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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

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The existential need for philanthropy indicates that structures exist that fail to meet basic human needs. Even though laws and structures are often driven from the top down, it is a combination of top-down leadership and grassroots movements that create sustainable change.

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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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4 Steps For Funders To Shape Data For Applications, Benefits

The NonProfit Times

The council also considered regulatory and policy concerns, such as the need to advance research that promotes social good weighed against data protection laws such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations or California’s Consumer Privacy Act. What is the context in which the data is collected or used?

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What Nonprofits Need to Know About the New Overtime Ruling

Blue Fox

Over the past month, we’ve answered these questions a lot: How will changes to the federal overtime law will affect my organization? Before we delve into how the new overtime law affects the nonprofit industry, know that not all states have the same guidelines. (This also applies to the for-profit social enterprises we serve too!)

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5 Key Software Compliance Questions to Strengthen Your Approach

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Every organization, no matter your mission, function, or size, is subject to a variety of laws and standards intended to protect the individuals you engage with. Software compliance is critical guide to ensuring that you are following these laws and standards in a digitally driven world.

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

Get Fully Funded

There are two things that can help A LOT here: organizational by-laws and Board member job descriptions. By-laws What do by-laws have to do with Board meetings? If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible.

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What we know about MacKenzie Scott’s 2020 grants

Candid

The $126 million grant, to Easterseals, is an outlier in size and structure—it actually represents an aggregation of grants to a set of individual Easterseals chapters. The leading issue category is health, followed by “public safety,” which includes funding focused on disasters. These grants represent about $2.4

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