Articles Tagged With 'low-income'
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| Spring 2003 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Social Entrepreneurship • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Economic Development • Food • What Works | Let Them Make Fish The Community Culinary Training Program prepares adults -- many of whom live on public assistance -- for foodservice jobs with stable salaries and benefits. | |
| Spring 2003 | Nonprofits • Global Issues • Poverty • Civil Society • Global Issues • Civil Society • Research | Debunking Empowerment Contrary to common belief, giving people living in public housing a sense of 'empowerment' has little to do with whether they are then involved in activities to improve their community. | |
| Summer 2003 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Education • Environment • Arts | Not-So-Starving Artists Artists for Humanity students are also employees. | |
| Summer 2003 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations • Business • Socially Responsible Business |
One Scoop, Two Bottom Lines
Nonprofits are buying Ben & Jerry’s franchises to help train at-risk youth. |
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| Winter 2003 | Nonprofits • Global Issues • Poverty | For Richer, or For Poorer? Low-income residents of poor towns are underserved by nonprofits. | |
| Winter 2003 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Education |
Head of the Class
Eastside Prep balances support and structure in a school for low-income minority students. |
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| Winter 2003 | Government • Social Policy • Government Programs • Global Issues • Poverty | Stealth Welfare [Free!] How to create programs that fly under the radar screen of cutbacks. | |
| Spring 2004 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Education | Red Bag It Raising a Reader simplifies its message -- and takes off. | |
| Fall 2004 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurship • Government • Social Policy • Business • Socially Responsible Business | An Accidental Good How savvy social entrepreneurs seized on a tax loophole to raise billions of corporate dollars for affordable housing. | |
| Fall 2004 | Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Social Return on Investment • Nonprofit Organizations • Business • Global Issues • Education • Human Rights | Nifty Success Teaching inner-city kids business skills to build their confidence and aspirations. | |
| Fall 2004 | Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurship • Nonprofit Organizations • Government • Social Policy • Government Programs • Global Issues • Poverty | Sticking Together A California mayor’s challenge leads to an innovative resource-pooling strategy. | |
| Winter 2004 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Global Issues • Civil Society |
Hidden at Home
What do you get when you ask nonprofit executives and the public the same question about pressing social issues? Different answers. |
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| Winter 2004 | Government • Government Programs | Services for Votes Study shows machine politics' role in welfare. | |
| Winter 2004 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations | Neglecting the Neediest Foundations favor urban poor over rural residents. | |
| Winter 2004 | Philanthropy • Altruism • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Social Return on Investment • Government • Social Policy • Business • Social Enterprises | The Pitfalls of Profits Why nonprofits should get out of commercial ventures. At the same time, the tax code needs to be changed to help nonprofits get more charitable donations. | |
| Spring 2005 | Philanthropy • Foundations | Polishing Up the Diamond [Free!] How did the Jacobs Foundation help revitalize a neighborhood? By listening to its residents. | |
| Summer 2005 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Education | Managing Growth [Free!] How a Boston educational-services nonprofit is realizing its own potential for growth so that its scholars can realize theirs. | |
| Summer 2005 | Global Issues • Education • Arts • Civil Society | Mind the Gap Some social and educational programs inadvertently widen the gap between the haves and the have-nots. | |
| Fall 2005 | Government • Government Programs • Global Issues • Education • Civil Society | The Workings of Class Though rarely discussed in America, the subtle differences between social classes lead to major misunderstandings in the classroom, the workplace, and in many nonprofit settings. Understanding how social class shapes conceptions of the individual may ease tensions and promote equality. | |
| Fall 2005 | Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management | The Funder Next Door When grantmakers move into the communities they serve. | |
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