Nonprofits in the Press: A Roundup

1% Food and Beverage Tax in Anderson, Ind., to benefit local nonprofits: The Economic Development Quality of Life Fund, administered by the Madison County Community Foundation, has an initial $200,000 endowment. Grants will be overseen by a seven-member advisory board, with three members appointed by the Mayor, two by the City Council, one by the Chamber of Commerce, and one by the Visitors and Convention Bureau. “For too long, decisions about which organizations to assist and which go without have been made without any clear guidelines, by the impulse and the need of the moment. The structure the fund will create will help ensure funds have a long range positive impact on the community and are ultimately reinvested in a way that improves the quality of life that ensures future funding,” the mayor of Anderson, Ind., Kris Ockomon said. [Anderson Free Press]

Wine for Good: "My goal is to become the first not-for-profit winery in the world," Mark Proden, a former pilot in the United States Air Force who is now a student at Northwest Viticulture Center, says. "I'm modeling it after Paul Newman's successful 'Newman's Own' product line. If he could do it with salad dressings, I figure I can do it with wine.” Poden’s Bodhichitta Winery produces chenin blanc, pinot gris, and cabernet sauvignon using rhubarb, apple, orange blossom honey, blackberries, marion berries and blueberries, at $25 to $60 a bottle. [Oregon Statesman Journal]

Italian Instruction in the U.S. Takes a Hit: The College Board has cancelled its AP exam in Italian. An effort to save the test raised $650,000 from individuals, but Italy didn’t come through with an expected $300,000. “The losses being incurred for the discontinued courses have exceeded a prudent threshold for a not-for-profit organization,” the board said in a letter. [The New York Times]