New Jersey school uses $1M grant to produce maple syrup

A university in New Jersey is spending a $1 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture on testing the feasibility of a maple syrup industry in the Garden State. Stockton University is in its fourth year of producing syrup from the 300 acres of red maple trees surrounding the school, whose campus spans from … Read more

Trusts fear new tax to shrink coffers, hurt charity work

Mumbai: Large trusts of corporate houses, CSR foundations, and many non-profits are in a dilemma as the March 15 deadline for advance tax approaches. The bone of contention is a new law that kicked in from FY24 and imposes a tax on the slice of the money that larger trusts give to smaller NGOs doing … Read more

No more cash, how to switch to your SASSA gold card?

SASSA grant recipients can now choose to receive payments on a SASSA gold card (via Postbank) or their personal bank accounts. If you’re among those switching from Postbank, here’s what you need to do following recent news. After the news we reported on earlier this week that Postbank is phasing out cash payments at Post … Read more