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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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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate first-ever standards to govern disposal of coal ash and limit the wastewater discharge of toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. Rutzen has worked on the legal framework for civil society, digital rights, and public participation in 100 countries. Department of the Treasury.

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Why Are We Ignoring One-Sixth of the Nonprofit Workforce?

NonProfit Quarterly

government began collecting data on volunteering, reported the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland. Just as bees are essential pollinators that nurture healthy ecosystem, a strong volunteer base helps maintain a healthy civil society. This is unsurprisingthat decline was because of COVID-19.

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US Nonprofit Sector Documents Its Own Powerlessness, but What Will We Do?

NonProfit Quarterly

I have been a managing director, a board member, a board president, a consultant to nonprofits, and taught college courses on nonprofit management and policy at several Chicago universities. Bothwell , professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. Undermining itfor any reason, by any leaderis a threat we cannot and will not ignore.

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Calling All Donors (and Would-Be Donors): The Vital US Nonprofit Sector Is Under Threat and Must Be Protected

NonProfit Quarterly

A recent report from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at the University of Indiana notes that the proportion of U.S. The stark reality is fewer and fewer Americans are giving. Lets start with the drop in rates of giving to nonprofits. Johnsons presidential administration, quipped more than 40 years ago.

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Education Transformation Against All Odds

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance. The integration of these values has led to transformative changes in many nafda schools.

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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination

NonProfit Quarterly

At a march for universal basic income (UBI) for instance, warm-up games sparked energy, and a short forum play—initially questioned by attendees, who expected yet another speech—ultimately pulled both campaigners and passers-by into a dialogue that linked everyday injustices to the promise of UBI.