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A powerful new tool to combat hunger and homelessness

Candid

The response was clear: In that moment, our donors were focused most on hunger and homelessness in the United States, two interwoven problems that have been greatly exacerbated by the ripple effects of COVID-19. . The severity of the hunger and homelessness crises varies by region, state, and community.

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Executive Director

Anedot

During that time, we’ve refined and optimized our processes to offer a unique and highly impactful service to those living homeless while housed. Develop and manage relationships with key donors, community contacts, nonprofit directors, and grant makers in the homeless/social service area.

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Love Is the Key to Democracy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Doing so means transforming our governing institutions, laws, regulations, and customs in a more fundamental way than tinkering around the edges with policy and programs. When everyday people, institutions, and government act in service, out of love for the particular needs of particular people, the benefits flow outward.

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Safety in Solidarity: How to Safeguard Movement Groups and Members

NonProfit Quarterly

Co-chair Stephen Smith notes that they had to build a security program from scratch but used this as an opportunity to engage and activate less-involved members. Participants came from diverse organizations, including homeless shelters and a queer youth summer camp. We are used to fighting in the South.

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Through its iconic mobile showers, the San Francisco nonprofit LavaMae has found new ways to serve the homeless in the absence of more radical reforms of affordable housing. From Experimentation to Diffusion of Urban Innovations The innovative role of dynamic cities has been referred to as government by experiment.

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Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Registration & Reporting Requirements ??

Selfish Giving

1] State charitable solicitation laws as well as consumer protection laws regulate cause marketing activities, and aim to protect against deceptive or misleading solicitations and advertising. in-store sales), as well as any states in which it is actively advertising the promotion (e.g., TV, mail, radio).

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How To Build An Advocacy-Driven Nonprofit Board

Bloomerang

Advocacy covers a range of activities for nonprofits and includes much more than just legislative lobbying. Those people could be government officials, business leaders, the media, or other leaders in the charitable sector. A youth services nonprofit working with government agencies to use a public building for a youth program.