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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

We have largely presumed that higher education is an inherent public good, most clearly marked by its tax-exempt status. Because higher education institutions provide the public good of education to surrounding communities, their property holdings are exempt from taxation in all 50 states.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. Various others work in the space in between, like Charter Cities Institute on urban development and economic clusters.

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How To Get The Most Out of Your Case Management Software

GiveGab

They do the admirable and time-intensive work that makes our communities a better place to live, and technology plays an undeniable role in that. Your strategies can only be as effective as the technology that backs them, so start with a solution that’s equipped with the features your team needs.

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The City That Was in a Forest—Atlanta’s Disappeared Trees and Black People: A Conversation with Hugh “H. D.” Hunter

NonProfit Quarterly

Natives of the city have gone through false promises of positive urban development 4 —development that instead, in most cases, came at an unbearable cost. Gentrification,” accessed August 11, 2023, education. According to the Atlanta Police Department‘s own data, major crime decreased from 2019 to 2020.