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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Claire Dunning In early 1926, Cafritz Construction placed an advertisement in The Washington Post celebrating the speed with which their “Life-time Homes” were selling in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC. This particular advertisement included a list of reasons why Cafritz homes were so popular.

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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Excessive Wealth Has Run Amok—This Must Stop

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s time to change public policy to do away with excessive wealth and its corrosive effects on our lives, our society, and our democracy. Conceptually, the threshold for excessive wealth would be the point at which an individual can take the government hostage or otherwise damage democratic institutions.

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The Future of Journalism: A Conversation with Monika Bauerlein of Mother Jones

NonProfit Quarterly

Could you break down your revenue profile—subscription, individual donors, philanthropy, advertising—and how that profile has changed over time? Advertising isn’t going to. When Mother Jones was founded, the biggest sources of advertising were tobacco and cars. Advertising is under tremendous pressure.