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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

At the same time, within this austerity framework, nonprofits increasingly fill holes in sectors ranging from education to healthcare to journalism to social services that we depend on the most and that have been receiving less and less government support. Nonprofits are a feature of tax law and corporate governance laws.

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Paths from systems failure

Philanthropy 2173

The healthcare system has failed and is failing. Private money speaks; public access, equitable service, equal rights before the law - nice concepts, not reality. He's clear in the article that he's talking about global systems - food crises, inflation, and displacement. The challenge, I think, is acknowledging this.

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Investing in Systems Change Capacity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. Merced had “years of support and organizing,” as BHC evaluator Gigi Barsoum noted, “and there was ample data, legal precedent, and separate BHC tables for planning.”

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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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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation. The SABSA healthcare cooperative is one of over 11,000 enterprises in the province of Quebec’s distinctive social economy. “We

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The NPT’s Dozen Top Stories of 2024

The NonProfit Times

. ** Ethical Issues Arise As Big Donors Get Personalized Service [link] ** 10 Ideas For Healthcare Staff Wellness [link] ** AI Helps Getting To Answers Faster When Trained [link] ** MacKenzie Scott Launches Website With Contact Details TBA [link] ** Developing Responsible AI Policy For Civil Society bit.ly/3URhZuU

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“There’s No Such Thing as a Single-Issue Struggle”: A Conversation with Kitana Ananda, Naa Amissah-Hammond, and Quanita Toffie

NonProfit Quarterly

We have to be talking about the full spectrum of reproductive healthcare. You can have all the laws on the books, but if you don’t have a base of people to protect them, if you don’t actually address the root causes of why injustice is occurring, then it doesn’t matter—those laws will be overturned eventually.

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