#nonprofit

Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer. ↗

— Jon Porter

#act #american #average #average american #covered

I launched Chefs for Humanity, a national nonprofit, with my voice, heart and money from my own pocket. Money gives you the ability to make a difference in the world and, when used in a positive way, is a lot of fun. ↗

— Cat Cora

#chefs #difference #fun #gives #heart

While other industries have suffered, the nonprofit arts world continues to build in strength while it encourages the growth of innumerable small businesses on its periphery, thereby creating more jobs. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

#build #businesses #continues #creating #encourages

I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.' ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#academic #adage #difference #grandmother #happens

Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others. ↗

— Simon S. Tam

#api #asian #asian-american #branding #business

The Mozilla Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization. ↗

— Mitchell Baker

#independent #mozilla #nonprofit #organization

I am in the process of starting a nonprofit organization that gives rescued animals a home in a simulated wild environment and, for those who have been tested on, who are disabled, aggressive, etc., their own space to live out their days. ↗

— Casey Affleck

#am #been #days #disabled #environment

I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#because #belong #cannot #compromises #grants

The success of 'Scrubs' allowed me to pursue anything I felt passionately about without having to worry about money. It allowed me to spend my summer work shopping my show at a nonprofit theater. ↗

— Zach Braff

#allowed #anything #felt #having #i

I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is implemented by an industry that seeks to return money to shareholders instead of using that money to provide health care. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#believe #care #health #health care #health reform