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When Gov. John Carney unveiled his $4.25 billion budget proposal, he was asked what the biggest challenge would be in selling the 3.5-percent spending bump to lawmakers. His response: Convincing them not to spend even more. That job has gotten harder since January. Delaware is now expected to rake in $350 million in added revenue […]

DANA, the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement, held their 2018 IMPACT Delaware Annual Conference last month at University of Delaware’s Clayton Hall. Participants ranged from nonprofit employees and board members to philanthropy and business leaders. Attendees dedicated time to learning about the many facets of nonprofit sustainability, beginning with keynote speaker Steven Zimmerman’s Competencies for […]

DOVER — A Senate committee heard arguments Wednesday on a bill that would raise the state’s minimum wage by $2, the latest attempt by Sen. Robert Marshall, D-Wilmington, to increase Delaware’s wage floor. It is expected to be formally released from the Senate Labor Committee today. The measure’s future beyond that, however, remains hazy, after […]

2018 IMPACT Delaware Annual Conference Kicks Off: DANA CEO, Sheila Bravo & Governor John Carney Opening Remarks   2018 IMPACT Delaware Annual Conference: Keynote Speaker, Steve Zimmerman Part 1   2018 IMPACT Delaware Annual Conference: Keynote Speaker, Steve Zimmerman Part 2

First State Community Action Agency is a private, statewide, anti-poverty nonprofit organization with a 53 year history of helping people of low-income become self-sufficient. Learn more about First State Community Action Agency. DANA Members: Want to share your story of impact during Nonprofit Impact Month? Send us your story (300 words or less, or short […]

“People’s Place took me in at a time I did not wish to live anymore.” “I went into foster care at the age of 13.  When I was 12 my mother drove me from Maine to Delaware to live with my grandmother.  Soon after I moved in with my grandmother she died. I thought my […]