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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Extensive research shows that public policy can shape economic outcomes. The public can demand economic policies that benefit the broader population. A key question becomes: What kind of economic policies should the public demand? They are the result of policy choices.

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What Does Finance for the People Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

Children of color in Rochester are disproportionately affected, underscoring the systemic inequities that investment from a city-owned bank could help combat. The Bank of Rochester Act: A Bold Step Toward Financial Transformation The need in Rochester is urgent.

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Bringing Community Centric Fundraising to Life

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Upon obtaining her master’s degree in Public Policy Administration from the University of Missouri-St. She loves cooking, snuggling her two children, Peloton, and Instagram. Louis, Rachel left her position in for-profit retail leadership to join the nonprofit sector. Louis, Missouri.

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Preparing for a Second Trump Term by Learning from Hungary’s Playbook

NonProfit Quarterly

Unfortunately, the bleak reality is that transgender rights are likely to be severely limited this year and will have a devastating effect on transgender adults and childrens mental and physical wellbeing. Hungarian police have also targeted safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community.

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How Ideology Affects Which Causes Donors Support

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Giving to children and youth, however, is a cause that unites all donors regardless of ideology. Children and youth: 10.7%. Research and public policy: 1.5%. Children and youth: 17.8%. Research and public policy: 1.4%. Children and youth: 15.2%. Research and public policy: 1.8%.

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What’s Essential? Author, CEO, Founder on What Leaders Need To Do Now

Fundraising Leadership

That spark comes from her upbringing as the youngest of eight children in Westfield, N.J. I have curiosity about what makes people tick and what blocks then. As a leader, she explains, you can say, We can do this you can do beyond what you think you can do. with her mother working as a school teacher and her father an executive in fashion.

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Co-op Leaders Consider Future as International Year of the Co-op Nears

NonProfit Quarterly

Narvaéz Ojeda emphasized the “fundamental” role of public policy in supporting cooperatives and remarked on the importance of institutionalization and participatory decision-making. Co-ops, he noted, have a unique role to play in making this vision a reality. Paula Narváez Ojeda , Chile’s UN ambassador, also addressed the conference.