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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Her lack of access to healthy food, along with the stress associated with getting food and making ends meet, exacerbates her risk. Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance.

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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

As a result, many of these communities face higher rates of premature death and worse health outcomes than the rest of the country. According to the County Health Rankings, 81 percent fall in the least healthy quartile. Bank branches catalyze investment, and there is less lending in their absence.

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Billion Dollar CEO, Founder: Liz Elting on Dreaming, Mentoring, Giving and Winning

Fundraising Leadership

Graduating with her MBA in Finance and International Business from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 1992, Elting has won several prestigious awards for her entrepreneurship and philanthropy, including the Distinguished Alumnae Award from NYU Stern's Women in Business, as well as the 2019 Charles Waldo Haskins Award for business and public service.

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¡Adelante! A Latinx Community Organizes to Generate Community Wealth

NonProfit Quarterly

Coproduced with the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders , a national network of Latinx community development groups, this series highlights community preservation, land ownership, and business development efforts in Latinx and immigrant communities across the country. How does this all work in practice?

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BOOKMARK THIS: Big List of Twitter Chats for Nonprofits (Chat Tools, Too!)

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Chances are no matter what you do, and no matter which sector your cause represents (health, animals, justice, community benefit, etc.), If you’re in education or health, be sure to dive into the special directories listed in the OTHER section. AssnChat | Tuesdays @ 1pm CT (associations). TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The intellectual most associated with classical utilitarianism (also known as consequentialism) is the 18th-century British philosopher and legal scholar Jeremy Bentham. Such clauses enable organizations to terminate an agreement if a donor’s conduct causes scandal or brings disgrace by association to the institution.

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Program Management Statistics: 12 Stats and How to Use Them

Get Fully Funded

Make use of tools such as interviews and surveys to allow your constituents to directly communicate your program’s impact on specific areas of their lives, whether that’s social, health, or economic. Sheri’s foray into entrepreneurship began with Measurement Resources Company in 2010. Returning Constituents.