Nonprofits and NGOs

Beer Lovers Storm Out of Forest Park; Will Half-Price Ticket Quell Outrage?

The premature ending of Saturday evening's St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival has turned into a public-relations nightmare for organizers of the annual beer celebration in Forest Park.

Runway Returns

Waging War on the War

Last Call on Earth

Alderwoman Krewson Will Make Her Case Today for Shining a Light on Dark Money

In Missouri, anybody can donate as much as they want to a political campaign, as long as they disclose who they are with the state Ethics Commission. Well, anybody except 501(c)(4) "social welfare" corporations. These non-profits are not required by any law to reveal where they get their cash, but c ... More >>

Who's the "Imposter"? Chris Koster or Nonprofit Behind Attack Ad?

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster cannot be trusted. That's the gist of a television ad entitled "The Imposter" that began airing last week across the state. See also: Missouri Democrats Unhappy With Koster's Brief Over Health CareEd Martin Pledges to Thwart Obamacare From His "First Minute in ... More >>

Searchable Database Released Today Lists 50,000 Bands Owed $31 Million in Royalties

SoundExchange is a not-for-profit entrusted by the Library of Congress to collect and distribute digital performance royalties for bands. That includes SIRIUS, Pandora and more. So far, it's found the rightful owner of some $1 billion in royalties, but paying up has proven a challenge. The organizat ... More >>

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Bands: VLAA Will Answer Your Legal Questions for Free

Artists and musicians (and those generally interested) get out your yellow pads and start asking questions. The Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts would like to answer your legal questions for free. The VLAA is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing legal, financial and busines ... More >>

Former P-D Editor Arnie Robbins Lands New Gig

It's been about five weeks since Arnie Robbins announced he was stepping down from his job as editor of the Post-Dispatch. This afternoon, the American Society of News Editors (which goes by the unfortunate acronym ASNE) announced that Robbins would be taking over as its executive director. Conveni ... More >>

Oh, My Landlord! The Luminary Center of the Arts is not a religious organization. But it's housed by one. Mystery solved.

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Wilco Auctions Off Peabody Tickets For Gateway Greening

Wilco is auctioning off a pair of orchestra-row seats for its sold-out Tuesday show at the Peabody Opera House. The band will donate 100 percent of the proceeds to Gateway Greening, a non-profit organization that promotes community food projects, educations and wellness programs and civic greening ... More >>

Audit Blasts Tour of Missouri, Peter Kinder

Peter Kinder​Lt. Governor Peter Kinder voted to give $2.5 million in taxpayer money to the non-profit company running the Tour of Missouri bicycle race -- even while he served as the company's chairman.And that's a conflict of interest, says the state auditor. In a newly released audit of the Miss ... More >>

Joplin Charity Says It's Not Phony, Despite BBB Warning

rescuejoplin.orgRev. Terry Lee admits he's not wise to technology, but he knows the way of the Lord.​The Better Business Bureau says rescuejoplin.org is a "phony non-profit" attempting to raise funds for the tornado recovery in Joplin. The organization is the third charity in just the past week ac ... More >>

Irony Alert! Sarah Palin Documentary Gets St. Louis Debut at "Smart Girl Summit"

​The wait is almost over. On Saturday, filmmaker Stephen Bannon brings his Sarah Palin documentary The Undefeated to St. Louis as part of the Smart Girl Summit.Based on the name of that conference, you'd think it would be hard for Bannon to find a more discriminating local audience to screen his f ... More >>

The Luminary Center for the Arts is St. Louis' most unexpected venue

Tobacco-Free St. Louis Faces IRS Complaint Over Lobbying, Campaign Contribution

Jim Pepper is complaining to the IRS that an anti-smoking agency has crossed the line.​O'Fallon Councilman Jim Pepper has followed through on his threat to complain to the IRS about the political work of Tobacco-Free St. Louis.Pepper yesterday filed a complaint with the IRS, charging that the non- ... More >>

O'Fallon Councilman Taking on Anti-Smoking Groups

UPDATED at 3:15 p.m. to include comment from the American Cancer Society ​Tomorrow, residents of the St. Charles County city of O'Fallon will vote on a sweeping smoking ban -- one that's far tougher than those recently enacted in St. Louis City or St. Louis County.But one O'Fallon city councilman ... More >>

Apathy R Us: No Anti-GMO Rally Set for St. Louis

ethicurean.com​ On March 26, protesters plan to gather in twenty cities across the nation at locations including the White House, New York City Hall, Atlanta's CNN Building and the Los Angeles Federal Building. The reason? To demand honest labeling in foods that contain genetically modified i ... More >>

County Smoking Ban Exemptions On the Way Out, Tobacco-Free St. Louis Says

County Executive Charlie Dooley: Is he about to get his way on smoking ban exemptions? Tobacco-Free St. Louis says yes.​The non-profit agency Tobacco Free St. Louis has a $545,000 contract with St. Louis County to -- among other things -- urge the county council to remove exemptions from the count ... More >>

Stimulus Funds to "Educate" St. Louis County Council About Need for Tougher Smoking Ban

