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Meet Chicago’s Keenen Stevenson: Advocate for Social Change and Youth Empowerment

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

A Path Rooted in Social Service Keenen Stevenson’s introduction to the nonprofit sector began early in his career when he worked with Court Appointed Special Advocates ( CASA ) for Children of D.C. “I’ve been deeply involved in community organizing around education, mental health, and addressing healthcare disparities.,”

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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

This disparity is all the more striking considering the magnitude of challenges here, even before the stormbroadband, health care, and food deserts; intergenerational poverty born from extraction; and the ongoing opioid crisis. CDP encourages giving grants locally as much as possible. A third grant provides $7.5

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Policies for Housing With Heart

Stanford Social Innovation Review

One of the grandmothers was holding and cooing to the baby, while the grandfather played a game with pre-teen children, freeing the granddaughter to make the fire and cook the meal. Children grow up and leave their parents behind, starting new “nuclear” family units. Multigenerational households are rare. was $1,230 per month.

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Newsletter: Selfish Giving + You: 2025 is Our Year! ; Retail Winners and Losers of 2024 ; How Jimmy Carter Made Habitat a Nonprofit Giant

Selfish Giving

Big Lots Big Lots conducts annual in-store fundraising campaigns to support On Our Sleeves , a movement focused on children's mental health. Customers can donate at checkout, with 100% of the funds going toward providing free mental health educational resources. How Gillette Children's Hospital in St.

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Activating Loving-Awareness

NonProfit Quarterly

This article was adapted from “Activating Loving Awareness through Contemplative Technology” by Sará King, published in Can AI Heal Us? , Love as an act, a presence, a skill, a relational orientation, and an intention to be actively cultivated is not a phenomenon that we can measure holistically in any quantitative sense.

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From Gig Work to Good Work: How Workforce Policy Can Support Gig Workers

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Millions of people in the United States need work that fits around uncertain day-to-day fluctuations, particularly workers who care for children, elders, or others needing caregiving assistance. The average worker using the platform worked 18 to 20 hours per week while active.

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Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members

Blue Avocado

That would not have been possible without dedicated, active board members. Susan Dibble from Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program Caring Comes First, Everything Else Can Be Taught Our board members must care about our mission. It’s okay to not be knowledgeable about what we do, as that can be learned.

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