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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Worker-owned co-ops and benefit corporations are additional public policy frameworks for a just economy. In a massive charitable response, vast networks of locally supported food pantries, coat drives, homeless shelters, community clinics, and free schools have been launched and sustained.

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How to Interrupt the Public Funds to Private Profits Pipeline: A California Story

NonProfit Quarterly

In California, public banks are barred from competing with local financial institutions. Instead, public banks partner with local banks to expand community-driven impacts. These regulations, while important for safeguarding both private and public funds, can also slow the process of establishing a public bank.

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Driving Change in Housing Policies With Advocacy and Organizing

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We also work with peer philanthropies on policy, advocacy, and organizing to pool grants, co-invest capital, and collaborate on learning opportunities for funders and the field. FHO: What progress are you seeing in public- and private-sector investment in high-quality, equitable housing solutions at the local, state, and federal levels?

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A Political Roadmap to Social Housing: How Do We Win?

NonProfit Quarterly

Politicians are influenced by money as much as or, frankly, often much more than votes, and public policy is the product of calculating trade-offs between the two. The keystone to implementing (or thwarting) policy objectives are institutions—public, private, or those in between. These all are interconnected and dynamic.