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Nonprofit as Shibboleth

ASU Lodestar Center

As told in the 12th chapter of the “Book of Judges” in the Christian bible, the Ephramites tried to blend in with the locals as they were fleeing the country. It’s not so much that it is better as it is a shibboleth for insiderness, one that signals your cultural awareness to people who are reading you for clues. think tank.

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A Jargon-Free Guide to Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies (L3C)

NonProfit Hub

In this blend, an L3C is a private organization that does earn profits, but only so that it can conduct business to help a certain cause. Since the first American L3C was started only in 2008, this concept is relatively new to the business and legal world. In essence, it operates to better social welfare in some way.

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

" No, we didn't do runs or walks or campaigns to raise public awareness of screening. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting. It wasn't ignorance, it was more about a lack of time and focus on what was perceived as "surface" issues.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2008, Vermont became the first state to permit the creation of the L3C (Powell, Jackson-Zapata, & Kammerling, 2014), an entity that allows companies to achieve modest profits while operating under a business model that emphasizes impact over profits.

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

No, we didn’t do runs or walks or campaigns to raise public awareness of screening. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck. Unfortunately in reality, we were often misunderstood. No, we weren’t “Katie’s group.&# We focused on the patient.

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