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Making a Difference: Ian Adair, ACNP, CEO of the Seattle Police Foundation

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

From youth development to mental health and equity in education. In addition, the Foundation provides funding to officers and civilian staff through program grants that emphasize community building, crime prevention, officer wellness, and support to children and families in need.

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Gender Equality Advocates Advance Pay Equity at State Level

NonProfit Quarterly

In Illinois, for instance, a new pay transparency law took effect on January 1, 2025; the law requires employers with more than 15 employees to include salary ranges and a description of benefits and other compensation in their job postings. Yet in some US states they are making significant gains on pay equity.

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Local Elections: Small Margins, BIG Consequences

Non Profitvote

From decisions about your childrens education to policies about public safety, housing, and infrastructure, your local officials hold the power to shape the community where you live. They determine voting hours, polling locations, and how voter ID laws are implemented.

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Policies for Housing With Heart

Stanford Social Innovation Review

One of the grandmothers was holding and cooing to the baby, while the grandfather played a game with pre-teen children, freeing the granddaughter to make the fire and cook the meal. Children grow up and leave their parents behind, starting new “nuclear” family units. Multigenerational households are rare. It s estimated that 2.6

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Co-op Leaders Consider Future as International Year of the Co-op Nears

NonProfit Quarterly

For instance, in Paraguay, Riquelme said that co-ops, by law, must set aside 10 percent of profits for a co-op education development fund. Riquelme added that part of the country’s commitment to cooperatives is to invest in co-op education; children in Paraguay start learning about co-ops in the first grade.

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How TIFs Impact Racial and Economic Justice at the Local Level

NonProfit Quarterly

Board member Bob Mankovsky, in justifying his vote, declared that the TIF purely puts on us the burden of giving millions of taxpayer money that should be educating our students and giving it to billionaires. The school board voted unanimously in favor of filing the complaint. Lets just call it what it is. This reduces the school share to 45.6

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The Next Generation of Mutualism

Stanford Social Innovation Review

To ensure mutualism thrives in the next generation, communities need laws, regulations, practices, and capital markets that encourage solidarity and investment outside of any given silo. Another interesting example comes from First Book , a nonprofit that provides kids with books through a network of more than 600,000 educators serving 6.5