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How we all benefit from nonprofits every day 

Candid

Health information and assistance: When surfing online for health information, most of us will end up on a nonprofits website. 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.

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Big Aid Is Over

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A good example of getting that number is Healthy Learners, scaling up their idea of teachers as health workers in Zambia. Cheap enough depends on whos paying, and with all due respect to our effective altruism buddies, cost-effective does not necessarily mean cheap enoughsomebody has to be willing to pay.

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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

Foreign assistance” implies charity to strangers, prompting policymakers to ask how much altruism they can afford. In contrast, a vocabulary rooted in reciprocity—global health security, climate resilience, and mutual investment—highlights the benefits that flow in every direction. Build humanitarian bridges.

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Hedging Your Bets: Rajiv Shah, and the Limits of Large-Scale Changemaking

Blue Avocado

Soon after the dawn of our digitally focused new century, strategic philanthropy came on the scene, extolling the power of theories of change and offering the promise that data could help us solve the big problems that vex society. military, to take similar steps.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

Even the American Psychological Association acknowledges the country is “facing a national mental health crisis that could yield serious health and social consequences for years to come.” Creating a world that is conducive to everyone’s mental health requires valuing and centering the leadership and experience of BIPOC communities.

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Time To Celebrate: Nov. 15th Is National Philanthropy Day

Bloomerang

Nonprofits are set up to support a variety of social causes, such as educational, health, scientific, public safety, and human rights. Philanthropy refers to charitable acts or other good works that help others or society as a whole. In the U.S., Technology, including social media, has also shaped how many individuals give to others.