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How to Make a Profit Without Betraying Your Mission

Geri Stengel is an entrepreneur's entrepreneur. With her experience in both business ventures and nonprofit organizations, she is uniquely positioned to bring the two fields together. And that is what she has done, devoting herself to social enterprises. Stengel, through her organization, Ventureneer, educates and mentors individuals as they establish... [Read more of this review]

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NASA Opens High Frontier to Education and Not-For-Profit Groups

NASA is announcing a new initiative to launch small cube-shaped satellites for education and not-for-profit organizations. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called picosatellites, having a size of approximately four inches, a volume of about one quart, and weighing no more than 2.2 pounds. This is NASA's first open announcement to create an... [Read more of this review]

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Patrick Corvington Confirmed By Senate To Run CNCS

Five months after being nominated by President Barack Obama, Patrick Corvington was confirmed by the Senate to be the next chief executive officer for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). Senate consent was unanimous and Corvington is expected to officially begin later this month after the president signs his confirmation. Corvington... [Read more of this review]

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Freddie Mac, Non-Profit Groups Team Up to Help Discouraged Borrowers Pursue Loan Modifications

Freddie Mac and 13 national and local non-profit organizations today announced a pilot effort to convince discouraged delinquent borrowers to pursue mortgage workouts that can save their homes and steer clear of foreclosure. Freddie Mac's new Borrower Help Centersin Chicago, Phoenix, San Bernardino and Washington, DC are designed to provide free, confidential... [Read more of this review]

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Is the Not-for-Profit Structure Destructive?

In my new job at Drexel as Professor of Arts Administration, I've been able to research a question that has been of particular interest to me. Is the traditional not-for-profit, 501(c)3 (NFP) so cumbersome in its structure as to actually impede the very promise of its original intention? I've recently had the luxury to delve into this question, and... [Read more of this review]

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Idaho looks at tax break for homeless shelters

BOISE - Even as Democrats in both houses of the Idaho Legislature have pressed this year for re-examining and possibly repealing some of Idaho’s existing tax exemptions, the first new sales tax exemption to clear the House Revenue and Taxation Committee this morning came from a Democrat - Rep. Branden Durst, D-Boise. Durst’s bill, HB 435, would... [Read more of this review]

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Global Study on Social Entrepreneurship Report Released

Newswise - An international report on new business development released Thursday (Jan. 14) in Santiago, Chile, includes the first global study of social entrepreneurship, co-produced by a professor at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. For the first time, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) includes a study of the prevalence of people... [Read more of this review]

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