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    Soda Advocacy Groups Exploit the Nonprofit Loophole

    Philanthropy Daily Feb 8, 2018

    Wenhua Zhao and Junshi Chen both serve as preeminent public health officials in China. At the same time, Zhao and Chen have led Coca-Cola’s propaganda and lobbying efforts in China. They…

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    Federal Funding for School Choice May Not Produce the Results Advocates Want

    The 74 Feb 8, 2018

    Staunch supporters of school choice got really excited during the 2016 presidential campaign when candidate Trump promised to fight for school choice and even mentioned reallocating $20 billion in federal funds…

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    American Workers Need Paid Leave

    American Enterprise Institute Feb 7, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Aparna Mathur argues that a federal paid leave policy is needed to protect American workers, particularly low-income workers, who do not have the option of taking medical…

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    New Report Finds Brands Can Benefit from Taking a Stand on Political Issues

    SocialMediopolis

    Should your business take a stand on political issues? This is the focus of Sprout Social’s most recent survey, in which they asked more than 1,000 U.S. consumers for their thoughts…

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    Meet the Young Latino Network Leader Making Change

    Medium Feb 6, 2018

    First-generation college students face barriers from start to finish. Amanda Manjarrez has a history of working cross-culturally to address and alleviate some of those barriers. Originally from New Mexico, Amanda…

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    How Evidence-Based Policy Can Address Social Problems

    mdrc Feb 6, 2018

    To help inform your impact giving about evidence-based policy, we’ve included the report’s highlights below. For a detailed analysis, please download the PDF. Best for advanced donors. In recent decades, policymakers…

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    Women in STEM: Advancing Equity, Representation, and Opportunity

    Washington STEM Feb 5, 2018

    “I think of engineers as boys, but since there’s a girl engineer [in my classroom], it opens up my life so I can be one.” Mya, a fifth-grade student in…

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    What The Recent Tax Cuts Mean For Philanthropy

    National Alliance to End Homelessness Jan 31, 2018

    The tax cuts that went into effect this month have nonprofits and donors alike scrambling to learn more about how they might affect charitable giving. WHAT CHANGED? Congress introduced temporary…

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    Government Underfunding Hurting Nonprofits Nationwide

    Governing magazine Jan 28, 2018

    State and local governments across the country partner with nonprofits to deliver a bevy of social services — from health care to housing to early childhood education. But many of…

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    Rwanda Could Become a Model for Drone Regulation

    Devex International Development Jan 26, 2018

    When the Rwandan government partnered with Zipline, the Silicon Valley company that delivers essential medical products by drone, it set an important example of how governments and companies can work…

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    Philanthropy Needs to Fund the Social Justice Movement

    National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Jan 24, 2018

    NCRP analysis of available Foundation Center data shows that between 2006 and 2016, just 9 percent of total foundation grantmaking intended to benefit communities of color, poor people, immigrants, incarcerated…

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    How the GOP Tax Reform Bill Affects Charitable Giving

    PhilanTopic Jan 22, 2018

    The GOP tax reform bill agreed to by the U.S. Senate and House in December and signed into law by the president on December 22 is over a thousand pages long.  Its…

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