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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

The money can be used for key wealth-building activities like education, homeownership, or starting a business. For instance, the GI Bill benefited nearly half of all veterans with education support in the five years after World War II, as well as low-interest home loans. This series will explore that central question.

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Empowering Students Through Education: How One Nonprofit is Expanding Access for Those Affected by Poverty

Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

In this episode, Rob Harter sits down with Yoon Choi, CEO of CollegeSpring, a nonprofit organization committed to providing equitable access to college readiness resources for students impacted by poverty.

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Defying the Odds: The Case for Investing in Organizing Workers in the South

NonProfit Quarterly

Through our Southern Workers Opportunity (SWO) fund, in collaboration with the AFL-CIO, the Ford Foundation, and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), we have committed more than $10 million in multiyear grants since 2022 to Black- and Brown-led worker organizations in the region.

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AI and Racial Justice: Navigating the Dual Impact on Marginalized Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

It reaches into healthcare, finance, justice, education, and public policy, promising to streamline and elevate. This isnt just a denial of financial services; its a denial of possibility, locking communities into cycles of poverty and keeping doors closed to upward mobility.

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How to Hold Dollar Store Chains Accountable and Protect Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

While these stores continue to make money for shareholders, workers face a relentless grind of poverty wages, unsafe working conditions, and corporate-driven understaffing that puts safety at risk. Now is the time to start demanding your labor rights, because you have built that foundation.

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What do you believe are the most critical areas for improvement to achieve your mission?

Blue Avocado

We would love to qualify for funding for education, agriculture, electricity, fresh water, and jobs creation. We cannot achieve our mission of sustainability and creating opportunities to pull themselves from abject poverty. Our mission is growth-oriented, but to achieve that growth, we must set the foundation to scale.

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ORG Impact Awards Highlight Worldwide Achievement

The NonProfit Times

Philippines-based nonprofit Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation was selected winner of the.ORG of the Year award, recognizing the organization’s work to provide access to education for children in remote and poverty-stricken areas by providing boats to reach their schools. ORG Impact Award for Quality Education for All.

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