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Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members

Blue Avocado

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: A Deep and Sincere Caring About the Nonprofit’s Mission The most important “quality” in a board member would be a real and heartfelt caring about the mission/goal of the nonprofit they will be involved with.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

This happens daily when local governments park public funds in banks. Today, our communities face multiple challengesranging from accelerating climate change to growing income inequality, from refugee crises to housing crises, and from basic food access to self-serving financial systems.

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From Gig Work to Good Work: How Workforce Policy Can Support Gig Workers

NonProfit Quarterly

While governments, foundations, educators, and unions typically focus on job placements as key to improving people’s economic stability, they often overlook individuals who cannot commit to traditional employment schedules. For one, directly or indirectly, the government is usually the biggest employer of flexible labor in any area.

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2024 Blue Avocado Year in Review

Blue Avocado

Blue Avocado exists to help nonprofits succeed , and our community of nonprofit experts, leaders, and trailblazers continues to share their wisdom, strengthening us all. Make sure you check out all the real-world advice that nonprofit leaders have contributed this year. Why not ripe?

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It’s time to invest in volunteer engagement  

Candid

nonprofit sector, yet it remains significantly underfunded. of nonprofit leaders say volunteers enable them to provide essential services they otherwise could not. Yet, without greater investment in volunteer engagement and infrastructure, nonprofits will continue to struggle to fully leverage this valuable resource.

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Newsletter: Corporate Giving is Up - But Everything Isn’t Ducky ; Do a Cold Plunge in Patrick Mahomes Head for a Cause ; Why Your Partnership Program Needs Brand Awareness

Selfish Giving

“There has been a slight turnaround in business contributions to nonprofits, which is good news,” Curt said. Businesses prefer to donate products to nonprofits, and for good reason. Decades ago, corporations gave more than 2% of pre-tax profits to nonprofits. He had a history lesson for me. Today’s 1.1% Here’s how to prepare​.

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The AI Mirror—How to Reclaim Our Humanity in the Age of Machine Thinking

NonProfit Quarterly

The AI Mirror by DALL-E 3/OpenAI.com/DALLE Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Well, those models have failed spectacularlyand routinelyin many different countries.