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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. We know that for social entrepreneurs trying to solve global challenges, the system is rigged. Underneath every accomplishment lies a profoundly broken funding landscape for social innovation.

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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. From a social impact perspective, Colors was successful.

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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.

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The Robin Hood Interviews: Selling Soap and Good Causes

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

For my final posts this year, I’m going to publish some of my favorite interviews on marketing from my book, Robin Hood Marketing. Novelli started his career at Unilever, where he marketed laundry-detergent products in New York. “I Then they gave me another account, which was public broadcasting.

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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. Fortunately, existing policy tools can address this.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Lauren Lawson-Zilai

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. . Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. I worked with the PR manager to brainstorm ideas on garnering media coverage. timeframe.

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How Guarantees Can Advance Community Development and Racial Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. There is, however, a way for nonprofits to gain greater access to “flexible” capital and for foundations to generate a financial return.