A relatively new group is harnessing the collective strength of the state’s nonprofits – which employ thousands of workers and handle billions of dollars – to help shape public policy and share resources.

Statewide, nonprofits as an industry are an economic force, pumping about $67 billion a year into the economy, said David Magnani, executive director of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, during an editorial board meeting with the Daily News yesterday.

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TEWKSBURY—Organizations from all over northeastern Massachusetts will have the opportunity to share concerns with legislators on issues affecting the nonprofit sector at the first regional meeting of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN)–Northeast, to be held Wednesday, November 7 at the Holiday Inn in Tewksbury.
A new, statewide association [...]