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14 Job Boards for Nonprofit Professionals Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Job Seekers 1) Chronicle of Philanthropy :: jobs.philanthropy.com A extensive job board and career resource center for nonprofit professionals and foundation executives. nonprofits, foundations, and institutions of higher education. nonprofits, foundations, and institutions of higher education.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Corporate promises of “partnership” and leveraging their buying power from social enterprises can also be elusive. The company has pledged to procure five percent of its spend from social enterprises and companies led by underrepresented founders by 2025. What about public sector funds or foundation grants?

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Social enterprises such as car-sharing programs are changing the nature of urban transportation and providing alternative options to individual car ownership. I also found that cities were quicker to first adopt energy-efficient buildings where mission-driven organizations are actively involved in addressing social problems.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. The Awesome Foundation. New Earth Foundation. Cornell Douglas Foundation. Kellogg Foundation. Whole Kids Foundation. Emeril Lagasse Foundation.

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Building Community Governance for AI

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Ethical AI governance in this context would go beyond defense against AI’s harms, reimagining how we live together and care for each other, and then actively implementing ethical, effective, and creative AI applications to realize these visions. Moreover, it seeds economic opportunities and enhances social cohesion.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For most US-based foundations, the answer has traditionally been to focus on confined problem areas, projects like reducing malaria incidence, improving school attendance, or increasing access to safe drinking water. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way. And how can philanthropies fund it?

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A Social Movement Requires Momentum

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Foundations and corporations are still giving to large, established entities, because they know them and because they work at a scale that is efficient for institutional giving (as defined by the number of people or geography served). Of course, both require long-term funding and investment since they lay the foundation for new approaches.