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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. See Regan v.

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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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How to Interrupt the Public Funds to Private Profits Pipeline: A California Story

NonProfit Quarterly

Public banks are owned by a local government or coalition of local governments and focus on stable, accountable, and supportive lending. While not yet prevalent in the United States, public banking is common globally. At PBEB, weve focused on educating our community about how a public bank differs from private commercial banks.

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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. This model offers political education opportunities that can produce lasting homeowner voter support. Housing justice coalitions such as Housing NOW!

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Co-op Leaders Consider Future as International Year of the Co-op Nears

NonProfit Quarterly

Narvaéz Ojeda emphasized the “fundamental” role of public policy in supporting cooperatives and remarked on the importance of institutionalization and participatory decision-making. For instance, in Paraguay, Riquelme said that co-ops, by law, must set aside 10 percent of profits for a co-op education development fund.

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Sharing Meals

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This means the food system, and food systems leadership in particular, can provide a template and launchpad for stakeholder engagement in other systemic domains, like health care, education, and energy (which are also important but less obviously intertwined with everyday life). Here are three keys to meal sharing: 1. Manifest your values.

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How to Fix the Nation’s DAF System—a $250 Billion Question

NonProfit Quarterly

The arguments of historic precedent and bias toward settled law strengthen this view. But, with appropriate public education, I believe these policy changes are achievable. From a “good government” standpoint, the US public has plenty of reasons to want someone to ensure that tax-exempt funds are efficiently deployed.