Press Release

Georgia Center for Nonprofits to Address Key Nonprofit Policy Issues

Center to release new research about impact of nonprofit employment on state's economy

Atlanta, GA - 2/02/2004 -

Who:  Georgia Center for Nonprofits and nonprofit, business, and government leaders
 
What:  Pastries & Policy: The Nonprofit Industry Report
 
When:  Feb. 3, 2004, 7:30 a.m.
 
Where:  Georgia Freight Depot, Atlanta

Atlanta, Feb. 2, 2004—The Georgia Center for Nonprofits will convene nonprofit, business and government leaders to address public policy and legislative issues affecting charitable work, at its Pastries & Policy breakfast on Feb. 3.

The program will include an overview of legislation affecting nonprofits as a sector as well as a run-down of key issues affecting specific types of nonprofits, e.g., arts organizations.

The center will also release two reports with findings from its latest research on the state's nonprofit industry. The Georgia Nonprofit Sector Report details the size and scope of Georgia's nonprofit sector, and The Georgia Nonprofit Employment Report shows, for the first time, the role nonprofit employment plays in the state's economy.

Journalists may register for the event by calling Laura Caligan at 678-916-3005 or 404-966-6149 (cell).

About the Georgia Center for Nonprofits
An all-in-one resource for and about Georgia's nonprofit sector, the Georgia Center for Nonprofits works to serve, strengthen and support nonprofit, charitable organizations statewide. The Center gives nonprofits the resources and tools they need to be most effective; promotes partnership between the nonprofit sector and the business and government sectors; and speaks on behalf of nonprofits to enhance public understanding and support of charitable work.

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Media Contact
Laura Caligan
678-916-3005
media@gcn.org