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From Gig Work to Good Work: How Workforce Policy Can Support Gig Workers

Non Profit Quarterly

Other surveys used tighter definitions and produced smaller percentages; there is no universally accepted number.) Yet workforce boards are ideally placed to catalyze an alternative model for employment locally. The result is a core hour-by-hour labor market platform that generates granular data on localized activity, pay, and demand.

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. What’s the problem? Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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How can nonprofits implement a strategic public policy agenda to achieve greater impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). At the federal level, we see this threat in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Establish support.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Accept Real Estate Gifts If You’ve Never Done So Before

Bloomerang

Options include: Find a local attorney experienced in nonprofit charitable gift planning. If you have a local law firm that specializes in nonprofit law, this is a place to start. If you can’t find someone local, there are a range of law firms with this specialty. Maybe even someone local about who you were unaware!

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501(c)(4)s: Political powerhouses or misunderstood nonprofits? 

Candid

It will also explore how many 501(c)(4) organizations there are in the United States and how many can actually be considered “political,” that is, engaged in politics explicitly with a focus on influencing government policy or elections. What are 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations? There are approximately 77,000 501(c)(4)s active in the U.S.

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How to generate advocacy calls from your supporters to elected officials

EveryAction

Whether your organization advocates for policy change on the national, state, or local level, mobilizing your supporters to place advocacy calls to their legislators is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal—and with support from the right technology, it can also be one of the most convenient.

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10 Ways to Secure Earned Media for Your Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Through my professional training as a journalist and newsroom leader, I am committed to sharing my insider newsroom knowledge with nonprofits to help them get the attention they deserve from their local media outlets. These types of topics could also be great story ideas for your local news outlets.

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