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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NGOs scaled solutions to educational problems in India for decades without sufficient reading or math improvement. An Inspiration In the eyes of medical experts , the future of medicine is to prioritize keeping people healthy for longer periods. instead prioritizes creating and sustaining health over curing diseases.

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Preserving Cambodia Town: How A Refugee Community Has Organized Itself

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Ian Nicole Reambonanza on Unsplash This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). How does a refugee community organize itself?

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Organizing a Community Around Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change. These ideals and beliefs are built into how EFAI works. million grant to LISC Indianapolis.

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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

the community development financial institution where I work, lends to families and businesses throughout the state of Maine. A childcare business incubator needs to combine small business start-up education with specific childcare business management and coaching. Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

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Beyond Pledges: Building More Inclusive Capital Ecosystems

NonProfit Quarterly

These inequities have had multigenerational impacts on the health, economic opportunity, education, and culture of millions of people. Working primarily with low-income women of color, Grameen helps them build businesses by providing access to affordable credit, resources, and financial education.

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Setting a Co-op Table for Food Justice in Louisville

NonProfit Quarterly

It does not surprise, then, that Black neighborhoods face health disparities relative to their white neighbors, with marked differences in rates of infant mortality, asthma, gun violence, and life expectancy. Food co-ops must collaborate with those addressing systemic racism, health equity, and economic justice.

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Changing the Health System: A Community-Led Approach Rises in Rhode Island

NonProfit Quarterly

I was born in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and started working in public health there as a clinical psychologist. I was responsible for mental health in what was, at the time, one of the world’s poorest countries. There I was, talking to parents about lead poisoning, doing what we do so readily in public health: telling people what to do.

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