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From Unpaid to Unstoppable: The Rise of the Professional Community Health Worker Movement

Stanford Social Innovation Review

My peers and I in the CHIC networkalong with many other social innovators and supporters like the Skoll Foundationhave been driving toward systemic change on this issue, from different angles, for decades. Skoll has observed that successful social movements often share a special sauce that elevates their effectiveness: a system orchestrator.

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Small Firms Are Still a Big Missed Opportunity in Development Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A clear opportunity exists for philanthropic capital to unlock this kind of private and public sector capital, through targeted investments. For many, SME growth is seen as more of an enabling environment or an SME financing problem, not something philanthropy for philanthropy to address. Why is philanthropy still hesitant?

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Busting the Overhead Myth

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Unfortunately for the nonprofit sector, higher overhead costs are correlated to an organization being irresponsible with its finances, ineffective, unable to carry out its mission, and even unethical. It’s time for the sector to unite in educating the public and funders on the importance of building capacity.

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What’s Essential? Author, CEO, Founder on What Leaders Need To Do Now

Fundraising Leadership

founder and CEO of The Humanity Studio, and co-author with Kelly Monahan of Essential: How Distributed Teams, Generative AI and Global Shifts Arte Creating A New Human-Powered Leadership, Technology is outpacing leader capabilities. With the enormous potential impact of AI, Smith adds, We need to equip leadership to understand the technology.

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??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

NonProfit Quarterly

In the 1930s and ’40s, banks and federal government officials redlined Summit Lake—a neighborhood named for its beautiful glacial lake—making it virtually impossible for anyone to qualify for a mortgage in the neighborhood or for any property owner, commercial or otherwise, to qualify for financing to make improvements.

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Executive Director

Anedot

Key Responsibilities: Leadership and Management Provide strategic direction and leadership to the organization, ensuring alignment with its mission and values. Oversee all aspects of administration and day-to-day operations, ensuring effective use of resources and adherence to policies, and legal/regulatory requirements.

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Treasurers of All-Volunteer Organizations: Eight Key Responsibilities

Blue Avocado

Because most AVOs have an informal air about them, it’s easy for finances to be treated in a casual way. Alternatively, the board might set a policy that permits one signature for small checks below a certain amount, say $50, in order to help discourage checks from being signed in advance.