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MHPI Opens Its First Affordable Housing Facility in Central Mass.

March 9, 2010 — Mental Health Programs, Inc., a Newton-based nonprofit that develops affordable housing in Boston, the North Shore, and central Massachusetts, announced that it has opened a senior living facility in Spencer. MORE

OpenCape Awarded $32M to Build 350-Mile Broadband Network

March 5, 2010 — The OpenCape Corporation, a West Barnstable nonprofit, announced that it has been awarded $32 million in federal stimulus funding to construct a regional communications network on Cape Cod and the Islands. MORE

Gisele Michel Is New ED at Boston Center for Community and Justice

March 4, 2010 — Boston Center for Community and Justice, which helps to foster socially responsible leaders, has named Gisele M. Michel as its executive director, succeeding Todd Fry who will stay on at the nonprofit, returning to his previous position of program director. MORE

Two Prominent AIDS Nonprofits Will Merge to Improve Services

March 4, 2010 — The AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, based in Boston, and Cambridge Cares About AIDS, which have long worked together for clients and on public policy and advocacy matters, have agreed to merge into a single agency which they say will transform the service delivery model in the greater Boston/Cambridge area. MORE

Mass. ACORN Chapter Is Now New England United for Justice

February 28, 2010 — The Massachusetts chapter of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now—part of the national ACORN nonprofit which came under fire last fall in connection with allegations of illegal schemes, and which subsequently was vindicated—has split off and renamed itself the New England United for Justice. MORE

Mass. Nonprofits Need to Heed New Law on Retirement Plans

March 9, 2010 — Massachusetts nonprofits with 100 or more employees eligible to participate in 403(b) retirement must implement stricter administrative practices or face possible fines of up to $50,000 under a new federal law regulating nonprofit retirement plans. MORE

Mobile-Based Fundraising Grows after Haiti Earthquake

March 8, 2010 — Mobile philanthropy, while not universally accepted, is gaining traction with younger generations and the text-to-gift efforts around Haiti could be the tipping point for greater adoption, according to a new study. MORE

Lahey Clinic Leader to Step Down After 10 Years at the Helm

March 5, 2010 — Dr. David M. Barrett, president and chief executive officer of Lahey Clinic, a world-renowned nonprofit health care provider based in Burlington, announced that he will step down from the posts next January, but will remain in a new strategic leadership role through September 2012 as part of a succession plan. MORE

Mass. Nonprofits May Lose Out Following Madoff Case Ruling

March 2, 2010 — A number of Massachusetts nonprofits that had been counting on receiving funding from the family foundation of Boston philanthropist Carl Shapiro may have to look elsewhere if a federal judge’s decision in the Bernard Madoff bankruptcy case stands. MORE

Two Western Mass. Nonprofits Voted Favorites, Win $5K Each

February 27, 2010 — Two western Massachusetts nonprofits recently voted the favorite organizations of customers of Berkshire Bank were awarded $5,000 each from the Berkshire Bank Foundation. MORE

Cradles to Crayons Gets $220K in School Supplies from Staples

February 25, 2010 — Cradles to Crayons, a Quincy-based nonprofit that provides disadvantaged children with basic essentials, announced it has received more than $220,000 in school supplies from Staples, Inc., which it is distributing to students across Massachusetts. MORE