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Aaron Tanaka, director of the Center for Economic Democracy and cofounder of the Boston Ujima Project, describes a new approach for economic development centered on the concept of “social justice enterprise,” which seeks to create a more just society by following “three pillars”: stakeholder ownership and control; social impact and community benefit; and worker and community power.
A narrative has taken hold that threatens to rob advocates of one of their most powerful tools for effecting change. At stake is the reputation of an entire class of nonprofits—501c4s.
Americans in 2017 amassed $88 billion in additional debt to pay medical costs. To date, RIP Medical Debt has relieved 200,000 people of their past-due debts, to the tune of around $700 million.
We Build the Wall has not yet done so, despite some otherworldly promises made earlier this year.
Organizations may get more benefit from saying no to tainted money than by saying yes.
Does the theory used to explain and justify the nonprofit sector matter when there is so much work needing to be done on the ground? Absolutely! If we don’t frame our work based on the real public interest purpose of our particular kinds of organizations in the larger US environment, we could be giving up all of our real power.
A new report warns that the funding of hate groups is often obscured by the use of donor-advised funds and offers some recommendations to stem the flow from that corner of philanthropy.
Today’s Voices from the Field feature, an excerpt from a longer blog post, comes to us from Kari Aanestad of GrantAdvisor. It reflects one call for more open evaluations of philanthropy.
Is any philanthropy healthy in public education? This is a serious question.
When is philanthropic largesse a problem? When it is placed in context. The enthusiastic response to the Notre Dame cathedral has many questioning the long-held practice of philanthropy being driven by donor passion.
Over a billion dollars were raised after the world watched the burning of the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral. Yet in cases where lives are lost, donors are often less forthcoming. What does that mean, and to whom should we look for more balance?
