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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

These farmers also successfully advocated for a system of federally backed cooperative banks and joined together to form farmer-owned insurance pools, allowing agriculture cooperatives to form, including prominent brands like Land O’Lakes and Ocean Spray. Before the Affordable Care Act, it was the only good option for health insurance.

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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Curated Lifestyle on Unsplash This article introduces a three-part series— Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds —a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City. This series will explore that central question.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

Without insurance coverage, the devices typically cost between $100 and $300 and require replacement every 10 to 14 days, adding up to a significant recurring expense. Advocating for Change Public policy solutions are necessary to narrow the healthcare gap.

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Family Care Specialist

Anedot

Under the direction of the Senior Manager, the Family Care Specialist is responsible for enhancing direct assistance and professional intervention to Alzheimers families and to foster cooperative relationships with the local community health and social service professionals.

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The Ghost Workforce the Tech Industry Doesn’t Want You to Think About

Stanford Social Innovation Review

hour, looking at some of the worst things imaginable to decide whether they violated Facebook’s content policies. Content moderators like Daniel, are social media’s essential workers. Simply put—there is no social media without content moderation. He would spend nine hours a day, for a wage of roughly $1.50/hour,

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2024 Nonprofit Voter Guide

MNA Association

We also know that partnering with government and the public sector is critical to advance our missions and build thriving communities. Nonprofit leaders play an important role in shaping public policy. Foster public/private partnerships where possible. What do you see as the value of nonprofits in Montana?

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Building Infrastructure to Support Equity: A Conversation with Dr. Akilah Watkins

NonProfit Quarterly

The nonprofit sector is hugely important both economically and socially to this country. But I dare to say a large portion of the social sector was going through a lot of leadership changes and we started to see more and more leaders of color take the helm of organizations. The social contract between them and work has shifted.