+Washington, DC - The National Council of Nonprofits (Council of Nonprofits) announced the election of Donna Murray-Brown, President and CEO of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), as the next Chair of its Board of Directors.
+Today is National Nonprofit Day, a time we learn about and appreciate the work done by many people who make a difference for our communities.
+“Today’s decision and the previous ones by the COA and the Supreme Court in the Baruch case, demonstrate that Michigan courts understand the societal value that charitable nonprofits bring to their communities and the state,” says Joan Bowman,...
+“That’s not necessarily the report that we’ve heard,” said Donna Murray-Brown, president and CEO of the Michigan Nonprofit Association. “I’d really like to dig a little bit deeper to see how Michigan fared.”
+He says language barriers and confusion about the purpose of the census make it difficult to fully count immigrant communities.
+Kelley Kuhn, vice president of the Michigan Nonprofit Association, also joins Detroit Today to talk about the different revenue streams for nonprofits.
+“Charitable giving incentives are not 100% of the solution, but people give more when there are incentives,” said Joan Gustafson, external affairs director at the Lansing-based Michigan Nonprofit Association.
+Major players in Michigan’s philanthropic sector have joined forces to raise $4 million to finance a three-year campaign to ensure each state resident is counted in the 2020 Census.
+The 2020 Census is more than two years out, but the Michigan Nonprofit Association is already launching a campaign to encourage populations that are typically underreported to take part in the census.
+“The repealing of this amendment adversely impacts the whole premise of what nonprofits are formed to do,” said Donna Murray-Brown, president and CEO of the Michigan Nonprofit Association.
