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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

They can recognize patients may be at risk of social isolation, yet their role is often limited to filling a patient’s medical prescription. One medical practice achieved a 21 percent drop in health-care costs. One example is pharmacists, who are usually well-connected and respected in their communities. for every £1 invested.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

Colleges, universities, and their medical centers are registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organizations. Because higher education institutions provide the public good of education to surrounding communities, their property holdings are exempt from taxation in all 50 states.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

Between 2010 and 2019, 138 SIBs accounting for $441 million in capital have been issued globally, ranging in causes from workforce development to education and medical services (Hulse, Atun, and McPake 2021). British Medical Journal 339. Admittedly, they are relatively new (Crowley 2014; Katz et al. SIBs have their drawbacks.

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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

In the preface to her book, Quart echoes this theme, citing current maladies such as “unstable jobs, unpayable college and medical debt loads…and a byzantine financial and tax system that benefits the wealthiest” (xi). In domain after domain, overreliance on markets and under-reliance on government have cost the American people dearly” (397).

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How to Lower the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Your Supporters Donate Major Gifts of Assets

iMarketSmart

1,000,000 worth of medical supplies.”. Visual planned giving in color: An introduction to the law & taxation of charitable gift planning. Helpful, and. Charitable. In another experiment, a large corporation gave to humanitarian aid efforts.[16] 16] They gave either. 1,000,000” or. Helpful, and. Charitable. 3] James, R. Version 5.1.