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How Nonprofits Can Leverage Their Financial Relationships to Advance Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Consider a food bank discovering that its operating reserves are in banks that finance industrial agriculture, the very system contributing to food insecurity and displacing small community farms. These scenarios arent hypothetical.

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Key facts, figures, and trends among U.S. labor unions

Candid

The IRS recognizes 45,387 501(c)(5) entities, which include both unions and agriculture/horticultural organizations. In that campaign, the CTU pursued demands beyond their own wages and benefits to aid their students, including: smaller class sizes, a nurse and counselor in every school, and resources for homeless students.

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Write Your Nonprofit Business Plan in 9 Sections

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There are other types of nonprofit organizations such as fraternal beneficiary organizations, or horticulture, labor, and agricultural organizations that are structured as nonprofits as well…so be clear here.). For example, if you run a homeless shelter, you should mention the number of people who are homeless on any given night in your area.

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The Economic Case against Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

For example, one analysis found that most people losing SNAP benefits due to work requirements are those facing the largest barriers to work —such as homelessness or disability—and, therefore, the least likely to be able to earn enough to exceed the income limits. Getting rid of work requirements is a matter of good fiscal policy.

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Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

Nonprofit Megaphone

Agriculture. The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. Kiss the Ground is committed to educating the public about the environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture. American Farmland Trust. Kiss the Ground.

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A Realist’s Guide to Investing for Good

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The simplest way to make a difference with your investments is to divert some returns to things you care about: your children’s school, a homeless shelter, or an environmental group. This is because lowering return expectations allows for room to fund environmental or social welfare and money for good causes is always in short supply.

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Achieving Health Equity: Shared Stewardship and the Vital Conditions Framework

NonProfit Quarterly

Urgent services include everything from urgent care clinics to food pantries and homeless shelters, or services needed following a shock like a natural disaster or pandemic. As in North Sound, there is a significant migrant farming community due to large agricultural businesses.

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