Emergency Legal Responders (ELR) was founded in 2017.
Mission: To help people faced with natural, social, and economic disasters to solve emergency legal challenges.
Top Goal: Louisiana is not out of the woods yet-Hurricane season is until November 30th. We are still responding to those impacted by Hurricane Ida and encourage everyone to know that disaster preparedness is not seasonal but year-round.
American Millennium Project (AMP) was founded in 2000.
Located in 7 parishes (and growing).
Mission: Teaching "local" history and culture to the "locals" and their guests.
Primary Current Focus: Starting AMP Clubs in middle schools, high schools and colleges/universities in the 7 parishes.
The Louisiana Department of Revenue recently put out a bulletin clarifying the Louisiana tax implications (individual income tax) of federal student loan forgiveness announcement.
On August 24, 2022, President Biden announced a plan that, in part, provides up to $20,000 in student loan forgiveness to Pell Grant recipients with loans held by the U.S. Department of Education and up to $10,000 in student loan forgiveness to non-Pell Grant recipients. Taxpayers who have either a federal filing status of single and earn less than $125,000 or a federal filing status of married filing jointly and earn less than $250,000 are eligible for the federal student loan forgiveness.
For individual taxpayers in Louisiana, the starting point for determining Louisiana’s tax table income is the taxpayer’s “adjusted gross income” (“AGI”), which is defined as the adjusted gross income of the individual for the taxable year that is reportable on the individual’s federal income tax return. Because Louisiana largely conforms to federal tax law for purposes of individual income tax, amounts that are exempt from federal tax, and therefore not includable in the taxpayer’s adjusted gross income, will automatically be exempt from Louisiana tax without further action. As such, for taxpayers qualifying for federal student loan forgiveness pursuant to President Biden’s plan, any amounts so forgiven will likely be automatically excluded from a taxpayer’s AGI and exempt from Louisiana tax.
*Source: Louisiana Department of Revenue
National Voter Registration Day was September 20; however, many parishes have voter registration throughout the week. Check out the Louisiana Secretary of State’s website for a list of 2022 voter registration week events. Also, click here for additional information on general voter registration information.
This nationwide celebration of democracy is a great opportunity for nonprofits to ensure that their staff, volunteers, and community members are registered to vote. Nonprofits are uniquely positioned to help our communities register and exercise their right to vote. Nonprofits are not only places where people come together, but you we enjoy the trust of our communities and are already experts at remaining nonpartisan. This is more important than ever since many states have changed their rules about registration and procedures on how and where people can vote.
Nonprofit guide to voter registration in Louisiana: https://bolderadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BA-Louisiana-voter-reg-72121.pdf
The NBA Foundation is currently accepting grant applications for 2022 on a rolling basis.
In order to be considered for a grant from the NBA Foundation, your organization must meet the following requirements:
To learn more and apply, click HERE.
Advocacy is a powerful catalyst for change. It can improve the laws, policies, and systems that impact entire communities, and storytelling is a powerful tool for advocacy. Stories have the power to persuade and move people to action. Our brains are wired to remember stories more than facts alone and help make the case for why a policymaker should support nonprofits.
To raise awareness, educate and remind policymakers, media and the public of the critical role nonprofits have played during and following Hurricane Katrina, the floods of 2016, Hurricanes Delta, Laura, Ida and, lastly, the COVID-19 pandemic, we need your stories!
In no more than 500 words, please email your story about the pivotal role your nonprofit has played in each of the areas you operate and the impact(s) your organization has made as a result of your organization being in the community. If your story includes a lot of detail, remember that staying focused is key when educating a broader audience. Also, please avoid including lots of acronyms.
What are we going to do with your stories? We will craft pitches to media and share them with policymakers, so make sure you are sharing a story that you would be prepared to publicly talk about.
Please email your stories (and any questions) to Shelly Dupre at shelly@impactmanagement.com no later than Friday, September 30th.
National Voter Registration Day (September 20) is less than a month away. This nationwide celebration of democracy is a great opportunity for nonprofits to ensure that their staff, volunteers, and community members are registered to vote. Nonprofits are uniquely positioned to help our communities register and exercise their right to vote. Nonprofits are not only places where people can come together, but we enjoy the trust of our communities and are already experts at remaining nonpartisan. This is more important than ever since many states have changed their rules about registration and procedures on how and where people can vote.
Sign up to join the nationwide effort to register hundreds of thousands of voters on September 20.
Check out the Nonprofit guide to voter registration in Louisiana.
On Oct. 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced a change to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program rules for a limited time as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency. Millions of non-profit and government employees have federal student loans and may now be eligible for loan forgiveness or additional credit through the Limited PSLF Waiver. Under normal PSLF rules, borrowers must make 120 payments on a Direct Loan while on a qualifying repayment plan and be employed by a qualifying public service employer. Now, for a limited period of time, federal student loan borrowers may receive credit for past periods of repayment that would otherwise not qualify for PSLF. You can learn more about the waiver here.
The waiver will allow borrowers to gain additional PSLF credit, even if they had been told previously that they had the wrong loan type or the wrong repayment plan. The waiver ends October 31, 2022.
After that, normal PSLF rules will apply. This means that many borrowers need to submit a PSLF form and/or consolidate their non-Direct federal student loans by October 31, 2022, to get the benefit.
Last week, the White House unveiled their plan to cancel a significant portion of student debt for millions of Americans. The Department of Education will:
The Department of Education plans to release more details about the process for obtaining debt cancellation in the next few weeks. This debt cancellation program should help reduce financial burdens on many nonprofit employees and many Louisianians who receive services from nonprofits.
HOPE Ministries of Baton Rouge was founded in 2003.
Mission: To prevent homelessness and promote self-sufficiency and dignity.
Top Goal: To grow its workforce development program, The Way to Work, so that more people are able to gain a sense of dignity by becoming self-sufficient.
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