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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? However, it can sometimes be for the better.

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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

The SABSA healthcare cooperative is one of over 11,000 enterprises in the province of Quebec’s distinctive social economy. “We We can both provide healthcare and do substance testing,” explained SABSA clinical nurse Marie-Odyle Massé to NPQ. “We The provincial government agreed to help underwrite worker salaries.

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Monitoring Inequality: The Case for Widening Access to Innovations in Diabetes Management

NonProfit Quarterly

People with diabetes are more than twice as likely to receive healthcare coverage from Medicaid as those without diabetes. People with diabetes who are on Medicaid, particularly people of color, are least likely to use a CGM.Even those with access to employer healthcare benefits can pay up to $75 monthly for CGM access.

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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination

NonProfit Quarterly

Audiences include neighbors and friends also directly impacted—whether the theme is housing justice, access to healthcare, racist immigration policies, and so on—as well as activists and advocacy organizations. Through this process, TONYC helped to shape city policy and practice between 2013 and 2019.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

NonProfit Quarterly

The philanthropic sector recognizes the need to strengthen American democracy and is beginning to see that progress on every other issue, from education and healthcare to criminal justice reform and climate change, is dependent on the public’s understanding of the facts.” It’s a call to action for philanthropy to step up.”

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Why Tennessee Needs a Statewide Nonprofit Association

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

In most states, a statewide nonprofit association provides holistic services to nonprofits, including services such as statewide public policy and advocacy support, training and technical assistance, and research. From a public policy perspective, it’s essential that nonprofits work together.

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2023 Legislative Session: A Recap

MNA Association

These nonprofits” are the very organizations government and communities count on for quality of life: kid’s summer food programs, houses of worship, 4-H, shelters and sanctuary, and more. Specific issues addressed by MNA Following is a recap of specific issues MNA addressed in the context of our Public Policy Agenda.