400 Community redevelopment agencies (C.R.A.s) across California closed their doors on February 1^st and 73 were located within the county of Los Angeles. 

Los Angeles County is called the creative capital of the world for obvious reasons, and that title is finally taking root in a sustainable way. For the first time in a generation, a significant number of L.A. County's school districts (there are an astonishing 81 of them serving 1.7 million students) are committing to arts education.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that historically, a bad economy affects different types of nonprofit organizations in different ways, according to researchers at Indiana University.