No matter how you feel about it, on July 1, 2014 the minimum wage will increase from $8 to $9 per hour in California. Our friend Nicole Kamm from the law firm Lewitt, Hackman, Shapiro, Marshall & Harlan shared with us some examples of the impact this increase will have on your organization: “Non-exempt employees …
Posts Tagged: NonProfits
Is the New American Express Campaign Cause Marketing?
American Express recently released an advertisement titled “Spent: Looking for Change.” The ad watches more like a documentary about the high costs for low-income people living outside the traditional financial system. The film is narrated by Tyler Perry and follows four families who are “unbanked” or “under-banked” and must use alternatives to banking such as …
Google "Impact Challenge" Winners Announced
Google’s Impact Challenge sought to find the nonprofits with the most innovative ideas for making the Bay Area stronger. After 200,000 votes were cast in the 10 days after Google announced its 10 finalists, the four winners will each collect $500,000 from Google to expand or implement new projects. The winners are: Hack the Hood, …
A New Twist on Cause Marketing: Drinking for Charity
When you’re making a purchase, are you more likely to choose the brand that promises to give a portion of the sale to charity? This type of marketing, commonly known as cause marketing, has become commonplace in recent years. We recently told you about Amazon Smile and you have likely seen Starbucks’ new campaign touting …
Reinforcement for Charitable Supervision in California
California law requires all organizations that hold or solicit property for charitable purposes in California to register with the California Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable Trusts (“RCT”) and provide annual reports. But according to the Attorney General’s Office, there are 52,000 charities that are delinquent in their reporting and at least 130,000 charities operating in …
Help Google Select "Impact Challenge" Winners
Google recently announced the top 10 finalists for its Google Impact Challenge. Through the challenge, Google hopes to find the nonprofits with “the most innovative ideas for making the Bay Area stronger.” The Impact Challenge finalists were chosen by a panel of community advisors including the Honorable Aida Alvarez, a former Clinton Administration official, Norman …