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An Experimental Approach to Early-Stage Nonprofit Governance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The ultimate success of these young nonprofits—their ability to fulfill their missions—will depend on many things, but good governance is among the most important. Successfully experimenting with and evolving its governance structure over the last decade has been central to Jump’s success.

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Making Economic Democracy Work: How to Practice Shared Leadership

NonProfit Quarterly

The experiment, called Collaborate to Co-Liberate , brought together over 200 practitioners from nearly 90 organizations across the country (and beyond) for 15 months to co-develop ways to build accountable, self-governing, and radically democratic organizations that embody liberatory visions while preserving overall effectiveness.

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Announcing the Mid-South Nonprofit Conference Speakers!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

This year’s theme, “ All In ”, will examine how the recovery and success of the nonprofit sector is driven by the collective and effective work of the staff, board, stakeholders, clients, community, government, and corporate sector. Her work spans dozens of corporate clients, nonprofits and government organizations.

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MNA is searching for our next Executive Director

MNA Association

MNA is a proud and active member of the National Council of Nonprofits that serves almost 30,000 nonprofits across the country through its network of state nonprofit associations. The Executive Director actively supports building the membership base and the value members find in belonging to MNA.

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How to Conduct Racial Equity Audits

NonProfit Quarterly

These audits are part of the bigger picture of organizational change management. And every piece of the puzzle is required to complete the scene and make change happen. This power-sharing process led to a commitment from the board to integrate regular DEI trainings into governance.

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Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Contracts ??

Selfish Giving

Companies may want the charity partner to undertake specific activities. If the charity is expected to provide substantial return benefits, such as active marketing of the company’s products or services, the payments received as part of the relationship could be subject to unrelated business income tax (“UBIT”). Return Benefits.

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The Challenge to Power

NonProfit Quarterly

For their part, the occupants of the national office were content with this relationship: the dues allowed the national headquarters to engage in an advocacy strategy reliant upon public relations and court battles to eventually change the legal status of Black Americans. People witnessed the raw hypocrisy of January 6.