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How a small nonprofit organization survived the Great Recession

ASU Lodestar Center

The year is 2008. Our nonprofit 50l(c)(3) child advocacy agency survived the Great Recession of 2008-2013. We are cautiously optimistic that the economy, which, as it turns out, is the world economy, will right itself so that compassion, philanthropy and good works will continue as a hallmark of our communities in Arizona and beyond.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Researchers have often referred to social enterprise structures as the “fourth sector” (after private, public, and nonprofit) because they combine charitable missions, corporate methods, and diverse social and environmental philosophies in ways that surpass the traditional business and philanthropy models (Billitteri, 2007).

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