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What megadonors miss about health-focused nonprofits 

Candid

More recently, MacKenzie Scott gave Allyson Felix $20 million in support of her efforts to improve Black maternal health. Opportunities for helping established health-focused nonprofits scale To continue their work, innovate, and scale proven solutions, these nonprofits require sustainable and flexible funding.

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Building Community-Centered AI Collaborations

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We need creative, diverse collaborations across various fields to ensure that technology is deployed in ways that align with nonprofit values, build trust, and serve the greater good. Seeking partners outside of the tech world helps nonprofits develop AI solutions that are context-aware, equitable, and resource-sensitive.

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How Global Talent Enriches a Global Health Organization

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Vital Strategies, the New York-based public health nonprofit I’ve led for the past two decades, employs nearly 400 people in 16 countries. At Vital Strategies, we consider our global diversity to be our strength, and a powerful asset in our mission to reimagine public health for everyone.

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5 Signs Your Employees are Burned Out + What to Do About It

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Organize dedicated brainstorming or mind-mapping sessions to give employees a chance to generate and communicate ideas in an open, judgment-free zone. Open several methods of communication. Your employees have varying communication preferences. This behavior can lead to low morale and weaker collaboration within teams.

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When the Mouth Speaks, the Whole Person Heals: Bringing Integrative Community Therapy and Solidarity Care from Brazil’s Favelas to the United States

NonProfit Quarterly

Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Attaining equity in health isnt always about bringing the resources of the rich to the poor. The United States is in a societal mental health crisis. Image Credit: Dall-E by OpenAI.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. An entrepreneur hoping to market affordable solar finds it necessary to collaborate with architects, materials scientists, and roofing contractors.

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Music: A Prescription for Health and Social Connection

NonProfit Quarterly

1 And without intervention, health inequities will persist. It is estimated Black and Latinx communities will account for more than 40 percent of Americans with dementia by 2030. For public health professionals, this raises the question: What can be done to mitigate the burden of dementia? What is dementia?

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