“The social economy frame is intended to help us see the full range of business ventures, charitable efforts, philanthropy, and investment capital geared toward producing positive social results. The slow spread of alternative corporate forms (B corporations and L3Cs), the … Continue reading
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Values, Not Laws
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An explosion of businesses doing good has created a legal industry all of its own. Laws have popped up on the books all over the country that create new structures–L3Cs, benefit corporations, flexible purpose corporations–to help businesses do good better. Well, allegedly they … Continue reading
Nonprofits and Solidarity Economies
This is a guest post from Andrew Schwalm and Philip Rosenbloom of the Nonprofit Finance Fund The pursuit of a just and equitable society can invite a measure of paralysis when you’re faced with the simple challenge of where to start. Even … Continue reading
“Cross-Sector Leadership for Change” on 6/11
We had a great UnSectored Talk last week on the “Legality of Social Change.” Definitely enough diverse opinions and smart comments to keep everyone engaged for the two hours. A summary of the event is below, and you can always … Continue reading
Words, Laws, Action
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Lots of us are talking these days about social entrepreneurship, earned revenue, earned income ventures, nonprofit business activity, social ventures, community wealth creation, social purpose business, social enterprise, mission-driven business, socially-responsible small business, benefit corporations, B corps, impact investing, social … Continue reading
Confessions of a Sector Agnostic
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I don’t care about the nonprofit sector. I cringe as I write that, not wanting to offend the nice nonprofit people who have signed all my paychecks over the last four years of my nonprofit career. But, it is true. … Continue reading
Do We Really Need a Charitable Deduction?
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I give about five percent of my income–before taxes–to charity each year. This isn’t that much, since I don’t make that much, but I have never seen any sort of tax deduction from it. I’ve never claimed a tax-deduction because … Continue reading
