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Can Public Power Advance Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Luriko Yamaguchi on pexel.com What is public power? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced. Why focus on “public power”? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced.

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Nonprofit Hospitals Pursue Aggressive Medical Debt Collection

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Clay Banks on unsplash.com Some of the most aggressive and widespread debt collection tactics in the United States are those taken on behalf of nonprofit hospitals. Our healthcare system is now generating medical debt on an industrial scale. On the other hand, hospitals have changed.

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How Private Equity Is Swallowing Up Health Care—And What to Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

Private equity—that is, investor groups that operate outside of the stock market, thus being largely shielded from public investor scrutiny—plays a leading role. trillion is spent on healthcare (18.3 By way of comparison, in 2000, annual investments by private equity firms in healthcare averaged around $5 billion.

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Why Tennessee Needs a Statewide Nonprofit Association

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Here’s Why Tennessee Needs a Statewide Nonprofit Association. Nonprofits are Tennessee’s 6th largest industry, and the sector pays more than $13.5 Tennessee nonprofits generate over 31.6 Tennessee is one of the only states in the United States without a statewide nonprofit association. Source: Independent Sector.

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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. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? Until it was.

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Why You Shouldn’t Start a Nonprofit

The Charity CFO

If you dream of devoting more time to a cause you believe in and taking it to the next level, you might ponder starting a nonprofit. The prospect of serving your community is certainly a calling worth pursuing, and nonprofits serve an essential role in their clients’ lives. 5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Start a Nonprofit 1.

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Incoherent Policy Threatens Overdose Prevention Sites

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Photo by Jonas Verstuyft on Unsplash Since opening in 2021, a New York overdose prevention program operated by the nonprofit OnPoint NYC claims to have saved some 1,000 lives by allowing clients to consume drugs in a safe environment with access to medical care, treatment, counseling, and case management.