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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. Before the Affordable Care Act, it was the only good option for health insurance.

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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 was a member of the American Economic Association’s Executive Committee.

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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. Hospitals are eligible for nonprofit status, which exempts them from income, property, and sales taxes.

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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

A Care Cooperative in Quebec City Meets Community Health Needs This year’s Cigale music festival , held over three days in August at Baie de Beauport beach in the Port of Quebec, was a great success. Moreover, SABSA is now partnered with Quebec City’s local health systems. Fear and shame were preventing them from getting needed care.

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Introducing April 2025’s Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) Cohort

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

To name a few: Natasha Cruz , Future Justice Advocate and Impact Leader Molly Kelly , Director of Business Development, Zuri Group Aqeela Muntaqim , Deputy Director of Administration, Mothering Justice Shani Rich , Executive Director, Montana Health Research and Education Foundation Sloane Johnson , Interim Executive Director, Connectech Coding (..)

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Why Guardianship Reform Is a Civil Rights Imperative

NonProfit Quarterly

A new report by the Massachusetts Guardianship Policy Institute indicates that an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 “unbefriended” or “unrepresented, at-risk” individuals in my home state “face significant risks to their health, safety, and well-being due to decisional incapacity and a lack of financial or social resources.”

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? 3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used. Neuroscience, broadly, deals with the nervous system and the brain, including mental health. 10 Only 35.1