NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 19, 2023

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. The community also benefits as public and community institutions keep earnings in their local economies rather than passing profits to investors. Where does all this money go?

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

Earlier this year, I had to chance to talk with Quart about her new book, her description of contemporary US social policy as having created a “dystopian social safety net,” and her thoughts about how to build a US society that is centered on mutual caring and economic justice. EHRP is part of the dystopian social safety net.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. These assets help nonprofits deliver on their missions by generating income.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For example, death reminders make people more protective of their social group – and more resistant to outside groups.[5] 5] Group opinions and social “norms” become more powerful.[6] 6] People become more interested in social prestige,[7] fame,[8] a positive life story,[9] personal heroism,[10] or putting their name on something.[11]

Psychology 52

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iMarketSmart

JANUARY 30, 2023

Start social then follow up. Start social then follow up Starting with simple, social language often works best. Social, emotional language encourages sharing. 11] Social phrasing also tends to elicit more information.[12] 11] Social phrasing also tends to elicit more information.[12] These show we care.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

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 Quarterly

JULY 25, 2023

Image Credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com When your nonprofit’s mission is to ensure that the internet remains a public resource open and accessible to all, and most of your work takes place online, you might think the recent rise of remote work would make management and operations less complicated.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2023

The idea is this: Suppose we ask a person to do some pro-social act. People are less likely to act pro-socially than to predict they will act pro-socially. Asking for the prediction first increases pro-social behavior. The question begins with a “social norm” statement. 33] This uses social-emotional language.

Psychology 52

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

Image Credit: Adam Wilson on unsplash.com This is the f ifth article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus.

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NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Independent Sector is a broad cross-sectoral national membership organization that includes nonprofits, private foundations, and corporate giving programs with a mission to strengthen civil society. SD: What does the Nonprofit Stakeholders Engaging and Advancing Together (Nonprofit SEAT) Act do? We are really excited about this.

Civil Society 89

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2023

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. At the most basic level, a guarantee is akin to automobile insurance. At the most basic level, a guarantee is akin to automobile insurance.

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Blue Avocado

APRIL 23, 2024

As a passionate and committed leader in the nonprofit sector, I firmly believe in the power of community organizations to drive positive, equitable change. The crux of this article is simple: Nonprofits must advance their mission by valuing their employees’ worth through fair compensation and benefits and by celebrating their worth.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. But first what I want to do is just ask Steven to launch a poll to gauge where you are right now with regard to feelings about promoting legacy giving in your nonprofit. And is just all over the place.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

The resulting public health response is to “close the gap” and aim to level the rates of Black maternal and infant outcomes to match those of the white population. We need only look back one generation to understand the uniquely Black history of midwifery in the United States and the racialized policies that undermined it.

Health 124

Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy Ethics 124

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

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. Socialized healthcare in most other wealthy countries means that medical debt is minimal or essentially non-existent as a widespread issue.

Medical 114

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Without access, these communities become isolated and, as a result, experience reduced economic, educational, and social opportunities. World Bicycle Relief (WBR), a nonprofit social enterprise (where the other two authors of this article work) helps to solve that challenge by distributing bicycles to individuals like the three women above.

Public and Social Policy 107

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 15, 2023

The fundamental pattern that we observe, particularly in progressive movement organizations but in other parts of the nonprofit sector, too, is a vicious cycle of disconnection between staff and leaders that often drives “us versus them” dynamics, exacerbates mistrust, and grinds work to a halt.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With this, I’m trying to get at the way insecurity is not just exacerbated but generated by our economic and social conditions. At the beginning of the book, I say that manufactured insecurity is a feature of any hierarchical social arrangement, not just capitalism. If we don’t have public transit, we take an Uber.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Over the course of our lecture series, we’ve talked a lot about the crucial role that community plays in building alternatives to capitalistic models of access, resource distribution and social equity. All Moderated by Steve Dubb of the Nonprofit Quarterly. Thanks for listening. 00:03:54] A few notes.

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