Hacker News with Generative AI: Nonprofit Organizations

NaNoWriMo to close after 20 years (theguardian.com)
NaNoWriMo, the US-based nonprofit organisation that challenged people to write a novel in a month, has announced it is closing down after 20 years.
Nonprofit Organizations, Writing, Events
10 points by kawera 1 hour ago | 2 comments
NaNoWriMo Officially Shutting Down (reddit.com)
We come to you today with sad news. After six years of struggling to sustain itself financially, NaNoWriMo (the nonprofit) will begin the process of shutting down.
Nonprofit Organizations, Writing, NaNoWriMo
10 points by empressplay 2 days ago | 1 comments
As more local cinemas close, residents are forming nonprofits to buy them (nytimes.com)
As more local movie houses close, residents in smaller towns are forming nonprofits to buy and operate them.
Nonprofit Organizations, Local Businesses, Cinema, Community Development
30 points by marban 44 days ago | 10 comments
Silicon Valley homeless nonprofit sues Microsoft over disrupted email access (mercurynews.com)
One of Silicon Valley’s largest homelessness nonprofits has sued Microsoft to compel the tech giant to restore access to the nonprofit’s email accounts, claiming the nearly month-long outage has impeded its day-to-day operations and ability to connect homeless people with needed services.
Nonprofit Organizations, Lawsuits, Technology, Microsoft, Silicon Valley
5 points by pizza 84 days ago | 0 comments
World Wide Web Foundation is shutting down (theregister.com)
After fifteen years of fighting to make the web safer and more accessible, the World Wide Web Foundation is shutting down.
Nonprofit Organizations, Web Development, Internet
8 points by tapanjk 182 days ago | 1 comments
CEOs earn big bucks at nonprofit hospitals. But does that benefit patients? (npr.org)
Nonprofit Organizations, Healthcare, Business, Inequality
4 points by rntn 226 days ago | 0 comments
Some fundraisers pay >90% of the funds to themselves (propublica.org)
Nonprofit Organizations, Fundraising, Transparency, Ethics
134 points by hilux 283 days ago | 53 comments
The Nonprofit Industrial Complex and the Corruption of the American City (americanaffairsjournal.org)
Nonprofit Organizations, Corruption, Urban Planning, Social Issues, American Politics
263 points by lalaland1125 310 days ago | 231 comments