Local nonprofit summer camp Girls Rock! Rochester will host a live art auction fundraiser, featuring donated work from some of Rochester’s best contemporary artists, as well as artists from Brooklyn, Chicago and Florida on Saturday at the 1975 Gallery. Artists ...

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ALBANY — The New York attorney general’s office has proposed regulations to require that nonprofits annually disclose their political spending on state and local races starting next year. The proposal, subject to hearings and public comment through March 6, would ...

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The NYSARC Gives Back President’s Project, which kicked off Monday, is a week-long collaborative effort of the nonprofit organization’s 55 chapters and the Food Bank Association of New York State to give back to the community through volunteer programs. Providing ...

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As George H. Moses, executive director of the nonprofit Group 14621 Community Association Inc., explains, brownfield site clean up and remediation is something the City of Rochester commonly does, but that is unique for a community organization. Rochester has a ...

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One of Empire Justice Center’s top issues of 2012 received Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s support when, in his state of the state address earlier this month, the governor announced he wanted to stop the practice of fingerprinting those who apply for ...

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One of Empire Justice Center’s top issues of 2012 received Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s support when, in his state of the state address earlier this month, the governor announced he wanted to stop the practice of fingerprinting those who apply for ...

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New York state is starting to seek data on salaries at nonprofit social service agencies that receive state funding and tax breaks while some of them are paying six-figure salaries.

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The Arc of Monroe County is launching the public phase of a $3.5 million capital campaign — the first in the agency’s history — to build a new Day Program campus.

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Alan S. Harris stopped going online to check the Interest on Lawyer Accounts Fund of the State of New York. “It’s all bad news,” said Harris, president and CEO of Legal Aid Society of Rochester. “It just went off the table.”

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The number of Americans who qualify for federally funded civil legal assistance programs because of their low income increased by 3 million from 2008 to 2009, according to the Legal Services Corporation.

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The Department of State on Wednesday reported that 10,524 new corporations were registered New York last month, up 3 percent over February 2009.

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