This week features a nice little assemblage of nonprofit delights, from becoming nonprofit consultants to volunteerism. This issue has:
An Analysis – Consultants comprise an ever-growing share of nonprofit work. Why? Couldn’t we all just become consultants? Michelle Flores Vryn addresses this very question.
Expert Insight – As a community foundation in Hartford, CT, prepared for its 100th anniversary, they asked a simple but urgent question: What legacy do they want to leave for the next 100 years?
An Inquiry – How do we build a more just society? It’s a question that often looks toward the role philanthropy can play. But what if philanthropy itself is at times reinforcing social problems?
A Framework – Why does volunteerism need a policy agenda? In the fifth article in the series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers, Jan Masaoka weighs in, offering a public policy framework.
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How Harford Foundation Reimagines Scholarships for Debt-Free College
by Jay Williams
A Hartford-based community foundation is reimagining student support by launching a $30 million scholarship initiative that pairs generous financial aid with wraparound services to help local youth attend and complete college debt-free.
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The Philanthropic Trap: How Charity Can Legitimize Systemic Problems
by James Lomastro
In a few decades, foundation assets have increased more than tenfold, yet social problems mount too. What is happening? We need to escape the philanthropic trap.
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Building Blocks of a Public Policy Agenda for Volunteerism
by Jan Masaoka
To support volunteerism, public policy has an important role to play. Here is a framework of what supportive policy for nonprofit volunteers might look like.
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