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Homeless, Then Shot by Federal Police

NonProfit Quarterly

Despite multiple warnings, fines, and legal notices directing them to leave, they had stayed because they were otherwise homeless. A Broader Crisis: Criminalizing Homelessness Homelessness is, of course, a national problem with broad scope.

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.

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Is NYC’s Mayor Playing into Anti-Immigrant Sentiment?

NonProfit Quarterly

Initially, New York City officials, backed by pro-immigrant nonprofits, mutual aid groups, and liberal voters, called Abbott’s bluff by welcoming the migrants and promising to help them. “We As soon as they did that, everything got inextricably tangled up with the city’s homeless shelter system.”

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Cross-Boundary Collaborations in Cities: Where to Start

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Edmondson & Anahide Nahhal In 2019, Joyce Craig, the newly elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, was grappling with two major crises : The city was reporting an opioid-related death every few days, and chronic homelessness was rising. An acceptable entry point has enough support from the team and others to move forward.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. The local organization could identify someone working at the intersection of food and legal advocacy.

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How to Form and Use an Advisory Board for Your Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

A nonprofit Advisory Board can be a great way to engage key supporters with relevant professional skills, life experiences, and networks. Unlike a Governing Board, often called a Board of Directors, an Advisory Board has no decision-making authority and does not issue directives or have fiduciary responsibility.

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Where Does the Money Go in Environmental Grantmaking?

NonProfit Quarterly

Foundations manage risk by awarding money to well-known organizations with good track records, and in turn, environmental organizations ensure stable revenue by building large funding relationships with many foundations, keeping their money spigot flowing. million to management and technical assistance, $76.7 million.