Grant makers reward charities that have cutting-edge missions -- and punish groups whose issues are old newsWhen welfare benefits expired for tens of thousands of California residents on January 1, the Los Angeles Coalition to ALSO SEE:Giving Trends at Big Foundations: A searchable databaseNo More…
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IN THE TRENCHES By Jennifer C. Berkshire When welfare benefits expired for tens of thousands of California residents on January 1, the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness was more than prepared. For months, the group’s Welfare Reform Advocacy Project had been conducting seminars…
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Nonprofit Groups Turn to Unions to Organize Workers and Collaborate on Common Causes
IN THE TRENCHES By Jennifer C. Berkshire When Joe Quirk made the decision to come out publicly in support of a labor-union organizing drive at his charity, he knew he was taking a risk. After all, the unionization effort under way at the Boston antipoverty group Action for Boston Community…
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