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Research Friday: Legal Structure Alternatives to Lead Social Change

ASU Lodestar Center

They do it through corporate foundations, intermediary charities such as United Way, and by directly supporting social causes. An alternative that is available in Arizona is for a for-profit company to become a certified B-Corporation through B-Lab. Yet another alternative is to form a Social Cooperative.

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Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities?

ASU Lodestar Center

is a rich country and, as of 2011, ranks as the most generous nation in the world, 1 only five percent of its charitable giving goes to international causes. Here are three simple reasons why your "heart" may tell you to give to international causes: 1. In fact, though the U.S. but what about giving just a little more?