NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A classic summertime scene unfolded at a nonprofit's newest site. The girls' team was winning a lively indoor kickball game among young...
NEW ORLEANS — A classic summertime scene unfolded at a nonprofit's newest site. The girls' team was winning a lively indoor kickball game among young campers. Air conditioning blared. The hit song “Dance Monkey” played throughout the old school building's gym.
Proposals are reviewed by grants teams before they get approved by a board composed of NBA governors, athletes including National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Andre Iguodala and commissioner Adam Silver. The investments could make a particularly big impact in small markets like New Orleans — a tourist destination marked by the low-wage service workers who power its jazz clubs, Creole cuisine and raucous festivals, and not titans of wealth-generating industries.
Grant recipients credited the NBA Foundation for providing the stability necessary to innovate rather than simply make ends meet — and for embracing “trust-based philanthropy” that empowers on-the-ground nonprofits to use money how they best see fit. Shortly thereafter, with classes done for the week, Sentmore joined the kickball game in the gym, smiling alongside his younger peers.Thalia Beaty contributed reporting. Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
An Indian tax agency has found that British insurer Aviva breached local regulations capping commissions to sales agents with a system of fake invoices and clandestine cash payments, according to a notice seen by Reuters. In an attempt to grow operations, Aviva's India business paid about $26 million between 2017 and 2023 to entities who purportedly provided marketing and training services, according to the tax notice sent to Aviva, dated Aug. 3.
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