**🚨 The Reality of Running a Sustainability Nonprofit in Iowa: A Thread 🧵** 1/ This year, I started a nonprofit: a creative reuse center dedicated to keeping materials out of landfills and educating our community on how to reuse creatively instead of buying new. ♻️✨ - ThreadSky

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fuckputinsgop.bsky.social • 33 days ago

**🚨 The Reality of Running a Sustainability Nonprofit in Iowa: A Thread 🧵**

1/ This year, I started a nonprofit: a creative reuse center dedicated to keeping materials out of landfills and educating our community on how to reuse creatively instead of buying new. ♻️✨

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fuckputinsgop.bsky.social•32 days ago

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fuckputinsgop.bsky.social•33 days ago

2/ Sounds great, right? Well… we’re in Iowa. A state where the government has dismantled nearly all sustainability efforts and shunned environmental responsibility. 🌱❌

fuckputinsgop.bsky.social•33 days ago

3/ That means we’re a struggling nonprofit with **VERY LITTLE** grassroots support. We fight an uphill battle every day just to exist.

And today, we got this email through our website contact form:

fuckputinsgop.bsky.social•33 days ago

4/*"After reading your website, it seems you are breaking Iowa policy by not removing any DEI practices. I agree with DEI, but it’s not going to help others support you. But I am sure since you are a non-profit, you can fly under the radar."*

fuckputinsgop.bsky.social•33 days ago

5/ First, Iowa has **no policy** banning DEI—except for **public universities.** Our nonprofit is private and community-driven.

fuckputinsgop.bsky.social•33 days ago

6/ Second, this was sent under a **fake name and email.** But a quick IP search confirmed: it came from a **local competitor.**

fuckputinsgop.bsky.social•33 days ago

7/ This competitor is a **for-profit business** that offers similar services—while soliciting (and receiving) donations from the public. **Lining her own pockets** under the guise of community work.

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