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An Experimental Approach to Early-Stage Nonprofit Governance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

That said, preventing irresponsible management and less-than-transparent operation—cited as a major problem of Korean nonprofits in the past—can be challenging, especially as organizations grow. Successfully experimenting with and evolving its governance structure over the last decade has been central to Jump’s success.

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Maybe nonprofit governance aint what it needs to be?

Philanthropy 2173

Escher, Relativity Stairs Imagine a large - no, bigger, much bigger - nonprofit hospital, university, housing developer, or after school program. Right now, there are 13 universities in the U.S.A. with more than $10 billion endowments (one of which is a "public" university), with the largest topping $50 billion.

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Cultivating a Liberatory Board

NonProfit Quarterly

We have so many arbitrary rules that limit our imagination of whats possible when it comes to nonprofit governance. It is a domain of knowledge long held solely by highly educated White men and made purposefully inaccessible to communities lacking those identities.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

We need our government to provide a strong social safety net. We need universal basic income and universal healthcare. We’ve talked a little about how corporate culture affects boards and how it creates competition among nonprofits. That represents a huge shift.

Culture 111
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Guest Post: What’s your organization’s role in the wake of a man-made disaster?

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

If you can contribute resources that other organizations can’t, be they nonprofit, government or for-profit, then you are particularly well-suited to take a strong role in the response effort. . • Does your organization have staff, programs, tools or expertise relevant to the disaster response?

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10 Questions …. Kate Behncken, global head, Microsoft Philanthropies

The NonProfit Times

She is focused on local and global initiatives, partnering with nonprofits, governments and the private sector to develop durable solutions and deliver impact at scale. Once I hit university and then started working, I could see how technology was developing fast and going to impact so many sectors in so many ways.