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Washington, DC – The National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) announced that nationally respected nonprofit leader Donna Murray-Brown will join its team as Vice President of Strategy and Development on July 1. 

The awards this year honored frontline heroes who found a way to overcome the unprecedented pandemic with their staff.

NY Community Trust Leader Lorie Slutsky To Retire April 5, 2021 Lorie A. Slutsky, one of the nation’s most influential nonprofit leaders and head of the New York Community Trust announced she will retire next year. Slutsky, 68, is only the third president of The Trust in its 97-year history. Under her leadership, the foundation awarded more than $5 billion in grants to nonprofit organizations while its assets quadrupled to $3.2 billion, according to The Trust’s financial statements. During ...

United Way Worldwide Appoints Interim President & CEO February 19, 2021 United Way Worldwide (UWW) installed the chair of its U.S.A. board, Neeraj Mehta, as interim president and CEO of the organization effective March 1. That’s the day current leader Brian Gallagher announced he will step down. Gallagher’s departure was announced on Feb. 9, a week after an investigation found that the Alexandria, Va.-based national office did not engage “in actionable harassment, discrimination, or reta...

Gallagher Out At United Way Worldwide February 9, 2021 Longtime United Way Worldwide (UWW) President & CEO Brian Gallagher announced he will step down effective March 1. The announcement comes a week after an investigation found that the Alexandria, Va.-based national office did not engage “in actionable harassment, discrimination, or retaliation” with respect to three employees who filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). A statement issued by UWW Board of ...

Image Nick Johnson serves as Senior Vice President for State Fiscal Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington, D.C-based research and policy institute.  He directs the Center’s State Fiscal Policy division, which works to advance equity, accountability, and economic opportunity through stronger state budget and tax policies. Over his more than 20-year career as a researcher at the Center, Johnson has written extensively on a range of state fiscal policy issues. He al...