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Creative Wildfire: Art for the Frontlines

NonProfit Quarterly

The retreats found their home at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center , an 80-acre ecological reserve in Sonoma County, CA, where retreat participants could learn about ecology, the climate crisis, and biological and cultural diversity—and have the space to brainstorm ways to use their art for a better future.

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Creative School Fundraising Ideas [+ AI Fundraising Idea Generator]

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Charge a fee for participation and highlight the educational value to parents. Cookbook Creation: Collaborate with students, parents, and teachers to compile a school cookbook filled with favorite recipes. Sell the cookbook to families and community members, showcasing the diverse culinary talents within your school community.

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Building Tenant Power for the Long Haul: A Story from Long Beach, California

NonProfit Quarterly

Long Beach is among the nation’s most ethnically diverse cities. Despite being home to many culturally diverse neighborhoods, the city remains deeply segregated, a lasting effect from decades of redlining. The collaboration between the tenant unions created the pressure needed to bring about change.

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Public Land for Public Good: Preserving Miami’s Dominican Neighborhood

NonProfit Quarterly

I left my job at a local nonprofit and, with the support of our nine original stakeholders and the small business owners and residents with whom we had engaged, founded The Allapattah Collaborative Community Development Corporation (TAC). Then the pandemic hit. Little Haiti has seen an exodus of its Haitian residents.

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The Big Chill: Why Nonprofits Should Care about Affirmative Action

Blue Avocado

Where We Are Now Nonprofits and charitable foundations are now left wondering what practices may expose them to legal action and how they may continue to operate in alignment with their values and objectives while complying with the evolving state of the law. Recommendation 2: Support advocacy efforts.