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• Date: 01 January 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30712
• Published date: 01 January 2020

NONPROFIT BUSINESS ADVISOR JANUARY 2020

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DOI: 10.1002/nba

EMPLOYER WINS ➔ The district court judge

said poor job performance was a legitimate, non-

discriminatory reason for termination. He also said

evidence that the proffered reason was unworthy of

credence must be enough to support a reasonable

inference that the proffered reason was false, and

creating a mere shadow of doubt was insufcient.

The judge ruled that the plaintiff’s argument was

inadequate because it basically involved her disagree-

ment with the performance evaluations. He explained

that there was no evidence from which a reasonable

jury could conclude that the executive director didn’t

honestly believe that her performance was decient

and deserving of termination.

Assuming for the purpose of argument that the

stated reason was pretext, the judge also ruled there

wasn’t any proof that either the discipline or the ter-

mination resulted from racial discrimination.

The judge granted the motion and entered a sum-

mary judgment in favor of the YMCA.

[Singleton v. Young Men’s Christian Association of

Greater Houston, U.S. District Court for the Southern

District of Texas, No. H-17-2903, 06/26/2019]. ■

News

Good360 launches new regional

distribution centers

Good360, a leading nonprot focused on gifts-in-

kind and product philanthropy, has launched a new

model for in-kind donation distribution that aims

to bolster the group’s network capacity to receive

product donations in large quantities. The Regional

Operating Center model will expand the collective

impact of the Good360 network by distributing

needed goods locally, regionally and nationally, the

group said, all in a way that is more sustainable for

Good360 and the recipient nonprot network.

Funded by a $1 million grant from Walmart, two

new ROCs will open in the near future, serving the

Baltimore and Nashville, Tenn., regions.

The Nashville ROC will be managed by the Good-

ness Project, a long-standing Good360 partner serv-

ing hundreds of nonprots. The Goodness Project

has warehouses serving Fort Worth, Texas; Buffalo,

N.Y.; and, most recently, Nashville, Tenn.

The Baltimore ROC is managed by Volunteers of

America Chesapeake & Carolinas, one of 30 Volun-

teers of America afliates in the United States. VOA

is dedicated to reducing poverty and empowering

self-reliance via the 48 programs they run in Mary-

land; Washington, DC; North and South Carolina;

and Virginia.

For more information about the organization’s ex-

pansion, visit https://good360.org.

Network for Good lands capital

to fund expansion

Network for Good, a provider of donor manage-

ment software for small nonprots, has secured an

unspecied amount of Series B funding from venture

capital rm Boathouse Capital that will be used to

expand Network for Good’s product features and

accelerate programs to help more small nonprots

bolster their capacity by taking advantage of modern,

easy-to-use software.

Network for Good focuses on providing its clients

with an all-in-one fundraising platform and support

services package that helps them execute modern,

results-oriented fundraising campaigns. The rm

offers an integrated software solution for donor man-

agement, email marketing, online giving pages, peer-

to-peer campaigns and one-on-one virtual coaching

from trained and accredited fundraising consultants.

According to the company, most of the 1.5 million

or so U.S.-based nonprots still rely on a patchwork

of outdated methods and software solutions to at-

tract, solicit, accept and track donations from indi-

viduals throughout the year.

Network for Good will use its Series B funding to

expand its product features and accelerate programs

to help more small nonprots fundraise using the

latest, most effective digital technologies.

For more information, visit https://www.

networkforgood.com. ■

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