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How Nonprofits Can Leverage Their Financial Relationships to Advance Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Consider a food bank discovering that its operating reserves are in banks that finance industrial agriculture, the very system contributing to food insecurity and displacing small community farms. The answers lie in finances transformative potential to drive systemic change. And why should they?

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6 Ways to Take Action Amid Economic Uncertainty

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Michelle Legaspi Sánchez Leaders should analyze finances, collaborate when possible, and communicate clearly and frequently with stakeholders, among other steps to steady a nonprofit’s course through choppy economic waters.

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Bridging the Gap: Finance and Development as Critical Partners in Nonprofit Success

The Charity CFO

There is often tension as a board focuses either on fundraising or finance. In the latest episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sat down with Paul Morris, Executive Fundraising Coach at Auxilia , to discuss the critical partnership between finance and development in nonprofits. Check out his first episode here.

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From Unpaid to Unstoppable: The Rise of the Professional Community Health Worker Movement

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Together, were offering this case study to shed light on how innovative leaders are collaboratively building resilient health systems that can respond to future challengesfrom pandemics to climate-related disasterswhile expanding primary care access for all. In other words: collective action. But theres more to do.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? Learn actionable strategies to enhance efficiency, reduce errors, and leverage technology for smarter workflows.

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From Uprooted to Uplifted: The Movement to Restore Indigenous Land Rights

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It demonstrated that when innovative leaders empower proximate communities, orchestrate strategic collaboration across sectors and geographies, and unlock creative capital, they dont just challenge the status quothey leap past it, catapulting systemic change forward. Develop new financing streams to directly support Indigenous communities.

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

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

If employees feel disconnected or isolated from their peers, their productivity, willingness to collaborate, and job satisfaction may suffer. This behavior can lead to low morale and weaker collaboration within teams. They withdraw from their peers. Fulfilling your nonprofits mission is a team effort.