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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For most US-based foundations, the answer has traditionally been to focus on confined problem areas, projects like reducing malaria incidence, improving school attendance, or increasing access to safe drinking water. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way. And how can philanthropies fund it?

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From Policy to Power: Centering People by Supporting Tenant Unions

NonProfit Quarterly

In this environment, a new generation of tenant organizers has emergedpeople who understand that the single best place to connect with community members is at their door, talking about the single biggest economic issue facing their family. A tenant union can be neighborhood- or citywide, across multiple landlords.