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How we all benefit from nonprofits every day 

Candid

Whatever the illness or condition, nonprofits exist that provide credible information to direct patients to resources to help them cope and heal, and in some cases provide material assistance. So, how can we help make their work more visible? Disability services: More than one in four U.S.

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Big Aid Is Over

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The governments therefederal and statehave the will, the dough, and the capacity to scale up good ideas. Countries in East Asia and Latin America are in relatively good shape, with tax bases that can power government action. In Africa, governments have little to spend, andin the short run, at leastthese cuts are really going to hurt.

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Meet the Hidden Majority of Nonprofits: The All-Volunteer Organization

NonProfit Quarterly

voluntary [third sector, civil society]) groups that manifest substantial voluntary altruism as groups and use the associational form of organization and, thus, have official memberships of volunteers who perform most, and often all, of the work/activity done in and by these nonprofits. But this does not explain why AVOs exist.

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Retire ‘Foreign Assistance’

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Alexander Puutio and other global development experts and leaders on how the sector can chart a path forward in the face of government pullbacks. Across the globe, traditional donor governments are slashing foreign assistance budgets—none more abruptly than the United States. Smarter incentives and stronger market signals can help.

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Should you thank your donors with a gift?

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

Social norms are governed by values of community selflessness and altruism. When we are primed to give based on social norms, we donate because we want to make a difference and help others. Market norms are governed by calculated self-interest. They also discovered happier people help others more, and they give more.

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SVB, GPT, and the social sector

Philanthropy 2173

Speaking of incomplete information, Time Magazine is running a story describing how some of the biggest names in Effective Altruism knew about the financial shenanigans of their most famous, duplicitous member, Sam Bankman-Fried. You don’t have one ?) That’s about all we can guess is coming from these two recent events. Strange times ahead.

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Pro-Black Organizations Lead the Way for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

In fact, according to findings from a recent APA survey of 1,500 employees across for-profit, nonprofit, and government sectors, more than 80 percent of adult workers in the US will look for workplaces that are conducive to their mental health.

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