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

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Roman Kraft on Unsplash It’s becoming increasingly hard to find a housing justice organizer who hasn’t been to Vienna or extolled the virtues of its social housing sector, and wants to do something similar in the United States. What is Social Housing? What’s harder to find is a political strategy to achieve as much.

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate Political Engagement and Maintain Public Trust

NonProfit Quarterly

Balancing Free Speech and Nonpartisanship Nevertheless, the prohibition against political campaign intervention remains the law, and 501c3 organizations must comply with the Johnson Amendment or risk their tax-exempt status and the imposition of other penalties under federal and state laws.

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Policies for Housing With Heart

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Such forms of living, however, have huge economic and social costs, as over-stressed and under-supported parents must attend to their children and aging parents from their isolated apartments or homes. That means transforming the zoning regulations, financial structures, and social patterns that separated them, just over a century ago.

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Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment

NonProfit Quarterly

Its board actions might be reversed because they were not taken pursuant to the organizations bylaws or applicable corporate laws. Ensure activities are operated consistent with all applicable laws , including Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code and any licensing, registration, zoning, and contractual requirements.

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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

Decades of policy changes, however, often under the radar, today inhibit many diverse kinds of association. [We Public policy needs to facilitate large-scale financing for mutualist enterprises—organizations like cooperatives , employee-ownership trusts , and mutual insurance companies. This must be rectified.

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Gender Equality Advocates Advance Pay Equity at State Level

NonProfit Quarterly

In Illinois, for instance, a new pay transparency law took effect on January 1, 2025; the law requires employers with more than 15 employees to include salary ranges and a description of benefits and other compensation in their job postings. Yet in some US states they are making significant gains on pay equity.

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Study Reveals In-Depth Analysis of the State of Global Generosity

NonProfit PRO

Resource for Policy- and Decision-Makers: The findings provide a robust framework for policymakers and leaders in philanthropy, the private sector and beyond around the world, offering opportunities for strategic improvements that tie into the broader geopolitical context. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. rail-container).hide();