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

NonProfit Quarterly

One early critique of the nonprofit sectors ability to impact large-scale change appears in the 2001 paper, The Decline of Progressive Policy and the New Philanthropy by Robert O. Bothwell charts the arc of American philanthropy over the prior 40 years with a focus on progressive, issue-oriented advocacy work.

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Bringing Community Centric Fundraising to Life

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Upon obtaining her master’s degree in Public Policy Administration from the University of Missouri-St. In her early nonprofit roles, Rachel developed both a deep commitment to and a critique of fundraising and philanthropy across the St. Louis region.

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How Can the Nonprofit Field Better Support Volunteerism?

NonProfit Quarterly

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takes on the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. To answer that question, let’s look at the roles of nonprofit staff, nonprofit leaders, and philanthropy.

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Report Assesses Impact of Philanthropic “Big Bet” on Employee Ownership

NonProfit Quarterly

The MacArthur Foundation, too, has engaged in “big bet philanthropy” with its $100 million (“ 100&Change ”) grant competitions, with similarly mixed assessments to date. The principle behind such efforts is for philanthropy to eschew risk aversion and instead purposefully take risks to advance practice in a field.

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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. Funders should think about how systems change leadership is aligned with new thinking about the failures of strategic philanthropy.

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Announcing the Mid-South Nonprofit Conference Speakers!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

The Conference + Catalyst are presented by Momentum Nonprofit Partners in partnership with the Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration. Creating a collaborative and uplifting workplace culture can help employees feel heard, acknowledged, and understood.

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Thinking About Donors as Customers

Bloomerang

Like philanthropy, customer service is uniquely American. Or, at least, American culture has put an indelible stamp on both. Innovative fundraising researcher Adrian Sargeant, co-director of the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy, says, “Nonprofits are a means to an end for the donor. Donor Cultivation. Customer Service.