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From Gig Work to Good Work: How Workforce Policy Can Support Gig Workers

NonProfit Quarterly

While governments, foundations, educators, and unions typically focus on job placements as key to improving people’s economic stability, they often overlook individuals who cannot commit to traditional employment schedules. For one, directly or indirectly, the government is usually the biggest employer of flexible labor in any area.

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Co-Leadership as Practice for an Equitable Future

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stay tuned for new articles from nonprofit leaders using this model at their organizations and share these valuable insights with your colleagues. The model is not exactly new, particularly in the nonprofit sector. The move to a co-leadership model has significant implications for organizational health and culture.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Senior Care

Bloomerang

At Grantli, I have created a state resources page where you can find useful links to state government departments and various other resources. The Daniels Fund focuses on supporting highly effective and ethical nonprofit organizations that achieve significant results in the community. Areas served: Vermont, US. The Eisner Foundation.

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Detroit People’s Food Co-op: How to Advance Black Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

To find out, NPQ interviewed Malik Kenyatta Yakini, cofounder of the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network (DBCFSN); Lanay Gilbert-Williams, current co-op board president; and Akil Talley, the co-op’s first full-time permanent general manager. Construction, by contrast, took only two years.

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The Promise of Impact Science

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We looked at spending across the social impact sector; including government , global and domestic philanthropy, and S-themed ESG assets under management; and found that globally we are spending an extraordinary amount of money—roughly $72 trillion annually—making social spending the world’s largest financial market.

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Housing and Local Solutions: Elevating What Works

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Cross-sector, multi-system, and collaborative —working collectively with nonprofit, private, and public sectors and across the many systems that touch people’s lives, such as health, education, employment, criminal justice, and aligning the skills, knowledge, and resources of multiple organizations to maximize their impact.

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“Everybody Needs Air”: Kim Kelly on Coal Miners and Just Transition

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s completely preventable, at least according to the various experts I spoke to, including veteran coal miners, mine safety experts, and health experts. It also created the Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA), which is tasked with overseeing the welfare of these workers. It’s not an old man’s disease anymore.

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