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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. However, the traditional reliance of nonprofits on governmental and charitable funding is increasingly unsustainable.

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

Candid

When the Supreme Court gutted race-conscious admissions last summer and the American Alliance for Equal Rights followed with a lawsuit against the Fearless Fund, some in the philanthropic sector feared that demographic data had become a potential liability. The more organizations choose to participate, the better the data will be for all.

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Funding Innovation for Skoll Social Entrepreneurs

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But not just any money -- we talk about the most difficult money to raise: the unrestricted funding that is the lifeblood for a social entrepreneur. But, unrestricted funding is far harder to raise, because the donor is investing in the leadership of the organization as opposed to a specific set of deliverables. How is it structured?

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Executive Director Management: The Board’s Top 5 Responsibilities

Bloomerang

Finding that perfect balance of power and productivity is one of the most common challenges that nonprofit leaders face. . The board governance model is one of four primary nonprofit governance models. The working board model requires that board members assume both the role of governing body and that of daily operating managers.

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#AI4Good: Artificial Intelligence & Wellbeing, Ethical Dilemmas, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Organizations should commit to not using AI for the purpose of driving workers to higher levels of productivity at the cost of well-being. Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace.

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Collaborating for New Solutions To Persistent Societal Challenges

Saleforce Nonprofit

Among other things, it requires new models of collaboration, which is why several leading organizations recently came together to rethink core assumptions about how to address global hunger, with the audacious goal of ending chronic hunger in our lifetimes. The approach just might serve as a model for other issues, as well.

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Best New Leadership Book Of 2023

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The new model leadership we talk about in When Everyone Leads is a match for our turbulent times. Our model works because it places the challenge, not the person, at the center. Leadership position and leadership team are outdated terms from a model that no longer works. It is hopeful and forward-looking. Don’t get us wrong.