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Cancelling Student Debt Is Necessary for Racial Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

After a decade of organizing to move debt cancellation from the margins to the center of national policy debates, the movement to cancel student debt continues to gain ground, as NPQ’s Rithika Ramamurthy documented earlier this year. The Problem of Student Loan Debt.

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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

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How To Use Numbers To Inspire More Giving (and How You Should NOT Use Them)

iMarketSmart

The social-emotional content is the same. Starting with the statistical explanation reduced the social emotion.[6] 7] One system is: Social. The social-emotion system motivates charitable giving.[8] 8] Social-emotional story is the engine that drives giving. But it contributes only as a brake on giving.

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How Guarantees Can Advance Community Development and Racial Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. Financial guarantees are a powerful tool, yet they are underutilized in the social sector. One confounding challenge is low field awareness.

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Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)

Selfish Giving

that is conducting a charitable sales promotion in which it will advertise that it is donating to Charity Corp. that is conducting a charitable sales promotion in which it will advertise that it is donating to Charity Corp. UBIT affects traditional corporate sponsorships (e.g., $X Question #1 : My organization, Charity Corp.,

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. Charitable contributions driven by ethical egoism may provide the most benefit to the donor, however.

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