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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Claire Dunning In early 1926, Cafritz Construction placed an advertisement in The Washington Post celebrating the speed with which their “Life-time Homes” were selling in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC. Perhaps potential buyers would be swayed by the “superior construction” or the “unusually big lots.”

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As one executive passionately said in a recent interview, “climate action is non-negotiable, but the race to outpace biodiversity loss is even more crucial. Our planet, and our profits, hinge on it.” For companies operating in non-land-based sectors (i.e. Contribute to ecosystem restoration.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

22 Yet as racial justice movement leader Dedrick Asante-Muhammad has detailed, a race-neutral or “race-blind approach to addressing racial economic inequality has left the nation hobbled in public policy efforts to undo ongoing structural racism.” 23 William Gale, codirector of the Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center, concurs.

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2024 Nonprofit Voter Guide

MNA Association

Nonprofit leaders play an important role in shaping public policy. That includes supporting both patients and providers at our state’s non-profit healthcare organizations. If re-elected, I’ll make sure that my door remains open to Montana’s non-profits, just like it is to all Montanans.

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Organizing the South—How Black Workers Are Challenging Corporate Power

NonProfit Quarterly

10 And new industries are growing at a record speed, including the film industry in Georgia, which is beginning to outpace Hollywood 11 and reap big profits for industry leaders at the expense of Black workers in low-wage positions. Jacob Resneck, “Oshkosh Defense sent a big contract to the non-union Will it keep future jobs in Wisconsin?,”