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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

Nonprofits are a feature of tax law and corporate governance laws. AQ: Dean Spade, the lawyer who does trans law, he had a great point. 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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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Entrepreneurship / #skollwf / @SkollFoundation. Entrepreneurship.

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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. Strategic philanthropy therefore needs to grow those governments’ ability. All are problems that philanthropy can and should help address.

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Law professor John Eason notes that present-day social justice movements often call for renouncing past namings for slave owners, white supremacists, or anti-Semites. Today’s utilitarian donor would ensure that others benefit equally and are not harmed by a naming gift for a building.

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