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Laying the Groundwork for Government-Led Poverty Reduction

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Our work at Village Enterprise , a nonprofit focused on breaking intergenerational cycles of poverty through entrepreneurship, demonstrates how. This included observing Village Enterprise team members run entrepreneurship training sessions first-hand.

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Need a Lift? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2024

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship by Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair How can social entrepreneurship promote social justice? Universities may be able to help by building opportunities for students to take relevant action beyond the classroom. An unlikely source provides an unambiguous and practical framework.

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Anchoring Communities: How to Combat Displacement Through Asset Ownership

NonProfit Quarterly

Community-led ownership projects are routinely stalled by bureaucratic hurdles such as inaccessible financing and predatory terms from traditional funding streams. Courtney Smith directs the Culinary Femme Collective at CIP, which supports entrepreneurship with local and femme-led businesses of color working in the food industry.

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Scaling a Nonprofit: Lessons from Southside Blooms’ Rapid Growth

The Charity CFO

Lessons for Nonprofit Leaders Adopt an Entrepreneurial Mindset Blackwell’s background in community organizing and entrepreneurship has been crucial in navigating challenges. Get our FREE GUIDE to nonprofit financial reports, featuring illustrations, annotations, and insights to help you better understand your organization's finances.

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Thank Heaven For 11: Take The Lead Celebrates 11 Years Working Toward Mission of Equity

Fundraising Leadership

Panels on wealth, health, policy, career pivots, collaboration, and entrepreneurship were part of the day, including awards for Changemaker, Leading Company Award, Leading Advocate Award, and Leading Man Award. Read more in Take The Lead on 50 Women Can Change The World in Finance. Watch a round up of the Power Up Conference 2023.

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What’s Next? Why Co-ops Are Essential in the Fight for Democracy

NonProfit Quarterly

This caricature ignores their deep roots in Black economic self-help , immigrant entrepreneurship, labor organizing, and rural mutualism. In other words, we don’t just need more co-ops—we need interconnected systems of support, financing, training, and advocacy that reinforce one another.

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From Margin to Mainstream: Social Innovation for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

There are several ways to apply existing financing practices, mechanisms, and approaches to better support and extend the reach of social innovation. Finally, collaborative philanthropy can more regularly coordinate funding for innovators to ensure our partners can access financing at different stages in their growth trajectory.