In 2022 and 2023, GivingTuesday raised $3.1 billion for chartitable organizations, according to estimates from...

St. Louis was once known as Mound City for its many Native American mounds. Just one remains

Nov. 21, 2024 09:08 AM EST

ST. LOUIS (AP) — What is now St. Louis was once home to more than 100 mounds constructed by Native Americans — so many that St. Louis was once known as “Mound City.” Settlers tore most of them down, and just one remains. Now, that last remaining earthen structure, Sugarloaf...

UK watchdog slams family of fundraiser Capt. Tom Moore for making personal gains from charity

Nov. 21, 2024 04:37 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s charity regulator on Thursday sanctioned the daughter and son-in-law of Capt. Tom Moore, saying they personally benefited from a charity set up in the name of the World War II veteran who raised millions of pounds by walking laps of his garden during the coronavirus...

Donor-advised fund assets top $250 billion, but report says gifts in and out of the funds are down

Nov. 20, 2024 15:13 PM EST

Total contributions to donor-advised funds dropped 21.7% in 2023, while grants made to charities from those funds declined 1.4%, according to a new report by the National Philanthropic Trust. The 2024 DAF Report looked at the DAF landscape using data for the 2023 fiscal year. While...

Volunteers came back to nonprofits in 2023, after the pandemic tanked participation

Nov. 19, 2024 16:37 PM EST

From foster grandparents who volunteer at an early child care center to citizen scientists who collect water quality data in remote locations, nonprofit volunteers have come back after the pandemic. A new survey released Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps shows 28.3%...

Apartment buildings wrap up $1B in HUD funds for lower utility bills and climate upgrades

Nov. 19, 2024 14:19 PM EST

Renters in affordable housing felt forgotten and left out of the nation's transition to clean energy. They lived in older buildings that had been repaired over the years but had leaky windows and old appliances that consumed a lot of energy. They didn't have solar power. That was...