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Maybe nonprofit governance aint what it needs to be?

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Though its size is not based on endowed assets but rather speculative stock value, the organization, which is still as of this writing a nonprofit , is valued at $86 Billion. Second, the OpenAI events show that the nonprofit governance model is not "strong" enough to outweigh the interests of investors. Bigger than that.

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The Hollow Prize for Leaders of Color

Stanford Social Innovation Review

But when the (often white) leaders had funder relationships that could allow them to write their own checks, governing boards didn’t ask too many questions. That goes for all types of organizations: nonprofit or for-profit. How should governing boards move beyond performative change? The country’s 33.2 million (9.6 million (9.6

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What Would a Social Justice Investment Ecosystem Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Anders Norrback Bornholm on unsplash.com In a report published last year for Just Futures , an investment advisory firm that seeks to encourage “values-based investing,” Anand Jahi indicates that the amount of money invested on Wall Street totals $71.4 Specially, US SIF counted in its $17.1-trillion

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By prohibiting any future sale of the property to Black or other non-white owners, restrictive covenants gave white buyers confidence that their homes and neighborhoods would remain white enclaves and therefore retain the “ enduring value ” that Cafritz promised for his “lifetime homes.” It was profitable to do so.

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How to Create Exciting Social and Digital Content for Unsexy, Boring and Regulated Industries

Pam Moore

It's even more challenging if your business is in a highly regulated industry such as healthcare, financial, insurance or government. Content tips and tricks – actionable strategies to create engaging and profitable content on a tight budget. Marketers working on government programs. Non-profits. Consultants.

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Getting Federal Money to Communities: A Story from Puerto Rico

NonProfit Quarterly

CRH’s salvation eventually came in the form of a collaborative approach, pivoting toward a combination of emergency funding provided by a small family foundation; a nonprofit, non-extractive loan fund; a third-party investment firm; and a coalition of Latinx community development financial institutions (CDFIs).

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Impact Investing for the Missing Middle in Agri-Finance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Wouter Vandersypen , Chris Claes & Steven Serneels Imagine being in charge of a profitable vegetable cooperative in Benin. You know the cooperative can increase its income and improve its resilience if most of this year’s profit is set aside for investing in new hardware. You also know that your members are very poor.

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