Word: nonprofit
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...government training and education programs are scaled back, aspiring workers will have to rely on the private sector. Training Inc. is a national nonprofit group that helps people polish their job skills. This has given counselors like Bev Schroeder a window on people's dreams and expectations. She works at the Indianapolis branch. "When I do presentations, I'm struck by the number of people who ask, 'How much will I make at the end?' " she says. "I talk about process. They say, 'I can't take $7.50 an hour. I need at least $30,000 a year...
...National Rifle Association said the IRS had begun an aggressive audit of its finances. And Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson launched a series of hearings on the political and commercial practices of the American Association of Retired Persons, accusing the seniors group of straying from "any reasonable description of a nonprofit organization...
...most part, however, the LSC has enjoyed bipartisan support since it was created by Congress with President Nixon's backing, in 1974. A private, nonprofit corporation, it administers grants to 323 programs with 12,000 neighborhood law offices in every county in the U.S. In addition, more than 130,000 lawyers are involved in pro bono activities directed by the LSC. But even with the $415 million that Congress currently appropriates -- which is augmented by $240 million from,state and other sources -- a recent American Bar Association survey found that less than one-fifth of the civil legal needs...
Albert Meyer, an accounting professor at Spring Arbor College in Michigan, did not believe in Bennett, however, and therein lies the tale of how an elaborate Ponzi scheme came unraveled, leaving Philadelphia, Wall Street and the cozy world of nonprofit organizations reeling in embarrassment...
...committee's "efficient" 59-minute meeting, its members decided to advertise the position nationally in such publications as The Boston Globe the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Nonprofit Times, said Steiner, who is the former vice president and general counsel of the University...