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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

BPP provided children and youth with these essential courses and other valuable enrichment programs. To reach the communities we serve, collaboration between sectors was not only ideal but essential. Many funders favor collaborative organizations, some even requiring partnerships for funding eligibility. ” When Is It time?

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Preserving Cambodia Town: How A Refugee Community Has Organized Itself

NonProfit Quarterly

The atrocities may seem remote to some, but not to the survivors—people in our community, many of whom were children at the time and are now in their late forties or early fifties. Most critical, however, is reducing resident isolation by doing things together, connecting, and collaborating.

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Setting a Co-op Table for Food Justice in Louisville

NonProfit Quarterly

Until 2019, most engaged volunteers were White and motivated by concerns with food justice. The original group of three founders and other volunteers worked with a local attorney and a research team from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law to draft the co-op’s original bylaws. A Co-op for Whom?

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Wartime Digital Resilience

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Even before the conflict, we in government believed that technology holds the promise of making government more transparent, efficient, and accountable, empower citizens, increase participation, and combat corruption.

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Fundraising Is the Most Transferable and Relevant Skill for Your Life and Your Resume

Nonprofit Fixer

Successful fundraisers develop core leadership skills including: Being vulnerable – Much has been written about how leaders must be vulnerable in order to build trust, alignment, and employee motivation. Our motivations are for the common good and the public interest. Fundraisers know about motivation. They are driven by impact.

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. We’ve got almost 100% participation and it looks like it’s a tie. So what does it look like?

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Movements Are Leading the Way: Reenvisioning and Redesigning Laws and Governance for a Just Energy Utility Transition

NonProfit Quarterly

These structures go beyond the physical infrastructure of poles, wires, and pipes to encompass the culture, laws, institutions, and power structures that shape who gets to live today and who gets to live—and even thrive—in the coming decades. As one example, the Reimagined Energy For Our Communities U.S.

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