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Why Funders Should Go Meta

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Let’s take an example: psychology. If you were a funder in 2012 who believed strongly in academic psychology, you could have put your money into, say, 100 psychology experiments. You’d be able to impact tens of thousands of subsequent psychology papers (as well as many papers in other disciplines!)

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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

The SABSA cooperative team of 13 includes nurse practitioners, social psychology internists, a visiting psychiatrist, a gastroenterologist, infectious disease specialists, external general practitioners, and a public health specialist. Moreover, SABSA is now partnered with Quebec City’s local health systems.

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Thinking About Donors as Customers

Bloomerang

A study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology found that individuals given a choice on how their donations were used reported higher levels of happiness and were more likely to donate again in the future. The study also found that donors who are given a choice felt more connected to the nonprofit and its mission.

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Press Release: Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership Announces New Executive Officer Tom L. Hayashi

Anedot

Tom’s professional highlights include leading public policy and advocacy efforts in Washington DC during the Obama administration and serving as the Executive Director for OCA-APA Advocates a national civil rights organization representing the Asian Pacific Islander communities. Tom Hayashi, Ph.D.,

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

5 We won’t hazard a guess as to the psychology of androids, but we can say with certainty that corporate messages have entered human dreams. 45 Additionally, worker cooperatives, once marginal in the world of public policy, have since 2018 won an impressive string of legislative victories at both the federal and state level.

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To Build Narrative Power for Reparations, We Need Infrastructure

NonProfit Quarterly

These narratives not only evoke emotions that affect our behavior—they also help directly shape our public policy priorities. Richeson, “Disrupting Beliefs in Racial Progress: Reminders of Persistent Racism Alter Perceptions of Past, But Not Current, Racial Economic Equality,” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin , 47, no.