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What Will Replace 'Checkout Charity' After Big Retailers are Gone?

Selfish Giving

Over a decade the retailer had raised $100 million dollars for the hospital's cancer care and research, making Kmart the hospital's biggest donor in its 50+ year history. "It Behind all the smiles and applause in Memphis was the cold truth that online retail would soon steamroll Kmart into oblivion. Next $100 million in five years!

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How TIFs Impact Racial and Economic Justice at the Local Level

NonProfit Quarterly

This money is effectively sequestered until the government deems a project worth investing in, which often means the money goes to wealthly, mostly White developers for megaprojects that do more harm than good to the surrounding communities. This fundamental question of values and policy is one thats rarely addressed.

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Move, Stay, or Pivot? Uncertain Times Make Career Choices Different For Many

Fundraising Leadership

The Department of Government Efficiency actions have resulted in in more than 30,000 layoffs of federal employees, with more in the future across many different fields. Learn more from Gloria Feldt on how to Pivot With Power If leaving a job feels precarious and unwise, then work on skills so you can augment your value and types of projects.

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

From Experimentation to Diffusion of Urban Innovations The innovative role of dynamic cities has been referred to as government by experiment. Experimentation is particularly important for climate governance, where cities have developed new ideas at an impressive rate.

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What Would a Social Justice Investment Ecosystem Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Anders Norrback Bornholm on unsplash.com In a report published last year for Just Futures , an investment advisory firm that seeks to encourage “values-based investing,” Anand Jahi indicates that the amount of money invested on Wall Street totals $71.4

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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Businesses—in their myriad roles as employers, suppliers, and investors—need to lean into end-to-end sustainability by taking actions that improve not only the environment but also livelihoods, particularly among vulnerable communities in their value chains. Influencing Policy.

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Why Homeownership Fails to Build Wealth for Black Women

NonProfit Quarterly

According to a 2019 Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances , the median value of a home owned by Black families is $150,000 compared to $230,000 for white families. The legacy of such practices continues today. In short, Black and white households do not experience the benefits of homeownership equally.