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The City That Was in a Forest—Atlanta’s Disappeared Trees and Black People: A Conversation with Hugh “H. D.” Hunter

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Natives of the city have gone through false promises of positive urban development 4 —development that instead, in most cases, came at an unbearable cost.

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The Legislature at Halfway

MNA Association

Thank you to those who have let us know about concerning bills, offered testimony in response to MNA action alerts, and reached out to your local legislators to offer the nonprofit perspective on issues that impact you and your community. MNA will continue to monitor to ensure nonprofit contractors and grantees are not included.

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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

.” This proved prescient: When our NGO’s legal documents could no longer be updated without my legal residence—after almost a year of failed attempts—I had to resign and pass the legal representation to our dedicated administrator, who had served the organization since its inception. ” When Is It time?

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! Nonprofit Management. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar 2019.

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Dr. James explains the power of giving: why leading with a gift always wins

iMarketSmart

If there was a seminar at the Law School, we would invite them to that. This sharing exchange is always non-transactional. Game theory: Able to reciprocate Giving in the primal game has an unbreakable law: Giving must be seen by partners who are able and willing to reciprocate. They can make a profit. How does this work?

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

This article is, with publisher permission, adapted from a more extensive journal article, “ A Tax Credit Proposal for Profit Moderation and Social Mission Maximization in Long-Term Residential Care Businesses ” published last year by Nonprofit Policy Forum. These statistics hold true across time and national boundaries (Brennan et al.