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The Colors Co-op Experiment: Learning the Right Lessons from Our Failure

NonProfit Quarterly

While ROC has always been a nonprofit organization, its signature restaurant, Colors, was an LLC, created as a co-op and run by former Windows on the World workers. This bleak labor market made it hard for Windows on the World’s survivors to find new employment. Colors, in short, was never (or at best, rarely) profitable.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We will share our experience, and those of our peers, to argue that this funding ecosystem needs to be reimagined to truly support social entrepreneurs and collectively address the global problems they are tackling. The False Binary Between For-profits and Nonprofits: Where the Troubles Begin. We weren’t alone.

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Cause Camp 2020 Speaker Lineup

NonProfit Hub

They will be covering topics from across the nonprofit sector including diversity, stewardship, donor experience and self-care. Digital Storytelling Expert, J Campbell Social Marketing. She was recently named one of the top 25 Nonprofit IT Influencers to Follow in 2019 by BizTech Magazine. Julia Campbell. Lynne Wester.

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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.

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The Invisible Rural Access Barrier

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Susan Bornstein , Christina Barstow , Alisha Myers , Abbie Noriega & Christian Steiner In a small, rural village in Zambia, Ruth earns an income by collecting fresh vegetables from local community gardens and bringing them to market. The success of scaling trail bridge infrastructure also extends beyond the Rwandan context.