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Connor Daley
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Vermonter. Fighting for communities that are more equitable, emergent, and responsive. Always (re+un)learning. YIMBY | Backgammon | Transit | Elect More Vermont Women. Opinions are my own and/or commitments to the bit
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Since I was 15, I’ve only worked with nonprofits and have had the joy to work with so many wonderful leaders across the country, especially in Vermont. We need to step up and support them if we want our communities to thrive.

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This has been a problem for a long time – Vermont nonprofits have forever been chronically underfunded and overburdened. Per Common Good Vermont’s most recent Nonprofit Wages and Benefits Survey & Report, executive directors identifying as women make up two-thirds of nonprofit leaders yet only earn, on average, 79% of what executive directors identifying as men are making. If we want a resilient, inclusive and vibrant future for our state, we must do more than just applaud their mission. We must fund their work and pay them equitably.
May 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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It’s construction season! Every restaurant on Church Street (and part of College) temporarily shut down for most of the morning/early afternoon while VGS crews access each gas valve after a line on Main Street in BTV ruptured.
April 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Defend nonprofits, defend democracy

www.politico.com/newsletters/...
In just over two months, at least 10,000 nonprofit workers have lost their jobs, according to an estimate from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. And groups providing essential services including housing, education and domestic violence support — and who are already scrambling in an uncertain economic environment — could now face an even steeper funding drought.
April 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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NCRP tracked >1,000 private and public grantmakers between 2020 and 2022 who gave $420 million to 133 organizations focused on rolling back LGBTQ human rights in the USA.

ncrp.org/the-regressi...
April 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Good morning from beautiful Winooski!
March 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Over 400 rural hospitals are at risk of closing with proposed cuts to Medicaid

www.chartis.com/sites/defaul...
March 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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“Nonprofits in Chittenden, Washington, and Windham counties received the most government funding. Nonprofits in Rutland, Franklin, and Orleans counties would have the biggest gap to fill if they lost their government grants”

www.urban.org/research/pub...
February 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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*jefferson starship voice* cranes cranes cranes

We’re building in Winooski!
February 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Things are bleak over on twitter. Can't even wish ill on a transphobe anymore
November 25, 2024 at 3:37 PM