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Monitoring Inequality: The Case for Widening Access to Innovations in Diabetes Management

NonProfit Quarterly

Nutrisense Inc on Pexels Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are revolutionizing diabetes management. The growing popularity among consumers who use them as a lifestyle tool, not to manage diabetes, is exacerbating existing health inequities. Yet, for many, CGMs remain out of reach. Yet, for many, CGMs remain out of reach.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

Nonprofits canand ought toengage in a wide range of civic and election-related activities. Since 1973, I have started or led 14 nonprofit enterprises in the arts, community development, and civic engagement sectors. After all, 501c3 nonprofits cannot endorse candidates for public office.

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How the Facing Race Conference Is Meeting the Political Moment: A Conversation with Leslie Grant-Spann

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Facing Race Founded in 1981, Race Forward is a nonprofit racial justice organization with a mission of “helping people take effective action toward racial equity.” I joined the staff back in 2014 to manage the production of the Facing Race conference. Leslie Grant-Spann: This year is my tenth anniversary on staff.

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A Political Roadmap to Social Housing: How Do We Win?

NonProfit Quarterly

Politicians are influenced by money as much as or, frankly, often much more than votes, and public policy is the product of calculating trade-offs between the two. Policy changes without accompanying operational support and infrastructure are like trees without roots. Fortunately, there are allies and resources here.

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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

Many suffered from addictions, as well as hepatitis C or HIV/AIDS, and some, especially immigrants, lacked a government health card despite Canada’s national healthcare system. The provincial government agreed to help underwrite worker salaries. The governance model for solidarity co-ops is a multi-stakeholder approach.

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Arts nonprofits saw revenue fall in every category in 2024. What lies ahead? 

Candid

arts and cultural organizations have faced a global pandemic, inflationary pressures, shifting audience behaviors , and changes in public policy and government funding. Arts nonprofits will need to take immediate action to minimize the impact on working capital and preserve critical programs and human capital.

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Sharing Meals

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Another path leads to it being purchased by a “farm incubator” who will make it available to refugee farmers growing culturally meaningful crops and contributing to their economic mobility. About 20 percent are seated within government. One path leads to this arable land being sold to a developer and turned into a small strip mall.