Your stimulus dollars at work!​As we reported earlier today, St. Louis County has received $7.5 million in federal stimulus funds for a campaign to cut back on tobacco use here.But now Daily RFT has learned that the county is using some of the money to hire a non-profit organization to "educate" i ... More >>

St. Louis Beacon Notches More Grants, Plans for "Sustainability"

Margaret Wolf Freivogel, founder and editor of the St. Louis Beacon​The other online-only news venture featuring former writers from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has folded. Even the P-D itself is downsizing -- eliminating a Saturday newsstand edition in its entirety.But almost three years after it ... More >>

Survey Sez: Missouri "Sharply Divided" on Health Care Reform

Missouri is still divided on Obamacare.Courtesy of Minnesotamajority.org​ Almost a full year after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. health care reform, a.k.a Obamacare) into law, Missouri remains sharply divided on its merits, according to a new survey from a local ... More >>

Parents Cash In For Their Children Attending School, Behaving In Classroom

Look what I brought home, mom!​This is what it's come to: Parents getting $300 in Visa gift cards for ensuring that their children attend school and behave in the classroom. Yesterday a dozen parents at Jefferson Elementary School in the Carr Square Neighborhood north of downtown St. Louis were re ... More >>

Skaters Organize to Help Expand Kingshighway Skatepark

See more photos of the Kingshighway skatepark on KHVT's Flickr page​Not-for-profit organizations normally choose vanilla-sounding names in order to attract (or at least not scare off) potential donors. As the name indicates, Kingshighway Vigilante Tranny (KHVT for short) is not a normal not-for-pr ... More >>

Why Do Missouri Conservatives Care About California Law?

The invisible hand...of conservative Missouri dollars.​This November, Californians will vote on suspending environmental standards until the jobs picture improves there. And one of the top donors in favor of temporarily dropping the standards is a foundation ... from Missouri?    "C ... More >>

Return of The Beautiful Kind: Sex Blogger Back on Her Back Next Week

The St. Louis sex blogger The Beautiful Kind, who was fired from her day job last month when her employer found her online writings, is returning to the Internetz. On her website yesterday TBK posted the following YouTube message notifying readers that she'll be back next Monday -- May 17. She remai ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 5.11

USDA hold poultry to a higher standard. Business Week reports, "The new standards, which outline best practices for averting poisonings, lower the allowable percentage of positive tests for pathogens in birds processed by poultry companies such as Tyson Foods Inc. and Pilgrim's Pride Corp. They are ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 5.11

USDA will hold poultry to a higher standard. Business Week reports, "The new standards, which outline best practices for averting poisonings, lower the allowable percentage of positive tests for pathogens in birds processed by poultry companies such as Tyson Foods Inc. and Pilgrim's Pride Corp. The ... More >>

Tuesday Tussle: Part 1, Local Blogger Fired for Writing About Sex -- She Got Screwed!

The Beautiful Kind​As recounted on Daily RFT yesterday, a St. Louis sex blogger was summarily fired from her day job last week when her boss discovered her anonymous blog The Beautiful Kind (TBK). Although TBK has always been careful to hide her identity in her online writings and photos, someone ... More >>

Tuesday Tussle: Part 2, Local Blogger Fired for Writing About Sex -- Tough Titties!

​And so The Beautiful Kind blogger, that chronicler of deviant kink, has been outed and fired. She calls it "crazy unfair" and "lifestyle discrimination." And she is incorrect. You know what "crazy unfair" would be? If she were a lesbian, and her employer discovered it and then fired her for that ... More >>

St. Louis Animal Shelter Story Gets a Second Life in Post-Dispatch, and Oh What a Life!

Portrait of this blogger as a dog.​The Post-Dispatch fronted on its Sunday cover yesterday the story of the St. Louis Animal House Fund, a non-profit agency that was supposed to be raising money for a new animal shelter for the city. As the daily reported, the Animal House Fund spent more money th ... More >>

The Cat's Meow: The HEARding Cats collective brings new sounds to St. Louis

FoodWire: "Operation Give Thanks" at Monarch Saturday, 11.7

Monarch (7401 Manchester Road; website) is hosting "Operation Give Thanks" to benefit U.S. military families this Saturday, November 7, from 7-11 p.m.The restaurant will donate a portion of the proceeds from a select bar menu to the non-profit Operation Shower, which the organization's own website d ... More >>

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Robbie's House of Jazz Opens in Webster Groves

To the casual observer, the quiet, tree-lined streets of Webster Groves probably do not suggest a jazz hotbed. Yet over the years the St. Louis suburb has become home to the independent label MAXJAZZ; a respected jazz studies program at Webster University; and two music stores - Euclid Records and W ... More >>

We Salute You

Fade to Black: Just as the cameras began to roll on a major city film project, the plug is pulled

Road Hard

Zombie Squad Trivia Spectacular

Pet Paparazzi

Strike a pose

Through Their Eyes

See St. Louis differently

Not Just Horsin' Around

Raising money, playing polo

Trolley Song: A new source of funds pushes forward the plan for streetcars on Delmar Boulevard

Welcome Home!

Get comfy with Art Saint Louis

Star aTrek

I Would Dine 4 U

Enjoy Fruitcakes

No, really!

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