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How to Interrupt the Public Funds to Private Profits Pipeline: A California Story

NonProfit Quarterly

This happens daily when local governments park public funds in banks. Public funds amounting to billions of dollars are turned into private profits for services using your assets. The Peoples Money for the Peoples Needs What difference could a public bank make? It turns out, quite a lot. It turns out, quite a lot.

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When Can Volunteers Lead?

NonProfit Quarterly

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takeson the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. First, many nonprofit staff members serve as volunteer board members at other nonprofits.

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How Can the Nonprofit Field Better Support Volunteerism?

NonProfit Quarterly

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takes on the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. Yet, nonprofit volunteers are continually either overlooked or treated as an afterthought.

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US Nonprofit Sector Documents Its Own Powerlessness, but What Will We Do?

NonProfit Quarterly

Nonprofits canand ought toengage in a wide range of civic and election-related activities. Since 1973, I have started or led 14 nonprofit enterprises in the arts, community development, and civic engagement sectors. After all, 501c3 nonprofits cannot endorse candidates for public office.

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What’s Next for CDFIs? The Challenge and Opportunity of Place

NonProfit Quarterly

In these turbulent times, many leaders of the nations growing network of community development financial institutions (CDFIs)which now collectively manage $468 billion in assets, a 615 percent increase over the past decadehave high hopes. The hub model seeks to manage a community development finance ecosystem, which involves more than CDFIs.

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Critical Coalitions

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Business Foundations Government Nonprofits & NGOs Social Enterprise Solutions Advocacy, Funding, Leadership, etc. Dwidar Jul.

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Family Care Specialist

Anedot

Under the direction of the Senior Manager, the Family Care Specialist is responsible for enhancing direct assistance and professional intervention to Alzheimers families and to foster cooperative relationships with the local community health and social service professionals.