voter recruitment
Nonprofit and Corporate Voting Campaigns Show Big Signs of Democratic Life
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Corporations and nonprofits work together to encourage employees to vote, and some momentum seems to be building. Has your workplace stepped up?
Nonprofit News
Charity as a Cheap Stunt: Airbnb’s Philanthropic Bid to Buy off New York
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Airbnb donates $10 million to support New York City nonprofits. This couldn’t possibly be prompted by attempts to stave off regulation by the city of New York, could it?
nonprofit for-profit collaboration
What Is Behind the Shift of For-Profit Professionals to the Nonprofit Sector?
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Nonprofits need to continue down the path of understanding that we are the venue for the next stage of our economy, and that includes providing the workplaces of choice. Can we live up to it?
Nonprofit Management
Sesame Street Moves into the Classroom: Is That Good, and for Whom?
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How will new Sesame-branded material influence educators and the children they teach? And will open a Pandora’s box full of other marketable characters?
nonprofit for-profit collaboration
Google Supports Black Girls Code to Promote Tech Workforce Diversity
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The lab at Google’s New York City offices will house Black Girls Code staff members and be the site of student workshops, hack-a-thons, tech panels and parent-daughter events.
food waste
For-Profit and Nonprofit Firms Devise Creative Ways to Reduce Food Waste
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The average American wastes 400 pounds of food a year, costing billions and harming the environment. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to change that.
Nonprofit Management
Appeasing the Impatient Donor: Another Good Reason to Make Society Just?
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We all want to increase our impact, but simple calls for “scale” often ignore the complexities of addressing the root cause of social change. And sometimes, as the late EF Schumacher would remind us, small really is beautiful.
misuse of nonprofits
When Your Nonprofit’s Name is Used in Fundraising without Permission
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The worst possible way to structure a nonprofit/for-profit partnership might be to not tell the other parties that they are in it.
Nonprofit Management
Shape Shifting: What Justifies the For Profit to Nonprofit Transition?
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As it has become easier to become nonprofit and for-profits note the “transactional benefits,” we, as a sector should be clear that some belong and some do not.
Nonprofit News
Connecting Rooms and Refugees: Airbnb Partners with International Rescue Committee
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Putting the cart before the horse? Airbnb wants users to open their homes to refugees even as future of American resettlement is unclear.