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Gender Equality Advocates Advance Pay Equity at State Level

NonProfit Quarterly

In Illinois, for instance, a new pay transparency law took effect on January 1, 2025; the law requires employers with more than 15 employees to include salary ranges and a description of benefits and other compensation in their job postings. Yet in some US states they are making significant gains on pay equity.

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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

A small change to employment law in 1974 enabled over 10 million workers to share in the profits of their employers. Broadband internet access is available through one of the national telecoms that serves the area, but connections are typically below the advertised speed and outages are frequent. Another way is still possible.

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How to Reduce Economic Inequality by Expanding Employee Ownership

NonProfit Quarterly

Some states have a specific statute for worker co-ops; some of these laws may include provisions for minority nonworker members. An EOT uses existing trust law (specifically, the noncharitable perpetual purpose trust) to create a vehicle that can lock a mission (namely, benefiting employees) into the structure of the business.

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Merging Nonprofit Organizations: What Nonprofit Leaders Need to Know

Nonprofit Fixer

Our sector was seeing a lot of change and competition from private equity-backed competitors with huge budgets to advertise and attract both clients and staff and there was a demand for adding service types that we did not have the staff or financial bandwidth to add. List of all officers of the company and board members.

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Study Reveals In-Depth Analysis of the State of Global Generosity

NonProfit PRO

Recommendations for Enhancing Philanthropy: Legal and Administrative Reforms: Streamlining laws and processes can enhance the operating environment for philanthropy. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. window.dfp_npp_interstitial = googletag.defineSlot("/124057991/npp_interstitial", [[640,480]], "napco-ad-npp_interstitial").addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

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How to Interrupt the Public Funds to Private Profits Pipeline: A California Story

NonProfit Quarterly

Unlike big commercial banks, most public banks (and all California public banks under state law) will be nonprofits and use their earnings from loan interest and fees to reinvest in local economies and large-scale community-wide projects. While not yet prevalent in the United States, public banking is common globally.

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From HeLa Cells to Digital Health: Navigating the Promises and Pitfalls of Modern Clinical Research

NonProfit Quarterly

21 Integrating Data Ethics and Diversity into the Narrative In the United Kingdom, organizations can use personal data without consent under a rule known as lawful basis. 45 In regions lacking data privacy laws, researchers from high-income countries may perform studies they would avoid in their home countries.