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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. Furthermore, our research revealed that the unequal structure of Brazilian society is reproduced in the field of social entrepreneurship through two mechanisms.

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Building Community Capacity in Rural East Texas: The Long Lift

NonProfit Quarterly

This is a question animating much of our work in East Texas, where a local family foundation ( T.L.L. Temple Foundation, 2022 The graph has a clarifying quality, disabusing any suggestion that our regions (represented by the green, blue, and orange lines) are on the right track. In rural East Texas we have a pilot model to get started.

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Building Power in Rural and Tribal Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

These are the women that came back and built many of the foundational and educational programs still standing today, such as United Indian Health Services, North Coast Indian Development Corporation, and the Native Cultures Fund. It was the best approach we knew at the time for transforming systems and policies to improve health equity.

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Companies Taking Action B in Action was launched in 2022 by two initiatives of the Beijing-based Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation. Through the collaboration with Tencent, D-Lab seeks to enhance the skills and income of individuals with disabilities, and encourage tech companies, among others, to adopt more inclusive employment practices.

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The Future of Family Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

If you give with your family or a family, whether through a donor-advised fund, a foundation, a giving circle, or anything in between, you are connected to family philanthropy. These two foundations exemplify not just expanded giving but a move away from default positions and toward more purpose-driven, problem-focused philanthropy.

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Scaling Deep, Not Up: Lessons from Detroit

NonProfit Quarterly

Leaders in many places facing economic decline—be they post-industrial cities in the Rust Belt or depleted communities in former coal mining towns—are increasingly looking to entrepreneurship as a means of revitalization. As a result, the ventures’ growth was not fast, but steady and durable.

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What Would an Economy That Loved Black People Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

Investing in people and places that have been historically excluded from traditional investment support will always appear risky to foundations and fund managers. This involves deep collaboration between movement leaders, creatives, and community, as well as with investors, funders, and wealth holders.