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🚨 New Article Alert 🚨 "Nonprofits into the core? An early assessment of potential curricular changes after the 2019 NASPAA standards amendments" by Mirae Kim & Stefan Toepler. NASPAA’s standards amendments in 2019 aimed, among other things, at facilitating the integration of nonprofits into the core curricula of public affairs programs. Have MPA programs taken up the challenge? What is the status of nonprofit integration in the field? How do programs go about integrating nonprofit content and what issues and barriers do they encounter in doing so? Based on a survey of MPA Directors, this article provides initial answers to these questions and seeks to provide some guidance for programs exploring their options and, more generally, invite additional discussion around nonprofit education in public administration. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gKJAWKeT

What does yesterday's ruling mean for private schools in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina? Kristin Smith and Brian Guerinot explain the decision and what nonprofit private schools should do next: https://bit.ly/4a9aDIT. #education #privateschool #independentschool

2019 was an important milestone in the efforts to integrate #nonprofitmanagement into #publicadministration core curricula. Presenting evidence from a survey of #mpa directors, Mirae Kim and I seek to gauge where the #publicaffairs field currently stands with regard to #nonprofit integration in hopes of stimulating more debate in this important topic.

For Racial Progress, Endowed Philanthropy Needs to Endow Its Grantees John H. Jackson and Susan Taylor Batten, Guest Contributors | February 01, 2024 Last November, school board candidates supporting honest and antiracist public education won the majority of elections across the country. This marked a watershed and encouraging moment for inclusive and comprehensive public education. It was an election proof of the power of grassroots movement building. For decades, organizers and leaders of color have been showing up at school board meetings. Participating in parent advisory groups. Organizing at state capitals. Registering voters. These activist students and parents are sustaining the fiber of our democracy and protecting our constitutional rights. Yet, as we found in our recent research with Candid, BIPOC-led organizations remain grossly underfunded, despite philanthropy’s stated commitments and interest in advancing racial justice. As the Schott Foundation will detail in a soon-to-be-released update of the #JusticeIsTheFoundation data project, the data still only shows 14% of all K-12 philanthropic dollars were invested in racial equity and justice in education between 2019 and 2021. Endowments are a long-term investment approach to change that. Grantees have told us what endowments could mean to them: a stable financial state, no longer dependent on the whims of philanthropy, and the freedom to plan for the long term. We endow museums, universities and hospitals, but we do not endow the infrastructure needed to keep our democracy working and advance racial justice, i.e., the grantees doing the work. It’s time to ask why that is, and what it would look like if that status quo were to change.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟱: It's time to register for Arizona's biggest conference for nonprofit and grantmaking professionals. There are sessions tailor-made for the head of an org or someone just starting their career. Opportunities for networking and learning throughout the day, and the price is great. See what the pros at AZ Impact for Good have planned: https://lnkd.in/gFxGe6Zv

Register for FORVIS’ upcoming webinar for an in-depth look at nonprofit #college and #university closures. Gain insights and strategies to navigate the changing landscape.

During the pandemic, when many grantees were forced to operate in crisis mode, College Futures deliberately aimed to foster a sense of care, support, and community, paired with stable and flexible funding. This was the start of a new policy grantmaking strategy that eventually grew to an “ecosystem” of 16 organizations, intentionally designed to advance connections, knowledge, and movement-building across higher education equity. We offer insights to the philanthropic community to strengthen equity-focused movement-building and grantmaking, especially in support of statewide policy and systems change: https://buff.ly/3WzEjuK.

Register for FORVIS’ upcoming webinar for an in-depth look at nonprofit #college and #university closures. Gain insights and strategies to navigate the changing landscape.

Hear from Lerii F. Smith, CFRE in our latest Good Advice blog post: Develop Your Precious Volunteer Resources. Lerii shares, "It is ‘high season’ for our community’s nonprofit events, campaigns, and board meetings, which inspired me to pull this ‘Key Points Summary’ regarding developing volunteer resources from a presentation I made a few years ago to our AFP Chapter.” Click here to read the principles Lerii says stand the test of time: https://lnkd.in/gqiV6dFt #goodadvice #volunteerengagement

Founded in 2004, Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs, Inc. is a state-wide college access organization that promotes equal access and opportunities for under-represented college bound student to obtain a post-secondary education in Connecticut.  Our goal is to increase college readiness, participation and completion in Connecticut among low-income students, first-generation college-going students and students of color.Each year HHYEP has had 100% high school graduation rate, 100% college acceptance rate, and 80% parent involvement rate. Higher Heights has personally employed over 95 youth, 100% have graduated from high school, 95% have enrolled into college receiving over $10 million in scholarships and grants.  The mission of HHYEP is to change the lives of under-represented college bound students to EMPOWER, ENCOURAGE, and EQUIP them to obtain a post-secondary education. We’ve raised $3,000 so far and I am asking for you for support in Day 2 of The Great Give: https://lnkd.in/epBRpZ-t