Nonprofit

A nonprofit organization, or non-profit organization, is a type of organization that is established for charitable, educational, religious, or other public benefit purposes. Nonprofit organizations are not operated for the profit or personal gain of their members, directors, or officers, and any profits or surplus funds that they generate are typically used to further their charitable or public benefit objectives. Nonprofit organizations are exempt from certain taxes and regulations, and they may be eligible for certain grants and other forms of public or private funding. Nonprofit organizations are typically governed by a board of directors or trustees, and they may be organized as corporations, trusts, or other legal entities. Examples of nonprofit organizations include charities, schools, hospitals, and religious organizations.

Hundreds arrested in prostitution, human trafficking sting around metro Phoenix – Arizona's Family
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Hundreds arrested in prostitution, human trafficking sting around metro Phoenix – Arizona's Family

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Phoenix police say over 300 people were arrested in a multi-agency operation targeting prostitution and human trafficking. The operation was conducted between Jan. 30 and Feb. 11 as several large events such as the Barrett-Jackson car auction, WM Phoenix Open, and the Super Bowl brought visitors to the Valley, many of…

Over 300 prostitution arrests made in metro Phoenix during busy stretch – KTAR News
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Over 300 prostitution arrests made in metro Phoenix during busy stretch – KTAR News

PHOENIX — Law enforcement, nonprofits and service providers teamed up to make over 300 human trafficking and prostitution arrests during a two-week stretch that saw metro Phoenix host the Super Bowl, WM Phoenix Open and Barrett-Jackson. The multi-agency operation was conducted from Jan. 30 to Feb. 11 and was created to deter prostitution-related activities and…

'I had nowhere to go': Labor traffickers are taking advantage of the Massachusetts housing crisis
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'I had nowhere to go': Labor traffickers are taking advantage of the Massachusetts housing crisis

For eight months, Julio worked as a landscaper in Western Massachusetts, hauling rocks, digging ditches and pulling weeds about 70 hours a week, earning less than two dollars an hour. At night, tired and hungry, the Guatemalan immigrant would be driven back to his employer’s suburban home, where he would head down to the basement…

Hillsborough schools holds town hall focused on raising awareness of online human trafficking
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Hillsborough schools holds town hall focused on raising awareness of online human trafficking

TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County school district held a town hall panel discussion Monday focusing on raising awareness about the dangers of online human trafficking. The panel included parents, school board members, a high school principal, along with human trafficking advocates and survivors and was organized by the district’s Human Trafficking Task Force. Panelists…

Georgia state senator is pushing for an invasion declaration at the US-Mexico border
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Georgia state senator is pushing for an invasion declaration at the US-Mexico border

New Senator Colton Moore, R-Trenton, has been appointed chairman of the Senate Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee in the Georgia General Assembly and has called witnesses on the situation on the US southern border. He has called in several witnesses who have described Georgia Army National Guard troops assisting the federal government at the border. “I want…

Anti-Trafficking Expert to Keynote 18th Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women
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Anti-Trafficking Expert to Keynote 18th Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women

Cindy Dyer is a human rights advocate and lawyer with three decades of experience working at the local, national, and international levels to prevent and respond to human trafficking, sexual assault, and domestic violence. DALLAS — Cindy Dyer, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) for the U.S. Department of State and Director…

Mesa bridal shop offers discount dresses, sales support human trafficking prevention
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Mesa bridal shop offers discount dresses, sales support human trafficking prevention

Community Cares: Mesa bridal shop supports human trafficking victims FOX 10’s Anita Roman reports. MESA, Ariz. – A nonprofit wedding dress shop in Mesa serves a dual purpose: help brides afford the dress of their dreams and spread awareness about human trafficking. The Adorned in Grace shop located inside Superstition Springs Center Mall has gowns…

Campaign to aid human trafficking victims launches in New Mexico and Texas
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Campaign to aid human trafficking victims launches in New Mexico and Texas

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Christine Barber is the executive director and co-founder of Street Safe New Mexico, a nonprofit helping human trafficking victims. Barber says it’s a bigger issue in New Mexico than you may think. “I wish we could say it’s this number, definite, and it’s just it’s, it’s really nebulous, you know, it’s such…

'It's Soul Crushing': Trafficking Victims Exploited Up and Down the East Coast – NBC Boston
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'It's Soul Crushing': Trafficking Victims Exploited Up and Down the East Coast – NBC Boston

They’re promised a better life – instead the victims of human trafficking are raped, beaten and tortured. Union Street in Lynn is known by advocates as an open-air market where women are sold for sex. Mary Speta, head of the nonprofit Amirah, is on a personal mission to help end the cycle of exploitation. “There…

California may ban forced prison labor, servitude
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California may ban forced prison labor, servitude

Lawmakers backing the legislation hope to replicate the success of similar measures that passed last fall in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawmakers in Nevada and California are advancing legislation to remove “involuntary servitude” from their states’ constitutions, a move that follows four states’ bans on forced labor that passed in ballot…