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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

Decades of policy changes, however, often under the radar, today inhibit many diverse kinds of association. [We Public policy needs to facilitate large-scale financing for mutualist enterprises—organizations like cooperatives , employee-ownership trusts , and mutual insurance companies. This must be rectified.

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Claire Dunning In early 1926, Cafritz Construction placed an advertisement in The Washington Post celebrating the speed with which their “Life-time Homes” were selling in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC. This particular advertisement included a list of reasons why Cafritz homes were so popular.

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Here are common trends and examples of areas where local news coverage has waned: Rural areas: Many local newspapers and broadcast stations in rural areas have closed or reduced their coverage due to declining readership and advertising revenue.

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The Future of Journalism: A Conversation with Monika Bauerlein of Mother Jones

NonProfit Quarterly

Could you break down your revenue profile—subscription, individual donors, philanthropy, advertising—and how that profile has changed over time? Advertising isn’t going to. When Mother Jones was founded, the biggest sources of advertising were tobacco and cars. Advertising is under tremendous pressure.

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The Ghost Workforce the Tech Industry Doesn’t Want You to Think About

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Big tech companies would like us to believe AI and smart tools are a panacea for all their woes, but the reality is these companies are powered by a hidden army of human beings whose job it is to make Big Tech’s platforms function as advertised – and keep their gigantic profits flowing in.

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25 Must-Know Global Trends in Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

5) Traditional TV and radio only inspire 8% of donors to give, but that number could increase if live streaming apps such as Netflix and Pandora tailored their programming and advertising services to cater to NPOs and NGOs. Email is a crucial fundraising tool that NPOs and NGOs worldwide should invest in and prioritize.

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The Robin Hood Interviews: Selling Soap and Good Causes

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

Then they gave me another account, which was public broadcasting. This was the first time public broadcasting had hired an advertising agency to build audience. I was marketing laundry detergent, cat food, dog food, kids’ cereals, whatever,” he recalls.