February 24, 2009

Dear CAN members:

For your immediate review are two new Special Reports from the National Council of Nonprofits (to which you belong through your membership with the California Association of Nonprofits).

The first Special Report analyzes the 407-page economic stimulus legislation that President Obama recently signed into law: the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. We are pleased to share this analysis so you can:

1. As Americans, better understand this historic piece of legislation (see pages 8-11); and
2. As nonprofit leaders, consider ways your nonprofit might qualify for a grant (pages 2-7).

The second Special Report focuses on grant information, tips, and considerations – including that the new federal stimulus package offers some grant opportunities, but is not a universal remedy for everyone.

These Special Reports launch an on-going series that you will be receiving because you are a valued member of CAN. Because the economy is on the top of everyone’s minds, and because this historic legislation is so massive in scale and so fast-moving with quick grant deadlines, the National Council on Nonprofits has agreed to provide us with as much information as possible.   By providing these new resources to you as they come out, our intent is not to overwhelm you with things to read, but to provide you with quality information about time-sensitive opportunities and issues.

Click here (PDF) to download the first Special Report, Stimulus Package overview.
Click here (PDF) to download the second Special Report, grant information and tips.

These reports and other bottom-line budget issues for nonprofits will be discussed this coming Monday, March 2, from 2 - 3:00 p.m., on CAN’s monthly Legislative Briefing conference call. Please click here to sign up for the call.

Sincerely,