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Philanthropy Helps Boost Manufacturing in Areas With High Job Vacancies

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Tom Breckenridge CLEVELAND Mariana Edelman Photography; Courtesy of Towards Employment Mary Lamar got her job with a Cleveland manufacturer through a program developed by business and community leaders — with help from philanthropy — to match people of color, women, and formerly incarcerated people with manufacturing jobs.

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Industry Overviews: Online Grocery Sales & Cough & Cold Medicine Manufacturing OTC

Selfish Giving

Cough & Cold Medicine Manufacturing OTC This industry manufactures over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold treatments and suppressants. In addition, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon drivers delivered more than 9 million meals to people in need in 25 cities across America.

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Manufactured 'Truth' and the Merchants of Outrage

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

How can we agree when we can’t separate fact from conspiracy? A Giving Pledge member champions nonprofits that are honest information brokers By Melanie Lundquist How can we agree when we can’t separate fact from conspiracy? A Giving Pledge member champions nonprofits that are honest information brokers

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Nonprofit IT Security: 5 Inexpensive Ways to Secure Your Organization

NonProfit PRO

Hackers tend not to deliberately target nonprofits the way they do manufacturers and financial institutions, for example. If you're not concerned about data security as a nonprofit, you should be.

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Comment on Why Do Women Leaders Lag? And What You Can Do About It by Pamela Belyea

Amy Eisenstein

A clothing manufacturing company that makes uniforms for high school athletic teams? Please give examples of women-owned business that “serve” the nonprofit sector? This is not a definition that I am familiar with. A publisher of books for hospital personnel? A food service company that supplies local colleges?

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Is Your Nonprofit Ready for Product Licensing?

Selfish Giving

Product licensing is a legal agreement where a nonprofit grants a manufacturer the rights to use the charity's intellectual property/brand on merchandise, in exchange for a payment. Why would manufacturers want to work with my nonprofit brand? Providing new branded lines is a great way for a manufacturer to stay relevant.

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Nonprofits, Gun Makers are Aiming at the Same Target

Selfish Giving

That’s what I learned from this Wall Street Journal article on the new CEO of Smith & Wesson , a gun manufacturer since 1852. Nonprofits and gun makers are polar opposites in many ways, but not in marketing.