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Strengthening communities by supporting the nonprofit workforce 

Candid

We nonprofit workers focus our attention on families who have trouble affording safe housing, enough food, quality child care and health care, reliable transportation, and technology. By comparison, the rate of financial hardship at retail trade nonprofits (e.g.,

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The Long Shadow of Workplace Surveillance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

If you ask most people what “workplace surveillance” means, they’ll likely think of security cameras in large warehouses or retail stores, making sure employees don’t steal merchandise or fall asleep on the job. The reality is far more pervasive.

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Reimagining Business Ownership in the Global South

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In fact, the Global South is where some of the most stunning, large-scale success stories in alternative ownership have played out, particularly in the agri-food sector. Meanwhile, one of Indias top consumer food brands, Amul, belongs to the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).

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Nonprofits by the Numbers: Sector’s Vital Role in American Life

NonProfit Quarterly

Tallying all jobs togetherfrom nurses at nonprofit hospitals to food bank workersthere are 12.8 Only the retail and food/hospitality categories have more jobs, 15.4 million jobs, making nonprofits the third-largest job category compared to private sector occupations. million and 13.4 million, respectively.

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Investing in Enterprises That Work for Everyone

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Well-known examples include home care agency CHCA and fair trade food and beverage company Equal Exchange. The retailer Publix and the food company King Arthur Baking Company are both owned by ESOPs. providing renewable energy or healthy food). Steward ownership models are designed to protect the mission of a company.