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Merging and Acquisitions as a Strategic Tool for Nonprofit Growth

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Not all mergers require such significant investment, but since nonprofits cant bank profits for future investmentand social enterprises often struggle to maintain margins that would support rapid growththis leaves us primarily dependent on fundraising campaigns and specific investable moments as vehicles for scaling.

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The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. Social enterprises driven by a desire to improve lives can also get mired in ideological conflict.

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How Policy Is Building a Social Economy in South Korea

NonProfit Quarterly

Today, Korea’s social and solidarity economy is increasingly mature—with a system of national legislation supporting four types of solidarity economy enterprises: self-sufficiency enterprises, social enterprises, village community enterprises, and cooperatives. Here is the story of their development.

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ESG Needs a Shared Language

Stanford Social Innovation Review

While nonprofits and social enterprises tend to want to use it as a tool to force companies to contribute to the SDGs, investors want consistent measures to evaluate financial decisions (namely risk), and business leaders want not to incur higher costs.

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10 Essential Social Media Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

10 Essential Social Media Tools for Nonprofits. Want to become more effective with your Nonprofit, Social Enterprise or NGO? Check out this line up of great Social Media Marketing Tools for Nonprofits by George. Social media plays a significant role in the online promotion of your nonprofit, charity or NGO.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Corporate promises of “partnership” and leveraging their buying power from social enterprises can also be elusive. The company has pledged to procure five percent of its spend from social enterprises and companies led by underrepresented founders by 2025. Consider SAP’s 2020 5 & 5 by 25 announcement.

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The Nonprofit’s Guide to TikTok

Nonprofit Tech for Good

TikTok is a social media platform that allows users to generate 15-second videos and host live streams. It launched in the United States in 2016 and rapidly grew to more than 680 million active users worldwide. Check out the Nonprofit’s Social Media Content Planner to bring your campaigns to the next level. ? Hashtag Challenges.