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March 20th, 2026

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March 19th, 2026

  Learn about the challenges facing RI nonprofits -- Results of 2025 RI Nonprofit Survey The Alliance's annual survey of Ocean State nonprofits shows a sector facing significant funding cuts, new safety and security concerns, regulatory changes that threaten core values, and ongoing staff burnout.   Highlights Data Dashboard Full results

March 2nd, 2026

  View this email in your browser Hello Everyone!  I hope everyone is staying safe and warm while recouping from the Blizzard of '26. Before I jump into everything 401Gives, I wanted to take a brief moment to address the tragedy that has occurred in the Pawtucket community. This event, following the tragedy at Brown University just shy of 2 months later, is jarring and thoroughly saddening. The Alliance team, along with everyone at United Way of Rhode Island, sends …

February 10th, 2026

    Note: This is our first sector newsletter from Tendenci, our new association management software! A similar email was sent from our old email marketing system a week ago to a limited contact list, so we apologize if you have received this multiple times.  Supporting Minnesota We stand with our colleagues at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN), and the people of the Twin Cities, and we wanted to share a message from MCN’s President & CEO, Nonoko Sato: …

February 3rd, 2026

The House passed the legislative measure to reopen and fund key agencies in the federal government. The package now goes to the President's desk for his signature to be enacted into law. Once signed, the partial government shutdown will end.

February 3rd, 2026

From National Council of Nonprofits: Today is Day 4 of the partial government shutdown, impacting 78% of the federal discretionary budget.   Yesterday, House leaders passed the first hurdle to enacting a legislative package to reopen and fund key agencies in the federal government: the Rules Committee voted to bring the measure to the House floor for a vote as soon as today. Votes on the legislative package are slated to begin at 1pm ET.   According to media reports, Speaker …

January 28th, 2026

The risk of a partial government shutdown is increasing as we approach the January 30 deadline. Congress must either enact another Continuing Resolution (CR) or full spending bills, or it risks a partial government shutdown that would impact 75% of the federal discretionary budget.   Senate Majority Leader Thune (R-SD) is reportedly trying to find a compromise that would allow the Senate to enact its spending bills by the January 30 deadline and avoid a partial shutdown. He is encouraging the …

January 26th, 2026

From National Council of Nonprofits: After the tragic killing of a second protestor in Minnesota, Congress may be heading towards a partial federal government shutdown, as Senate Democrats threaten to withhold their votes for any spending package that includes funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Congress and the White House have until January 30 to either extend the current Continuing Resolution (CR) or enact full-year spending bills, or it risks a partial government shutdown.   As of now, …

January 16th, 2026

Updates from National Council of Nonprofits (NCN)   Federal Funding   Congress is making progress on spending bills, but the congressional calendar is adding some challenges. Next week, the Senate is out of session. When they return the last week of the month, the House will be on recess. This gives congressional leaders a narrow path to enacting all the spendings they need before the current Continuing Resolution (CR) expires on January 30 when Congress must either enact its remaining …

January 8th, 2026

Update from National Council of Nonprofits Federal Funding At this time, it seems Congress is on the path to avoiding another shutdown.    The current continuing resolution (CR) keeps the federal government open and funded through January 30. By then, Congress must enact full spending bills or another CR, or it risks a government shutdown.   Thankfully, congressional leaders have made progress in their bipartisan negotiations over the past few months. By next week, Congress is hoping to enact 3 …