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Building Community Through Soccer: Maigan T. Bridgette’s Story at Sporting Kansas City

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Bridgette , a Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) whose career journey began with a simple desire – to make a difference. With a passion for political science and social justice, she initially envisioned a career in law but found herself drawn to the nonprofit sector. Meet Maigan T.

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Reading List: Strengthening Democracy Through Social Innovation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Within the social sector, nonprofit organizations and philanthropists are facing demands for greater inclusion, power-sharing, and more democratic governance. False Dichotomies by Matthew Bishop & Michael Green Philanthrocapitalism Is Not Social Change Philanthropy by Kavita Ramdas America is a failing state.

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For the Love of Humankind: End of Year Fundraising for Community impact

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

As nonprofit leaders and advocates in the field, we oftentimes find ourselves asking: am I doing enough ? The CCF movement prioritizes the entire community over individual organizations and is grounded in justice philanthropy principles. She is currently a Nonprofit Executive, consultant and Adjunct Professor. Louis area.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

“RULER OF THE EARTH” BY YUET-LAM TSANG Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” How do social movements come to make the language of economic systems change their own? Nonprofits often play quasi-governmental roles.

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Giving vs. Sharing: The Power of Community in Major Gifts Fundraising

iMarketSmart

American Political Science Review, 75 (2), 306-318. [6] How billionaires explain their philanthropy: A mixed-method analysis of the giving pledge letters. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 32 , 512-523. Hamilton. [4] 5] Axelrod, R. The emergence of cooperation among egoists.

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

I have been in the nonprofit space for about 15 years now and … There we go. So my perspective today is as somebody who’s been studying philanthropy for my career, but also as a passion. Maybe it’s because you’re thinking about fundraising or nonprofit management. This webinar is about my podcast actually.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

But I worked on a couple of political campaigns. My background is political science and communication. But the governor became a friend and then I took my skills to the nonprofit sector, and I’ve been executive director, development director, board member, you name it. So it may be that you’re a $1.2