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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. We know that for social entrepreneurs trying to solve global challenges, the system is rigged. Underneath every accomplishment lies a profoundly broken funding landscape for social innovation.

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What Did California Miss with Its Recent Slashing of a Key Solar Incentive?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Daniel Mingook Kim on unsplash.com Two major problems confront California’s energy policy. Second, California’s energy laws and business models are rooted in injustice. These two major problems are perfectly illustrated in the passage of Net Energy Metering 3.0, This policy decision was complicated.

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Protecting Tenants as Los Angeles Decarbonizes

NonProfit Quarterly

However, decarbonizing puts a significant portion of LA’s already vulnerable renter community at risk as it can impact housing affordability and increase energy burdens. With nearly two million renters, half of which are rent burdened, meaning they spend most of their income on housing and energy costs and cannot afford to pay higher rents.

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The Invisible Rural Access Barrier

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She arrived tired with less energy for her studies, and her grades and attendance suffered. After receiving a bicycle, her commute was reduced to 45 minutes each way and she has more time and energy to devote to her studies. She’d spend over two hours each way, every day, across hilly terrain to attend school.

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2024 Nonprofit Voter Guide

MNA Association

We also know that partnering with government and the public sector is critical to advance our missions and build thriving communities. Nonprofit leaders play an important role in shaping public policy. That includes supporting both patients and providers at our state’s non-profit healthcare organizations.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As one executive passionately said in a recent interview, “climate action is non-negotiable, but the race to outpace biodiversity loss is even more crucial. Our planet, and our profits, hinge on it.” These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.

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Do you have a Nudge Unit? Maybe you should.

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

The behavioral economists behind the favorite book Nudge are advising UK policymakers (and the Obama administration) on how to use insights into how people think to advance public policy. Here’s what The Economist says: A set of trials in Britain focused on energy efficiency. This had almost no effect. Maybe you should.