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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Sometimes, nonprofits advance economic justice; sometimes, they are part of the problem. Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. The tendency of most nonprofits to stick to discrete subject areas misses out on a collective opportunity.

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What Is Volunteerism? A Guide to the History & Benefits

Bloomerang

These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. Volunteerism definition Volunteerism is the act of contributing free labor to conduct community service or support a nonprofit organization. Let’s take a closer look at this phenomenon!

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Healing the Frontlines of Racial, Climate, and Gender Injustice

NonProfit Quarterly

Their work is geared toward accelerating the transition to cleaner renewable energy by elevating women of color leaders, specifically those in the US South who often go unrecognized and underresourced. That work is vital, yet it is full of the now familiar traumas of being a woman leader of color.

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Building Power in Rural and Tribal Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty.

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Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

Nonprofit Megaphone

This nonprofit organization is dedicated to saving essential habitats, addressing threats to Bonobo populations, and helping these amazing individuals closely related to us! . “We The Motley Zoo Animal Rescue “is a rock N’ roll themed, volunteer-powered, foster-based, no-kill, 501c3 nonprofit corporation.”. .”

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: A Conversation with Vincent Bevins

NonProfit Quarterly

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

That’s because donations to these organizations are usually tax-deductible for the donor, making it easier to raise funds. How much does it cost to start a nonprofit organization? Starting a nonprofit organization does require some investment up front to cover startup costs. Legal services.