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A proposed change to the Pennsylvania state Constitution, which aims to give legislators more power to set rules for tax exemptions, has stalled in the House after whizzing through the Senate, jeopardizing its chances of appearing on the November ballot. The proposed 28-word amendment aims to cement the role of the Legislature in defining “purely public charities.”

Everyone has an opinion on why people unfollow brands on Facebook, but everyone agrees it’s bad, bad, bad.

Ted Hart speaks with Linda Lysakowski from CharityChannel Press, international superstar consultant Kay Sprinkel Grace, John Murcott from Crowdster.com, Mark Sutton from FrontStream, Gabe Cohen from GuideStar and Eva Aldridge from CFRE.org on his fifth anniversary Nonprofit Coach radio show.

Tweets from the 2015 Association of Fundraising Professionals International Fundraising Conference (#AFPICON).

(Press release, March 30, 2015) — Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Duke University a $6 million grant to support leadership education at Duke Divinity School focused on professional development opportunities for leaders in church and nonprofit ministries, President Richard H. Brodhead announced Monday.

At this early point in the 2016 presidential campaign cycle (with only one declared major candidate so far), a lot of money is already being raised in a variety of ways by those who are considering running for president. This is an early primer for 2016 campaign fundraising: what organizations exist, where they can raise their money, where they can spend it, what they legally must disclose, and which entities have been chosen by the possible 2016 presidential candidates (most of whom will stress that they are not candidates ... yet).

To address the situation of risk management, Teach For America's Tracy-Elizabeth Clay, senior vice president of legal affairs, general counsel and board secretary of the organization, will present at the inaugural NonProfit PRO Leadership Conference. In her session, Risk Management: Harnessing Risk, Clay will discuss strategic and practical ways to harness risk as a nonprofit leader.

Vermont lawmakers looking to raise $35 million in new revenue to help close a budget gap are proposing to raise part of that money by putting a new cap on the itemized deductions taken by some income tax filers. But many of Vermont’s charitable and nonprofit groups are hoping the deduction cap passed by the House this past week can be reversed in the Senate.

Tweets from people and brands you should follow.

Sixty-three percent of charities exceeded their fundraising goals last year, an annual survey has found. The percentage of organizations exceeding their fundraising goals in 2014 was the highest since 2007, when donations surpassed the goals of 65 percent of charities. The annual study was commissioned by the Nonprofit Research Collaborative, a group of seven organizations that conduct research on nonprofits, advise charities on fundraising or provide fundraising credentials. It was based on survey responses in January and February from nearly 13,500 charitable organizations in Canada and the United States.