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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

Decades of policy changes, however, often under the radar, today inhibit many diverse kinds of association. [We We need] the means to build associations that are powerful enough to successfully challenge the economic powers that be. Mutualism is the right to associate let loose in the economy. This must be rectified.

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What’s Next for Community Development Finance?

NonProfit Quarterly

How the CDFI Sector Came to Be: A Legislative History Community development finance is arguably as old as finance itselfafter all, the purpose of finance writ large is supposed to be community reinvestment. According to Jacokes, who worked for the US Senate Finance Committee then, four major challenges stood in the way.

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Finance: AMA Pushes For Charity Care Accountability

The NonProfit Times

Image from [link] Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to support greater oversight of nonprofit hospitals and standardization of charity care policies so financial assistance reaches patients in need. The post Finance: AMA Pushes For Charity Care Accountability appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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Financial Sustainability for Nonprofits: 4 Considerations

Ann Green

In it, include guidance on gift acceptance, conflicts of interest, expense reimbursement, and staff compensation, among other aspects of nonprofit finance. According to Jitasa , most nonprofits start out using the cash accounting method to track their finances—i.e., Methodology. Chief financial officer (CFO).

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Nonprofit Hospitals’ Finance Get Ratings Upgrade

The NonProfit Times

It is wonderful to see hospital and health systems ratings improving, and their margins stabilizing, said Alice Ayres, president and CEO of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy. The post Nonprofit Hospitals Finance Get Ratings Upgrade appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Secretary of Health and Human Service Nancy Brown Chief Executive Officer American Heart Association Under Brown’s leadership as CEO since 2008, the AHA has become a global authority on cardiovascular and brain health as well as overall well-being. She also was a senior adviser on finance and development at the U.S.

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AI and Racial Justice: Navigating the Dual Impact on Marginalized Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

It reaches into healthcare, finance, justice, education, and public policy, promising to streamline and elevate. that favored names on resumes associated with White identities over those associated with Black identities. Facial recognition technologystruggles to accurately identify Black and Brown faces.

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