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Finance: AMA Pushes For Charity Care Accountability

The NonProfit Times

The actions of the House of Delegates strengthen existing AMA policy encouraging hospitals to adopt, implement, monitor, and publicize policies on discounts, charity care and fair billing and collection practices to ensure those programs are available to eligible patients.

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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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From Impact Investing to “Impact-First” Investing—What Is the Field Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

But if the goal is to build a solidarity economy or foster a structural shift in the economy so that US business owners of color have the same ability to finance and develop thriving businesses as White business owners, then investor willingness to sacrifice some degree of financial return for social impact is required.

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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Extensive research shows that public policy can shape economic outcomes. The public can demand economic policies that benefit the broader population. A key question becomes: What kind of economic policies should the public demand? Wealth is a fundamental measure of stability and opportunity.

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AI and Racial Justice: Navigating the Dual Impact on Marginalized Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

It reaches into healthcare, finance, justice, education, and public policy, promising to streamline and elevate. In finance, AI algorithms present yet another barrier, making decisions that affect financial opportunities, creditworthiness , and generational wealth.

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Elevate 2025 On Demand: The Nonprofit Conference Everyone’s Talking About

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Organized into easy-to-follow tracks, helping you dive deep into the areas that matter most: Advocacy and Public Policy Nonprofit leaders play a powerful role in shaping public policy.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

In California, public banks are barred from competing with local financial institutions. Instead, public banks partner with local banks to expand community-driven impacts. These regulations, while important for safeguarding both private and public funds, can also slow the process of establishing a public bank.