+The big picture: Nonprofits have shuttered and shed over a million jobs at a time when people and communities need their services the most, according to a National Council of Nonprofits analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
+Sarah Skillin Woodard of the Maine Association of Nonprofits said many in Maine's large nonprofit sectors are wrestling with those same financial problems.
+As legislators begin to move forward with a plan for the next COVID-19 relief bill, organizations who have been actively lobbying for new legislation are busy behind the scenes trying to shape the actual proposal.
+Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer on Friday said he would work to expand the Paycheck Protection Program to nonprofits with more than 500 employees in future COVID relief legislation.
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+Since March, charitable nonprofit organizations have shed nearly one million jobs and “thousands” of organizations are now permanently shuttered, Tim Delaney, CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, said Monday.
+The National Council of Nonprofits applauded the extension, as well as other provisions, but said the package doesn’t do enough because it limits nonprofits’ access to PPP loans.
+In response to the release of the latest COVID relief bill, National Council of Nonprofits President and CEO Tim Delaney released the following statement:
+“This relief will help nearly 1,000 nonprofits keep their doors open to maintain services and meet the urgent needs of Kentuckians,” said Danielle Clore, chief executive officer for the Kentucky Nonprofit Network. “We appreciate Gov.
+In response to the Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020, National Council of Nonprofits President and CEO Tim Delaney released the following statement:
