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Unlikely Advocates: Worker Co-ops, Grassroots Organizing, and Public Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang In August 2018, the first legislation explicitly naming worker-owned cooperatives—the Main Street Employee Ownership Act—became United States federal law. Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Until it was.

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Excessive Wealth Has Run Amok—This Must Stop

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s time to change public policy to do away with excessive wealth and its corrosive effects on our lives, our society, and our democracy. To interrupt this pattern, public policy must, at minimum, implement policies that tax wealth to cut down on the excessive concentration of wealth over time.

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By 1948 Cafritz had amassed such wealth from real estate development that he incorporated a foundation bearing his and his wife’s name. It is also one of several DC-area foundations profiled in a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) on “ Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People.”

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Call for Speakers: 2024 Advocacy Summit in Nashville

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Intermediate (3-5 years) For participants with existing foundational knowledge and a few years of hands-on experience. For participants interested in growing their existing advocacy and/or lobbying strategies For participants seeking to dive deeper and strengthen foundational knowledge and skills regarding advocacy and/or lobbying efforts.

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Black Girl Freedom Week Seeks to Amplify Underrepresented Voices

NonProfit Quarterly

What we wanted to do here was provide an opportunity to locate conversations about Black girls and gender-expansive youth in broader conversations about justice, democracy, and Black liberation,” said Monique Couvson, author and social justice scholar, in an interview with NPQ. Foundation for Women. “We Foundation for Women.

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Legislative Tracker for Tennessee Nonprofits - Education

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Public trust: Monitoring shows commitment to responsible use of resources and best serving beneficiaries.

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Nonprofit Statuses: 501(c)(3) vs 501(c)(4) and more!

The Charity CFO

NPOs are more strictly required to operate in the public interest, like charity work or furthering a cause or issue. There’s no such restriction for NFPOs, which can also include: Sports or social clubs Professional organizations Homeowners associations Etc. Here’s what you need to know.