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Need a Lift? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2024

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Closing the Racial Diversity Gap in Medicine by Allison Torres Burtka* A growing body of research shows a positive correlation between the racial diversity of doctors and health outcomes for underserved communities. How Indigenous Wisdom Can Support Youth Mental Health by Virgil Moorehead Jr. One nonprofit is working to change that.

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From Margin to Mainstream: Social Innovation for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Were in a period of polycrisis, yet the business world, government, and civil society persist in their siloed approaches to solving it. Its supported by Ashoka, Echoing Green, the Skoll Foundation, and the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

I just think that we have to be ready not to say something is negative or positive, but definitely evaluate: Why is this unique in American society at this time? AS: One other point I want to raise with that, Steve, I think you said earlier that nonprofit is too limited a term to encompass, in your words, civil society and social justice.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Through his entrepreneurship and philanthropy, Rowan demonstrated any number of virtues—humility, integrity, diligence, trust, generosity, compassion, and justice—and the college was subsequently renamed Rowan University in his honor, not at his request. It is time to stop treating donors like Roman statesmen.

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Starting With the State

Stanford Social Innovation Review

That requires addressing high levels of corruption, a lack of rule of law, weak civil service capacity, poor public service delivery, and a lack of both transparency and accountability. The population-scale solution is not to fund NGO-run health, education, and justice systems. But the price of corruption is not evenly distributed.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

This funder invests in and strengthens the capacity of women-led movements to advance meaningful social, cultural, and economic change in women’s lives, specifically across three areas: Economic Justice, Safety, and Women’s Health. They fund nonprofit organizations that support Education, Family, and Health & Wellness.

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