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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. And as a result of repeated storms, insurance companies have been leaving Florida or increasing insurance rates, creating a crisis of underinsurance that Milton will exacerbate.

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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Landmark labor protections like the Social Security Act of 1935 and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 offered unemployment insurance, retirement security, and a minimum wage but excluded domestic workers and agricultural laborers—the majority of whom were Black, Latinx, and immigrant workers.

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How to Attract Childcare Workers? Virginia Tries Fast Training and Higher Pay

NonProfit Quarterly

In a 2021 poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. The Virginia Early Childhood Foundation announced it will provide paid training to over 60 early childhood educators in their Early Educator Fast Track Initiative. Workers at childcare facilities also rarely receive health insurance benefits.

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The Double-Edged Sword of Health Innovations: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Equity in Nigeria

NonProfit Quarterly

In Nigeria, where health inequities are deeply rooted in systemic issues such as poverty, 1 gender inequality, 2 and inadequate governance (poor administration/planning), 3 the introduction of new technologies can sometimes deepen these disparities rather than alleviate them. 1 (July 2023): 7389. Davies Adeloye et al.,

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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

7) Electronic Frontier Foundation Shop :: supporters.eff.org/shop. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. 17) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop. 17) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop.

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We, the Nonprofit Institutions: Transformation for Liberation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Such a foundational change will require a concurrent shift in nonprofit institutions, which have evolved alongside the government and market-based economy in the United States. In this series thus far, our colleagues have explored what this future requires of each of us , and what it could begin to look like for governments.

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Action Steps to Grow Climate-Driven Philanthropy in Rural Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

For example, in Robeson County, where almost three-quarters of residents are Black or Indigenous, many continue to experience poverty and hunger because they lack the support necessary to return from devastating, increasingly frequent climate events. Help define impact.