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Unlikely Advocates: Worker Co-ops, Grassroots Organizing, and Public Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.

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Legislative Tracker for Tennessee Nonprofits - Education

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda. Want to take action on a bill below? Find your legislators here. Did we miss any important bills?

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Close Achievement Gap: Helios Vice Chair On Urgency of Education Access

Fundraising Leadership

Jane Roig, vice chair of the board of directors of Helios Education Foundation, receiving the Leading Philanthropy Award at the recent Power Up conference. With this lineage of strong women informing her own educational journey, Roig says, “My personal story aligns with the foundation story and even with the grant programs.”

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

NonProfit Quarterly

Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation. In an effort to turn this trend around, the MacArthur Foundation unveiled in September 2023 the Press Forward initiative, a coalition of 22 founding donors set on “strengthening communities and democracy by supporting local news.”

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

The Gates Foundation, the nation’s largest private foundation, is well known for its proclivity to “swing for the fences,” with mixed results (more success in global health, less success in US education). The second area of gains is in the realm of public policy. In short: nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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Black Girl Freedom Week Seeks to Amplify Underrepresented Voices

NonProfit Quarterly

Couvson received critical acclaim for her 2016 book, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools , which exposes the policies and practices that push Black girls out of the education system and into the school-to-prison pipeline. Foundation for Women. “We Foundation for Women.