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An Experimental Approach to Early-Stage Nonprofit Governance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Interest in early-stage nonprofits within Korea’s social impact ecosystem has increased in recent years, and more and more are garnering financial and organizational support. As one example, in early 2023, Brian Impact Foundation , which focuses on big-bet philanthropy , donated a total of 12.6 billion won (about $9.7

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From Corporate Culture to a New Organizational Landscape—A Conversation with Steve Dubb, Rithika Ramamurthy, and Ananda Valenzuela

NonProfit Quarterly

Steve Dubb: Can you begin by telling us a little about your background and how you came to be a consultant around issues of leadership and equity in the nonprofit sector? I believe that culture is far more important than structure, but structure is where we get stuck. AV: So many ways.

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Why an Ecosystem for Filmmakers of Color Is Necessary—and How Funders Can Support It

NonProfit Quarterly

Filmmakers of color play a crucial role in our cultural landscape. An Ecosystem for Change In its report, The People of Color Documentary Ecosystem: Engines for a New American Narrative , Color Congress synthesizes findings from these organizations and puts forth recommendations for how philanthropy can support the ecosystem’s power.

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Capacity Building as a Tool for Transformation

NonProfit Quarterly

Those of us who have worked in the field for years know that the capacity building paradigm must change—we must move from a focus on building clients’ technical capacity toward a focus on partnering with organizations to build cultures of liberation. Beyond Neutrality. In other words, capacity building is never a neutral process.

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Amir Geshani on unsplash.com As nonprofit organizations become more racially, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse, are nonprofit boards lagging behind? Elisa Juárez, the director of culture and DEI for a national healthcare company, was a recipient of the 2001 Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Youth Award.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

2018 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. 2018 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $125. 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Governing well is one of the most profound ways to help our communities.

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Cultivating a Liberatory Board

NonProfit Quarterly

What makes the difference between the two is the people: their values and the culture they build together. We have so many arbitrary rules that limit our imagination of whats possible when it comes to nonprofit governance. An organizational structure is not inherently good or bad, equitable or inequitable.