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Research Friday: Legal Structure Alternatives to Lead Social Change

ASU Lodestar Center

He suggests that all social entrepreneurs should balance the following four factors when deciding on a legal structure for their venture: Motivation: how strong is our motivation for a social mission vs. making a profit? Although not yet available in Arizona, several other states are using these legal structures.

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Investing in capacity building: The vital role of general operating support for BIPOC-led nonprofits

Candid

While project grants offer specific funding for programmatic initiatives, by definition, they often exclude critical operational expenses such as staff salaries and other overhead costs. Not having a traditional operating structure: Smaller BIPOC-led organizations are creative by necessity, given resource constraints.

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Philanthropy must prioritize elevating and including Black voices

Candid

There are deficit-oriented societal models, blaming individuals instead of the larger structures that impede Black students from academic achievement and post-secondary opportunities in STEM. Black youth face barriers such as historical exclusion, structural racism in schools and resources in Black communities.

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What Is a Story and Why You Need To Tell Them

The Storytelling Non-profit

Let’s start with some definitions of what a story is to help us understand what our end goal is in telling a story. According to Dictionary.com , there are few definitions of a story. It’s fair to say that not all of these definitions are applicable to the kind of storytelling non-profits are doing. What is a Story?

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4 Ideas for Activating Your Donors Over Email

Network for Good

Compare your present performance to your past performance, and then looking for outliers to inform how you structure your communications going forward. But the reason spam bots use structures like this is because they do work and people do open them! Tip #2: Subject Lines. If you can’t, you’re probably not going to open it.

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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

Yet, by definition, true movements are more than a catchy phrase to solicit donations or promote an event. These movements typically don’t start with a structured entity, but with inspired individuals who see what needs to change in their communities and decide to act on it.

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4 ways your site should support year-end virtual fundraising

EveryAction

Nonprofits with well-designed, highly functional websites will have a definite advantage when it comes to reaching, engaging, and retaining more donors in years to come. A clearly-defined structure for your website will help to keep everything organized and make it easy to tidy up in the future. Make full use of your blog content.

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