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The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. How can social entrepreneurship overcome these obstacles? Target narrative reporting.

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BOOKMARK THIS: Big List of Twitter Chats for Nonprofits (Chat Tools, Too!)

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Chances are no matter what you do, and no matter which sector your cause represents (health, animals, justice, community benefit, etc.), If you’re in education or health, be sure to dive into the special directories listed in the OTHER section. Socentchat | Wednesdays @ 1pm ET (social entrepreneurship).

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

And we need mental health support because we’re working with people who are in a lot of pain. Right now, at EHRP, I’m actually…trying to slow down our growth as a nonprofit and just make it about stabilizing our infrastructure and our relationships with our clients, our writers, and our photographers. It can be hard for writers and editors.

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Need a Lift? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2024

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Closing the Racial Diversity Gap in Medicine by Allison Torres Burtka* A growing body of research shows a positive correlation between the racial diversity of doctors and health outcomes for underserved communities. How Indigenous Wisdom Can Support Youth Mental Health by Virgil Moorehead Jr. One nonprofit is working to change that.

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From Margin to Mainstream: Social Innovation for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Advocates for community health workers have executed this playbook beautifully by developing new financing mechanisms that aggregate private funding from corporate and philanthropic partners, which major institutions like the Global Fund then match.

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Smart Reform: Reducing Government Waste By Strengthening The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

Health, education, and science data have identified problems for many decades that need specialized/tailored solutions based on a particular subgroup of our population (children, elderly, disabled, etc.). Incentives for private giving and social entrepreneurship can fill funding gaps while promoting innovation.