A Profitable Nonprofit
Connie Duckworth, founder and CEO of ARZU Studio Hope, discusses her goals for the organization and her intention to run ARZU as a “profitable nonprofit.”
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To really make a difference in tackling inequality, we need coordination on a range of policy issues, from housing and transportation to jobs and education.
Building Up Impact
The spread of affordable housing impact statements offers US cities hope for more equitable development.
Impact Within Reach
A social enterprise in Myanmar uses design thinking to create products that reflect an up-close view of what small-plot farmers need.
Scaling Up Local Food
A new facility in Portland, Ore., aims to solve critical infrastructure problems that thwart the growth of midsize farms and ranches.
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Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
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The Profit in Nonprofit
Why Kiva chose to be a 501(c)(3), what this tax status buys the organization, and how being a nonprofit poses challenges.
Beyond the Poverty Line
A new approach to measuring poverty is needed, one that accounts for multiple factors such as housing, and regional economic differences.
Beyond ‘X Number Served’
To cure the social sector’s metric monomania, we must get comfortable with complexity.