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Building a Solidarity Economy in the South (and Beyond)—Cooperation Jackson

NonProfit Quarterly

4 Our accomplishments are minor in comparison to what we would have achieved had we had the full support of the municipal authorities and institutions, buttressed by a beneficial set of policies and procedures that supported local labor, procurement, and production.

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Ancestor in the Making: A Future Where Philanthropy’s Legacy Is Stopping the Bad and Building the New

NonProfit Quarterly

“As part of the Just Transition, our natural resources were revitalized due to federal policies to ban fossil fuels, increase the production of solar and wind, and the migration from corporate-owned to community-owned utilities. The combination of all of these shifts contributed to our being able to slow global warming.”

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Meet the New Global Tax Haven, the United States

NonProfit Quarterly

As the company website details, “a South Dakota Dynasty Trust is a very powerful planning tool that preserves family wealth over generations, allowing a trust to live in perpetuity (forever), therefore never subjecting the assets to federal estate taxation through a forced distribution.” Beyond South Dakota .

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

This means that investors put their money behind businesses trying to provide quality products or services and address societal problems. percent increase in sales, employment, and productivity growth relative to what otherwise would have been expected (Hricko and Starr 2014). Of interest to investors, ESOPs see a per year 2.5

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

Hedge Funds That Conduct Classes Today, universities turn their research into lucrative commercial goods and patents in a range of fields, from the pharmaceutical industries and software products to health services and military defense weaponry. Sonnenfeld, “Labor Paints Prospect Street With ‘Respect’ Message.”

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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

Federal Reserve data show that labor’s share of US total income over the past 40 years has fallen by nearly three percentage points of gross domestic product—an amount that exceeds $600 billion annually, or about $4,000 a year per employed worker. These policies have real-world effects.

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5 Actionable Ways to Prevent Profit Leaks

NonProfit Hub

The right provider can also help manage special taxation issues for nonprofits in addition to funds allocation for better visibility and accuracy. Christian oversees marketing and sales, channel partnerships and strategic product and service alliances. Data-mine your finance history.