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NPOs Consistently Better Than For-Profits on Jobs

The NonProfit Times

The steepest employment decline occurred in accommodation and food services, a sector largely made up of for-profit businesses. Other sectors with high shares of nonprofit employment included educational services (16.4 percent); other services (6.3 percent in nonprofits. Nonprofit employment jumped 5.5%

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What the Growth in the Nonprofit Sector Means for You

NonProfit Hub

When treated as a single “industry,” nonprofits are the third largest workforce in America, behind retail and food services, employing 12.3 For example, nonprofits in the social assistance category paid 55 percent more, nonprofit educational institutions paid 45 percent more and nonprofit healthcare organizations paid 24 percent more.

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3 Types of Nonprofit Fraud to Watch Out for Today

The Charity CFO

Feeding Our Future received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture through the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program—money intended to provide meals to children. The education first department reported Inconsistencies to the USDA in 2020. How was this fraud uncovered?

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

We have largely presumed that higher education is an inherent public good, most clearly marked by its tax-exempt status. Colleges, universities, and their medical centers are registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organizations.

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Black Organizers in Boston’s Roxbury Neighborhood Provide a Path Forward

NonProfit Quarterly

Our organization, the Boston Ujima Project , which is a home for arts and cultural organizing, political education, and investment in Black-owned and cooperative businesses—and to which Turner contributed until his passing in 2019—is just one part of a much larger story. Meeting community needs is about more than providing goods and services.

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AI Disruption and Marginalized Communities: Nonprofits as Catalysts for Workforce Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

Across industries, frontline workersespecially those in retail, food service, and customer supportare being displaced by automation at alarming rates. For them, losing these jobs doesnt just mean losing incomeit means losing access to housing, healthcare, and education. Stories like Anitas arent rare anymore.

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Unlikely Advocates: Worker Co-ops, Grassroots Organizing, and Public Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

This council served as our primary avenue for discussion, education, and mobilization about advocacy efforts. Building leadership through education and training is always a worthwhile investment in advancing social change. In the policy realm, we need to build the infrastructure to educate and empower advocates and co-op storytellers.