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Research Friday: Human Capital Performance Bonds. What are they? How do they work?

ASU Lodestar Center

But a structural problem remains: philanthropy does not typically have available capital for scaling. an intensive, year-long empowerment and skills-based training for the returning men, coupled with a marketing strategy of recruiting business customers to hire graduates of the program. Structure term ends at the end of the bond term.

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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it?

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QuickBooks for Nonprofits PRO TIP:  How to Use Classes for Painless Grant Writing

Blue Fox

Here's how we describe it: In the for-profit world, classes are often used for cost center or location-based tracking of revenue and expenses. The management needs to see what stores are profitable, right? Do you see the leverage and empowerment that comes with this kind of accounting setup? Please allow us to elaborate!

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

You cannot have empowerment without participation: empowerment is not something we ‘do’ to other people, but is itself a participatory process that engages people in reflection and inquiry to understand the power they have, and to take action for change as they define it.”

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Award Winning Combinations for Social Change

Care2

Cristi Hegranes, Global Press Institute – Global Press Institute (GPI) advances both responsible global journalism and community empowerment by offering journalism training to women around the world. The prize money aside, what impressed me most about the winners is the creativity that each has shown in combining multiple disciplines.

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Muslims come into the frame in Southeast Asia’s fintech boom

TechCrunch

The microfinancing platform connects investors with small businesses using mudarabah, a shariah-compliant profit-sharing agreement. Profit sharing instead of debt The seed of Blossom Finance was planted when Martin was running a project in the U.S. All losses and profits are shared pro rata, Martin explained.

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The ongoing revolution in philanthropy: An open-ended reading list

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. Tools: Reflective structured dialogue. Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count. Unicorns Unite: How nonprofits and foundations can build EPIC Partnerships. From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth.