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What Will Replace 'Checkout Charity' After Big Retailers are Gone?

Selfish Giving

Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis celebrating an amazing accomplishment. Over a decade the retailer had raised $100 million dollars for the hospital's cancer care and research, making Kmart the hospital's biggest donor in its 50+ year history. Kmart isn't the only retailer suffering. Here's what they had to say.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” An ecosystem of scientist- and scholar-led nonprofit organizations has emerged to fight bias in AI systems.

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Newsletter: Raise More Money at Checkout; Valentine's Day Cause Marketing ; Best Place to Sell Girl Scout Cookies

Selfish Giving

Children's Miracle Network (CMN) is a powerhouse in checkout charity. Nonprofits need to be ready to adapt. And, as Clark Sweat at CMN has said, nonprofits have to ask: "How do we insert ourselves into that?" Manager, Partner Relationship, Arbor Day (Lincoln, NE) **Would you like your cause-related job featured here?

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

There’s nothing more exciting than making the decision to start a nonprofit! But first, you need to build a solid foundation so your nonprofit will thrive, not struggle. Seriously, about half of all new nonprofits don’t make it through the first year or so. Everyone starts a nonprofit to make a difference.

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Organizing a Community Around Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

I also come from a family of grocery workers and managers. When I was little, my dad managed a large local grocery. Another local leader is Danielle Guerin , who founded and leads a nonprofit called the Soul Food Project. It is co-governed, co-designed, and co-developed by people like Muhammad, Guerin, Triplett, and Lowry.

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Barbie and the Problem of Corporate Power

NonProfit Quarterly

As Japan’s economy experienced a quick recovery when the government aggressively invested in manufacturing to produce new technologies—in industries including iron, cars, and chemicals—Mattel’s factories moved to parts of Asia where labor was more inexpensive, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan. company that is managing franchises.”

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Your Cause Camp 2018 Lineup is Here

NonProfit Hub

If you’re not familiar, Cause Camp is Nonprofit Hub’s annual conference that brings together thought leaders, nonprofit professionals and do-gooders from all over the world. There’s tons of humor in the nonprofit world, and someone needs to document it. As founder and CEO of Kishshana & Co.,