May 16, 2010

Congresswoman Undertakes Effort to Give Charities More Support and Attention

Congresswoman Undertakes Effort to Give Charities More Support and Attention

Trust for Public Land

Rep. Betty McCollum: "Washington needs to start caring as much about strengthening nonprofit organizations as it does about regulating them."

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Trust for Public Land

Rep. Betty McCollum: "Washington needs to start caring as much about strengthening nonprofit organizations as it does about regulating them."

By Suzanne Perry

Betty McCollum—a Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota—is frustrated that federal leaders don’t seem to understand the role charities play in the economy or give them the tools they need to be effective and avoid wasting billions of government dollars.

Now she is about to propose an idea she hopes will be the first step in fixing the problem, and she plans to continue her crusade to focus greater attention on the needs of charities.

“Nonprofits, as a

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