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  Freedom To Fight For DEI: How Legal Battles Affect Leadership Policies, Commitment

Fundraising Leadership

independence surrounding July 4 are not the only outbursts catching the attention of corporations, leaders, non-profits and educators. Prevailing in an anti-DEI climate requires intention and effort. The fireworks this month for celebrations of U.S. “ Prevailing in an anti-DEI climate requires intention and effort.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As one executive passionately said in a recent interview, “climate action is non-negotiable, but the race to outpace biodiversity loss is even more crucial. Our planet, and our profits, hinge on it.” For companies operating in non-land-based sectors (i.e. This seismic shift would not be driven by mere voluntary initiatives.

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Do you have a Nudge Unit? Maybe you should.

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

The behavioral economists behind the favorite book Nudge are advising UK policymakers (and the Obama administration) on how to use insights into how people think to advance public policy. All this experimentation is yielding insights into which nudges give the biggest shove.

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By prohibiting any future sale of the property to Black or other non-white owners, restrictive covenants gave white buyers confidence that their homes and neighborhoods would remain white enclaves and therefore retain the “ enduring value ” that Cafritz promised for his “lifetime homes.” It was profitable to do so. As historian N.D.B.

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Your greatest untapped online resource: your people

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

A question that non-profits often ask me when I invite them to help out with my research on e-participation is: “What’s in it for us?” While my work concentrates specifically on digital media and disability non-profits in both the US and the UK, there is at least one major element that is arguably relevant for any nonprofit.

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Job Details: Dec 14, 2012

Getting Attention

Brandon & Associates, a small, progressive public affairs and strategic management firm specializing in communications, public interest and grassroots advocacy, and policy and organizational development, seeks an individual with experience in project management, communications, policy analysis and issue campaigns.

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Nonprofit Statuses: 501(c)(3) vs 501(c)(4) and more!

The Charity CFO

Their goal Unlike typical businesses, nonprofits aren’t set up to bring in profits for owners and investors. In general usage, NPO (short for nonprofit organization) and NFPO (not-for-profit organization) are often used interchangeably. What Does it Mean to Have a Nonprofit Status?