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Report Reveals Nonprofits Are a Major Employer in Nearly Every State

NonProfit PRO

For even more granular data, we invite those interested to consult our GMU Nonprofit Works website that provides user-guided access to these data points down to the county and metro statistical area (MSA) levels, and enables users to compare nonprofits to the government sector, in addition to for-profit businesses. setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

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Powerful, Not Powerless: Emerging Approaches to Massive Action

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Autocratic governments, nihilistic oligarchs, escalating climate impacts, dynamic pandemics, menacing technologies, rampant misinformationall of these forces and more conspire to leave Americans and people around the world feeling less safe, more uncertain, and more frightened about the future.

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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in India

Candid

To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years. Optimistically, philanthropy and civil society have responded with creativity and flexibility.

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

From Experimentation to Diffusion of Urban Innovations The innovative role of dynamic cities has been referred to as government by experiment. Experimentation is particularly important for climate governance, where cities have developed new ideas at an impressive rate.

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The Digital Economy Is Broken—But It’s Not Too Late

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We spoke with more than 80 people, representing workers, scholars, unions, the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, and multilateral agencies. Companies must consider the consequences of these technologies throughout their tech procurement, deployment, and governance processes—in partnership with their workforces.

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Unlocking the Potential of Open 990 Data

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Making more robust use of open 990 data requires that nonprofits, foundations, researchers, and the IRS and federal government alike commit to sustained action. Even though government now mandates electronic filing, some nonprofits provide required information in alternative formats that make electronic analysis more difficult.

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Reimagining Business Ownership in the Global South

Stanford Social Innovation Review

These business models rebalance economic (and often governance) rights away from outside investors to other stakeholders, such as workers and producers who drive value creation in the business. Similar efforts to advance these ideas continue today driven by individual enterprises, philanthropy, and government.