Obama and the Nonprofit Sector
by Amanda Adams*, 11/6/2008
The Chronicle of Philanthropy has a special page dedicated to Barack Obama's (D-IL) positions on issues of importance to nonprofits, such as education, the arts, international aid, the estate tax, and much more. For example, Obama has "pledged to create a Social Investment Fund Network, which would distribute government and private money to charities working on innovative projects that focus on issues that have been identified by cities as priorities — crime prevention or education, for example — and help expand successful ones to other regions."
And US. News & World Report details that "Obama's win may also provide a windfall to nonprofits." In his speech Tuesday night Obama said, "[Change] can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice."
