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Building Community Through Soccer: Maigan T. Bridgette’s Story at Sporting Kansas City

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

With a passion for political science and social justice, she initially envisioned a career in law but found herself drawn to the nonprofit sector. This experience equipped her with invaluable insights into the workings of mission-driven organizations. Reflecting, Maigan shares, “I thought I wanted to be a lawyer.

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For the Love of Humankind: End of Year Fundraising for Community impact

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

The CCF movement prioritizes the entire community over individual organizations and is grounded in justice philanthropy principles. She moved to Chicago after high school to study Political Science and Sociology at DePaul University. Director of Development and Disruption, Gladiator Consulting. Louis City, Missouri.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

This was seen as a politically smart means to avert White backlash. A 1996 political science journal article, for example, argued that policies were most likely to be effective in addressing race and economic inequality if they were targeted to benefit Black Americans but “advanced and defended on universalistic grounds.”

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

So my perspective today is as somebody who’s been studying philanthropy for my career, but also as a passion. That’s how philanthropy has been reflected as well until the most recent years. . ” What drives your commitment to philanthropy? What would you hope to do with your philanthropy?

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

But I worked on a couple of political campaigns. My background is political science and communication. million organization, $900,000 of that is philanthropy, and you’re at the end of your calendar year and so far you’re at about $790,000. So it may be that you’re a $1.2 This was also matched.

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Giving vs. Sharing: The Power of Community in Major Gifts Fundraising

iMarketSmart

American Political Science Review, 75 (2), 306-318. [6] How billionaires explain their philanthropy: A mixed-method analysis of the giving pledge letters. Hamilton. [4] 5] Axelrod, R. The emergence of cooperation among egoists. 6] Eshel, I., Samuelson, L., & Shaked, A. American Economic Review, 88 (1), 157-179. [7]

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

10 As nonprofits attempt to solve social problems, they must solicit both government funding and private funding from philanthropy and, occasionally, even from corporations. 11 Lindblom wrote this more than 30 years before the US Supreme Court’s decision of Citizens United , which removed many restrictions on corporate political spending.