CNE believes that when it comes to improving outcomes for Virginians, nonprofits are getting it done. United Way of South West Virginia is doing just that. Each day, the organization fights for the health, education, financial stability, and resilience of community members across 21 localities from Southwest Virginia through the New River Valley.

CNE believes that when it comes to improving outcomes for Virginians, nonprofits are getting it done. Blue Ridge Discovery Center is no exception. In their work to connect community members with nature, the organization is inspiring curiosity, discovery, and stewardship through the wonders of the Blue Ridge.

The National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) and a coalition of other nonprofits, associations, unions, and local government filed a lawsuit today challenging the Administration’s final rule to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program by unlawfully limiting which charitable nonprofits qualify as “eligible employers.”

CNE is writing to make you aware of a critical issue impacting nonprofits in our state and around the country. Recently, GoFundMe – the crowdfunding platform – created on its website donation pages for 1.4 million nonprofit organizations without their knowledge or consent.

As a nonprofit executive, academic, and pastor, Dr. Nathan Walton has devoted his career to equipping and mobilizing organizations for social transformation. That career has included serving as Executive Director of a community development nonprofit that specialized in youth development, as well as over a decade of pastoral ministry. Walton currently serves as Co-Lead Pastor of East End Fellowship in Richmond, Virginia.

Marta Keane has spent her career helping others thrive, first as a speech-language pathologist and audiologist and later as a nonprofit leader. She began at the Woodrow Wilson Rehab Center, where she supported patients from toddlers to seniors—teaching sign language to a preschooler who had survived a stroke, and helping a young man with a brain injury communicate through Morse code.