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Institutional Racism: It’s Hard to See Racism When You’re White

If institutional barriers to fairness is the problem in our systems of economic development, justice, school-to-life pathways, etc., then how…

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How To Save The World: Evaluating Your Choices

“The world isn’t going to be saved overnight, or in a year, or with the one just-right program or policy. It’s people that will save the world, working in a smart accumulation of efforts that together make progress against specific substantial goals.” Steven E. Mayer

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Rural Mainstreet Radio Evaluation Standards – A New Introduction

Creating one’s own evaluation standards is good practice for any nonprofit, whether given special authorization or not. It creates opportunities…

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Saving the Babies: Looking Upstream for Solutions – A New Introduction

Your foundation’s grantmaking guidelines reflect your Board’s choice of philanthropic strategy, whether you meant them to or not.  Do your…

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What is a Disadvantaged Group? – A New Introduction

Being disadvantaged, we learned, does not mean being born a particular way.  Instead, being disadvantaged is the result of an…

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Becoming more like a business?

Why “Becoming More Like a Business” Is NOT the Solution for Nonprofits

It doesn’t really matter whether you can quantify your results.  What matters is that you rigorously assemble evidence – quantitative or…

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