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Nonprofits, Foundations, And Capital Formation

The Nonprofit Consultant

On Sean Stannard-Stockton's Tactical Philanthropy blog , he commented that "One of the most bizarre criticisms of the Giving Pledge is the idea that it will hurt the economy." In fact, nonprofits are a bigger portion of the economy than many other industries." It's purchasing stocks and shares of mutual funds. capital formation.

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How Are You Spending Your Social-Distancing “Vacation”?

Prudent Pedal

Yesterday my 17-year-old, over-achieving daughter shared her Spring break, social-distancing To-Do list. Her example inspired me to share my own lists, both Work and Personal, with my prudent readers. Perhaps you will share what’s on your list to inspire others, as well. I recommend both. More good stuff.

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Blockchain for Supply Chain – Insights from Berlin

Tom Spencer

So if you’re trying to track the whole lifecycle of a good, you’ll need to have a unique way of tagging and identifying the good, right? Our code is a very simple and cost effective way to uniquely and securely tag a product, and this is something that any traceability project needs. Let’s take a product, a banana, as an example.

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What Amazon’s HQ2 Wish List Signals About the Future of Cities

Harvard Business

The city that lands this historic deal will see its economic and physical landscape transformed, albeit for a hefty price tag in the form of tax breaks. So how can cities garner a bigger share of high-tech growth? As our research has shown, the vibrant metros of the future will be those that are home to high-tech advanced industries.

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A Plan to Survive

The Nonprofit Consultant

The Forum brought about 200 nonprofit professionals from throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties to the conference center on the Oracle campus to share strategies for surviving the current economic collapse. The process I outline, and the tools I include, are valid in any economy. The answer was simply, "No."

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Capacity Building Versus Achieving Mission

The Nonprofit Consultant

By supporting a neutral third party NGO, foundations could achieve some economies of scale over funding the same solution over and over at each individual nonprofit. I'm not certain what the solution is for all of this, I just found JP's posting to be thought provoking and important, and wanted to share it with more readers.

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Follow-up: When Community Foundations Merge

The Nonprofit Consultant

situation, with fewer nonprofit organizations sharing in slightly larger grants. This week there have been community meetings to share the results of the survey (over 200 responses) and to introduce Dr. Carson. As economies of scale are achieved by combining back-ends, what I'd like to see grow is the number of grantees.