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Report Reveals Nonprofits Are a Major Employer in Nearly Every State

NonProfit PRO

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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation. The SABSA healthcare cooperative is one of over 11,000 enterprises in the province of Quebec’s distinctive social economy. “We

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Strengthening communities by supporting the nonprofit workforce 

Candid

For many nonprofit workers—especially those who work in social assistance, the arts, or the religious sector—wages just can’t keep up with rising costs. In 2022, 48% owned their homes, only 4% had any investment income, 25% were covered by public health insurance, and 10% had no coverage at all.

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#WeTheCivic: “America’s” Stories Can’t Be Told Without Us 

NonProfit Quarterly

The nonprofit sector employs over 12 million people , but Capitol Hill dismisses our policy power. Every voice we don’t amplify is a policy we can’t pass. Authoritarians understand narrative as warfare: Control the story, and you control the policy. Control the policy, and you control the people. We contributed $1.4

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From Uprooted to Uplifted: The Movement to Restore Indigenous Land Rights

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Research consistently shows that Indigenous-managed lands have better climate outcomes than lands managed by other entities. Governments have returned ownership and management of millions of hectares of land in at least 39 countries. So how do we replicate those wins in other regions?

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

According to The Generosity Commission, they instead are complex actions that go straight to the core of civil society and democracy, which includes declining trust of institutions and neighbors and social isolation. By Paul Clolery Making a donation to charity or volunteering time would seem to be relatively simple acts.

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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. After all, 501c3 nonprofits cannot endorse candidates for public office. You could say that this is by design.