Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

As one executive passionately said in a recent interview, “climate action is non-negotiable, but the race to outpace biodiversity loss is even more crucial. Our planet, and our profits, hinge on it.” For companies operating in non-land-based sectors (i.e. For companies in land-based sectors (i.e.,

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

According to Independent Sector , the national average value of a volunteer hour is $29.95 A s’mores kit with a label that says “We could use s’more volunteers like you” may be perfect for volunteers who staff the food pantry. Or maybe they’ve lost sight of the value volunteers bring to the table. Add to your bottom line.

Food 119

Food Recruitment Volunteerism Volunteerism 119

Bloomerang

APRIL 14, 2021

Their original business plan relied solely on taking a cut of each franchise’s profits, until a sharp-eyed accountant highlighted that their greatest resource was, in fact, real estate. I have witnessed salaried staff higher up the “food chain” than the volunteers find it hard to embrace non-paid staff as equal.

Non-Profits 138

Non-Profits Nonprofits Energy Recruitment 138

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

SD: In Bootstrapped, you describe key aspects of the nation’s social support system—or non-system, as the case may be—as a “dystopian social safety net.” And nonprofits like EHRP wouldn’t be necessary if we didn’t have rapacious owners of publications who want more than 20 percent, even 30 percent, profit margins. They recognized it.

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 86