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Looking for long-term impact? Advocacy is a must

M+R

After all, what’s the alternative? Change the terms of the debate and change the culture Nonprofits have always played a pivotal role in shaping public discourse and cultural norms. By actively engaging in advocacy, nonprofits demonstrate their deep commitment to the causes they champion and create the conditions for long-term impact.

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Highlights from Candid’s most popular philanthropic resources in 2023?

Candid

Here we highlight some of the most popular publications from 2023.  Instead, it encourages foundations to start fresh by reassessing how they best live up to their responsibility and promises made to invest private resources for the public good. Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Implementation Guidebook , by The W.K.

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Report: Insights from the Google AI Impact Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Google AI Impact Challenge attracted 2,602 applications from six continents and 119 countries, with projects addressing a wide range of issue areas, from education to the environment. . Transforming AI insights into real-world social impact requires advanced planning. . Machine learning is not always the right answer.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

At their core, advisory committees are groups of individuals who are stakeholders in your nonprofit’s work and who want to play a role in ensuring you achieve maximum impact. Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy. What are advisory committees?

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Words to Avoid—2022 Edition

Candid

But to read time and again how a nonprofit is devastated by recent news or policy changes gives us some pause. A simple alternative could be to ask if there are any questions or other thoughts/ideas that people would like to contribute. If you’re thinking, “impact has appeared on previous lists,” you’re correct.

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: Legal protection of control within public charities

ASU Lodestar Center

Question: I am the interested in starting a public charity, and I want to legally protect my influence and ability to control the affairs of the organization. Long answer: Public charities are an IRS designation of organizations that are organized and operated for exempt purposes. How can I do this? Short answer: You can’t.

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Instead of Selling Objects, Build Public Trust

Museum 2.0

It's sparked public uproar, legal battles, and nationwide press coverage. It's cracked the crumbling, outdated rules around deaccessioning--and unearthed more serious issues of public trust. Cue public uproar and legal action to block the auction. The issue is violation of public trust. Here's what happened.

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