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The Challenges of Seeking Healthcare as a Neurodivergent Person

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Drazen Zigic on iStock As much as 20 percent of the US population is neurodivergent, a concept that autistic disability rights advocates first developed to describe neurological diversity and move away from binary distinctions between “ normal ” and “abnormal” cognition.

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Pay Equity in the Arts: A Movement Gains Momentum

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Markus Spiske on Unsplash In the Berkshire region of Massachusetts and neighboring Columbia County in New York, arts and culture workers face a familiar struggle: making ends meet in a sector known for passion but not always for fair compensation. Fortunately, some states are taking steps in that direction.

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Why Ending the Public Health Emergency Is Not Progress—And What Funders Can Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

It is estimated that, with this change, 15 million people could lose this essential healthcare coverage , bringing the most harm to people with disabilities, people of color, trans people, and poor people. Activist and author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha calls this “ The Great Forgetting.”

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How Private Equity Is Swallowing Up Health Care—And What to Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

Understanding the role private equity is playing in health care is critical; only then can we begin to design solutions to the healthcare system that center public and community ownership. trillion is spent on healthcare (18.3 These purchases can have devastating impacts on the quality of healthcare.

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The Contradiction Within Healthcare Fundraising

The NonProfit Times

Turnover often halts the development of relationships with external audiences, productivity is lost during training periods and there is a loss of momentum while the position is vacant. Create career growth experiences: Demonstrate interest in major gift officers’ long-term development. Advisory Board also estimates that $2.7

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Making Policy Work for Rural Communities: The Value of Community Voice

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: cottonbro studio on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. Community development financial institutions play an important role in elevating community voice. This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation.

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How Fundraisers Can Reconcile the Competition that Exists Between Your Donors’ & Administrators’ Hero Stories

iMarketSmart

But a nonprofit is not just a fundraising organization. It might deliver healthcare, research, or education. In the donor-hero story, charity administrators are minions. The administrator’s role is only to dutifully obey donor orders. What works for this group is the administrator-hero story.[1] Culture conflict.