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Report Reveals Nonprofits Are a Major Employer in Nearly Every State

NonProfit PRO

To supplement this report, we have developed a data dashboard, which provides additional information on the number of nonprofit establishments operating in each state, the fields in which they are active, and how this changed during and in the years immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

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Merging and Acquisitions as a Strategic Tool for Nonprofit Growth

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Not all mergers require such significant investment, but since nonprofits cant bank profits for future investmentand social enterprises often struggle to maintain margins that would support rapid growththis leaves us primarily dependent on fundraising campaigns and specific investable moments as vehicles for scaling.

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3 strategies for more meaningful donor engagement 

Candid

As we expanded into a social enterprise and holistic women’s empowerment initiative, I struggled with fundraising. Remember, you’re not just seeking funds—you’re inviting donors to join a movement, to become active participants in creating meaningful impact.

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The Next Generation of Mutualism

Stanford Social Innovation Review

When enough mutualist networks and organizations are active, you may even wind up with an ecosysteman abundance of shared resources, experience, social capital, and financing, both centralized and grassroots, all sustaining projects serving a wide variety of community needs. It isnt charity, it isnt selfishness.

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What do nonprofits struggle with the most?

Blue Avocado

Donations to charities/nonprofits exist to give tax breaks for those who actively support the common good through their donations to nonprofits. Opportunities exist in launching social enterprises, fee-for-service programs, investing in donor engagement, and more.

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Small Firms Are Still a Big Missed Opportunity in Development Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The fact that small business leaders are engaged in productive economic activity suggests they are not the poorest of the poor; for some, this means that scarce philanthropic dollars are needed to serve the most vulnerable instead. Business owners aren’t “poor enough.”

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Diaspora Philanthropy 3.0

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As a result, many young Indian-Americans, despite being aware and active on social and environmental issues, feel limited affinity for India and charities working there. Decades of focusing on cultivating businessmen (and a few women) in their 50s, 60s, and 70s has shaped fundraising practices to a large degree.