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Designing for Better Mental Health Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Among the more than 80 organizations in the United States, Canada, Britain, and Australia we surveyed, working with local communities was one of the least endorsed activities. Only 10 percent of organizations reported community engagement as a core activity of their policy support strategies.

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Nonprofits as Battlegrounds for Democracy

NonProfit Quarterly

6 The term “nonprofit neighborhoods” refers to “places where neighborhood based nonprofit organizations controlled access to the levers of political, economic, and social power and mediated the local manifestation of the state and the market.” 18 But this kind of political activity is exactly what the nonprofit designation discourages.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

One example is human activity causing climate change and contributing to poor health outcomes (e.g. Governments and their policies in far off places can affect food supply or the spread of disease at home and can go further to impact elections, social policy, and even violent conflicts with loss of life.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

How is suffering at the hand of market forces a ubiquitous but uneven phenomenon? If there’s a downturn in the market, you’re going to be destitute instead of finally being able to take a break and enjoy the last years of your life. Social programs would make us safer. Organizing for justice is an insecure activity.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

A tax credit is a suitable policy tool to encourage the socially responsible operation of for-profit long-term care facilities. It does so at a public cost that is lower than with tax-exempt nonprofits, which are exempt from corporate income tax on all mission-related activity. Journal of European Social Policy 22 (4): 377–91.

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Five Steps to Nonprofit Messaging Success

Getting Attention

It has helped clients achieve a variety of goals : advancing social policy, raising money, establishing corporate identity, promoting new business practices, and explaining complex ideas. Tags: Branding and Messages branding message development messaging nonprofit marketing rebecca leet. Step 5: Write the message.