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Is There An Inequality Tipping Point for Nonprofits?

Blue Avocado

The nonprofit sector is essential to helping to mitigate the impact of climate change on communities around the world. But there are structural problems that create inequality which, in combination with climate change, pose an existential threat to the nonprofit sector itself. We are facing a future of growing human need.

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What is the Secret to Successful Grant Writing?

Blue Avocado

Know what they fund and what matters most to them and know who you are as a nonprofit and what your funding priorities are. Alice Rossignol, Nonprofit Consultant Avoid AI Shortcuts and Put Yourself in the Donor’s Shoes Some suggest grant writing can be done by AI. Know your prospective funder in depth! Your Voice Matters!

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Building the Mutual Economy: A Conversation with Steve Dubb, Rithika Ramamurthy, and Manuel Pastor

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” Also, one of the things you talk about concerns the limits of government and how just having the state be the solution isn’t always the best course.

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3 Powerful Virtual Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

3 Powerful Virtual Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits. Are you looking to boost your Nonprofit’s Fundraising? million nonprofit organizations registered by the Internal Revenue Service as of 2016 (data by the National Center for Charitable Statistics ) are one of the largest contributing forces of the US economy with a total 5.5%

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Safety First: CEO Grows Organization, Leads Communities By Doing The Right Thing

Fundraising Leadership

While she did later return to earn a bachelors in sociology from College of New Rochelle and a masters in nonprofit and organizational management from Maris College School of Management, Chan Shue joined the NYPD in 1993. City Safe provides armed and unarmed security professionals to protect government, residental and commercial sites.

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Beyond Karen: White Woman Archetypes in the Third Sector

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yermine Richardson/ www.popcaribe.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s spring 2024 issue, “‘Stop Drowning Us, and Stop Making Us Disappear’: A Critical Report on the State of Black Woman Leadership.” 4 The largest relative turnover and promotion gap was between White women and Black women.

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Averting Disaster through Preparation: A Conversation with Rebecca Katz and Mackenzie S. Moore

NonProfit Quarterly

We have chapters on epidemiology, governance, communicating with the public, community engagement, and humanitarian response, among others. MSM: It’s a complicated issue, and I think it speaks to what we were saying about how important communication and engagement is and bringing in fields like sociology and anthropology.

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