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Rewarding Your Nonprofit Staff Without Cash: Tips & Tricks

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Nonprofit organizations often operate on shoestring budgets, with every dollar being stretched to its limit to fulfill the organization’s mission. Yet the lifeblood of any nonprofit is its people – the passionate volunteers and hard-working staff who dedicate their time, energy, and talents to making a positive impact.

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Public Land for Public Good: Preserving Miami’s Dominican Neighborhood

NonProfit Quarterly

According to the National Trust, the annual list “spotlights important examples of our nation’s architectural and cultural heritage that, without applied action and immediate advocacy, will be lost or face irreparable damage.” Those who’ve managed to scratch out a way to stay are at risk every day of being erased.

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Should We Put Out a Statement?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

If you’re a nonprofit communications professional, you’ve heard that question many times, often the day after some major news event. Since the October 7 massacres in Israel and subsequent war in Gaza, many nonprofits have struggled to decide whether and how to respond publicly. By Seth Chalmer “Should we put out a statement?”

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Kinship over Transaction: How Bolivians Meet Community Needs

NonProfit Quarterly

This is one of many cultural rituals common in the small, majority-Indigenous country—wedged between Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Brazil—of roughly 12 million people. Where are all the corporate logos and banners, which hardly any public event in the United States is without? Where is the Coca-Cola banner? How did they do it?

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2022 Nonprofit Leadership Conference Breakout Speakers & Sessions

NonProfit Leadership Center

The past few years have required nonprofit professionals to dig deep, think differently and work together to support communities. At the 2022 Nonprofit Leadership Conference on December 1 , presented by Bank of America, you’ll reignite your calling to nonprofit work and come together with peers and partners to chart the path forward.

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The State of Black Women Leadership Is In Danger

NonProfit Quarterly

Metro Area Nonprofit Sector. For example, at the end of an event I attended this summer of about 50 Black nonprofit and philanthropic leaders, as we milled around saying our goodbyes, Black women shared that they were on medication—mostly anxiety, depression, and heart medicine—as a result of taking leadership.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. In each of these scenarios, promoting public well-being requires reaching out across social boundaries. In other cases, they are organizations, industries, professions, or cultures.