Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Two area leaders to serve on state task force

Peter Dunn, president and CEO of the Central New York Community Foundation, Inc. of Syracuse, and Sharon Ball, executive director of the Broome County Arts Council in Binghamton, will serve on a statewide committee on nonprofit organizations.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced the 29 members of his Leadership Committee for Nonprofit Revitalization.

The task force is charged with presenting a series of recommendations to reduce the regulatory burdens and costs for nonprofits while strengthening accountability, according to the attorney general's office.

Statewide, nonprofits employ between 17 and 18 percent of New York's work force, Schneiderman said in a news release. He noted that the attorney general's office oversees nonprofits operating in New York.

Schneiderman earlier this year said he would work with the state's nonprofit sector to help eliminate "unnecessary" bureaucracy that has long plagued nonprofits, such as redundant audits, overlapping reporting requirements, and delays in processing and payment of contracts.

He made the announcement at the April meeting of the Association for a Better New York, a foundation providing funding for social, educational, and civic initiatives that enhance the quality of life in the five boroughs of New York City.

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