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What Would a Gift Economy Approach to Running a Nonprofit Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

Viewing Volunteerism through a Gift Economy Lens So, if the business mindset fails nonprofits when engaging volunteers, what is the alternative? On a deeper level though, it is a form of governance that answers the question of how we want to be in community with each other. In Braiding Sweetgrass.

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

At the same time, within this austerity framework, nonprofits increasingly fill holes in sectors ranging from education to healthcare to journalism to social services that we depend on the most and that have been receiving less and less government support. Nonprofits are a feature of tax law and corporate governance laws. JH: I agree.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration. Contribute to ecosystem restoration.

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Guest Post: Why it’s worth allowing volunteers to lead (even when it’s uncomfortable)

Twenty Hats

For the past 16 years, I have coordinated volunteer programs within local government. Great conversations, connections, energy, and laughter flowed through the room! She recently completed a five-year appointment to the Maryland Governor’s Commission on Service & Volunteerism. I did not want to give away the good stuff.

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85 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To begin on Tuesday, November 27, the campaign aims to inspire increased philanthropy, conscious consumerism, and volunteerism during the holidays. Government. A website that provides world statistics updated in real-time in categories ranging from world population to stats about energy and water consumption.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To begin on Tuesday, November 27, the campaign aims to inspire increased philanthropy, conscious consumerism, and volunteerism during the holidays. Government. A website that provides world statistics updated in real-time in categories ranging from world population to stats about energy and water consumption.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A website that provides world statistics updated in real-time in categories ranging from world population to stats about energy and water consumption. Government. To begin on Tuesday, November 27, the campaign aims to inspire increased philanthropy, conscious consumerism, and volunteerism during the holidays.