In This Alert:

• BCW and WCA Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign Prompt Contracting Legislation Into Law
• Budget Forums with Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins - 10/9 & Westchester County Board of Legislators - 10/24
• Federal Updates
• Nonprofit Toolkit: Resources for Organizations Facing Government Investigations
• Join 1,400+ Nonprofits Calling to Protect Organizations from Partisan Politics
• Executive Order on Federal Grantmaking
• National Nonprofit Day of Action - August 17th

CONTRACTING LEGISLATION 

The Business Council of Westchester and the Westchester County Association Urge Governor Hochul to Sign Prompt Contracting Legislation Into Law

The State has long contracted with nonprofits to provide essential services to communities across New York. But persistent delays in payment, an over-reliance on nonprofits to front costs, and a burdensome contracting process have undermined the sector’s stability for decades, weakened the system of care for those most in need and utilized taxpayer dollars inefficiently.

Bills (S7001 Mayer/A7616 Paulin) passed unanimously in the NY State Senate and Assembly offer a solution by making changes to the Prompt Contracting Law to help ensure nonprofits can keep providing critical services.

NOW IT IS TIME FOR GOVERNOR HOCHUL TO SHOW HER SUPPORT FOR THE NONPROFIT SECTOR BY SIGNING THE BILLS INTO LAW. WESTCHESTER’S BUSINESS GROUPS AGREE!

Read the support letters from:

• Business Council of Westchester
• Westchester County Association

COUNTY BUDGET FORUMS - MEMBERS ONLY

FEDERAL UPDATES

Nonprofit Toolkit: Resources for Organizations Facing Government Investigations

This toolkit from Protect Democracy offers best practices for responding to government investigations so that nonprofit organizations can keep doing lawful, mission-based work.

Join 1,400+ Nonprofits Calling to Protect Organizations from Partisan Politics

The National Council of Nonprofits and other national leading organizations launched a national sign letter calling on the Trump Administration to protect nonprofit organizations, the communities we serve, and our elections from partisan politics. More than 1,400 organizations have already signed on!

Take Action Today! Congress and the Administration need to hear from you!

Sign a National Letter to the Trump Administration, led by National Council of Nonprofits and other national organizations. All nonprofit organizations are encouraged to sign the letter and share it widely in your networks. Sign on before the August 22 deadline.

Contact your Members of Congress and urge them to ensure nonprofits remain nonpartisan in law, purpose, and impact.

Attend the August 26th Webinar Detailed Below to Learn More

Register for a National Webinar hosted by NCN on August 26 at 3:00pm Eastern to learn more about the threats to nonprofit nonpartisanship and how you can help keep partisan politics out of the sector.

Executive Order on Federal Grantmaking

Last week President Trump signed an executive order (EO), Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking, which makes significant changes to the process that federal agencies use to award, oversee, and terminate federal grants. The EO requires review and approval by political appointees, increased discretion for political appointees, new processes, additional review, and changes to terms and conditions. The EO requires grants to allow the Administration to terminate the grant for “convenience” or if the grant does not advance agency priorities. References and revisions to the OMB Uniform Guidance give priority to nonprofits with lower indirect cost rates in competitive grant application processes and limit the use of discretionary grant funds for costs related to facilities and administration. Potentially, this could mean changes to last year’s improvement of the OMB Uniform Guidance that included a de minimis 15% indirect cost rate on federal grants, for which NCN and this network successfully advocated for nearly a decade.

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National Nonprofit Day of Action - August 17th

On National Nonprofit Day on August 17th, we are calling on nonprofits across the country to unite in a powerful, visible show of support for the sector. At a time when politically motivated threats on nonprofits are escalating, we must raise our voices and remind the public and policymakers that nonprofits are indispensable pillars of American life.

We invite you to get involved by:

• Using our National Nonprofit Day – Day of Action Toolkit.
• Posting with our hashtag #NonprofitsGetItDone so we can amplify your message.
• Telling Congress to stand with nonprofits that care for all of us through our campaign page.