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Evidence 2.0: The Next Era of Evidence-Based Policymaking

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In the following conversation, two expert leaders—Nick Hart, president of the Data Foundation, and Jason Saul, founder and executive director of the Center for Impact Sciences at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy—share thoughts about the next phase of the evidence movement. Evidence 1.0 Is that feasible?

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How Dollar Store Kudzu Consumes Local Economies—And What to Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

But to respond effectively, it is important to understand dollar stores’ growing importance, how communities are responding, and how public policy might better support community-based businesses. But this left a market gap. What can be done about this pattern? Quite a bit. One effect is on employment.

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What’s the State of Play in Child Tax Credit Negotiations?

NonProfit Quarterly

Public policy, however, can make a tremendous difference. Under current [child tax credit] law…an estimated 19 million children receive little to no credit due to their families’ earnings being too small. Due to many factors, like discrimination in the labor market, Black and Latinx families are likelier to have lower earnings.

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Announcing the Mid-South Nonprofit Conference Speakers!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Whether it is fundraising, board development, public policy or leadership development, it is critical that all roles within the sector take an “all-in” approach to building the capacity of the nonprofit sector towards real change and success. The Ethical Fundraiser Transparency inspires confidence.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

Due to its inaccuracy, and because of public backlash, law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology is banned in some cities; however, the technology is still being used by law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Effectively managing biodiversity risks has become an imperative in the financial market. TNFD: Promise and Fault Lines To streamline corporate efforts to assess, disclose, and manage biodiversity risks, TNFD was first launched in 2021 as a market-led initiative serving the purpose of a disclosure framework.

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Regular readers of the newspaper were likely already familiar with the development thanks to news articles that praised Morris Cafritz’s “vision and courage” and a constant stream of advertisements bringing his over 3,000 new units to market. This move recognizes the federal government as, in the words of scholars William A.