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Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society Posts

NONPROFITS IN THE MEDIA: GOOD NEWS?

Nonprofit Sector | Indiana University | Bright, Jim, Lenkowsky, Leslie | 2010

The nonprofit sector in the U.S. includes over 1.5 million organizations. Their revenues exceed $2 trillion annually and have been growing rapidly.
According to Giving USA, Americans donated

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CIVIL SOCIETY AND PUBLIC POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES

Civil Society | Indiana University | Lenkowsky, Leslie | 2010

This course explores the relationship of civil society (particularly that part of it known as “the nonprofit sector”) and government: how the nonprofit sector affects public policy, how public policy

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PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Social Sector | Indiana University | Lenkowsky, Leslie | 2010

“Social entrepreneurship” is a phrase widely used today in the nonprofit sector, business, and even government. But what exactly is it? How does it work? What is different about it?

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WHY DO WE CARE? THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF PHILANTHROPY

Social Sector | Indiana University | Lenkowsky, Leslie | 2010

In 2009, a year in which the United States economy suffered from one the worst economic downturns since the Great Depression, Americans gave over $300 billion to charities, more than

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THE NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR

Social Sector | Indiana University | Jeavons, Thomas H. | 2010

This course is an introduction to the nonprofit and voluntary sector in the United States. We will examine the number, size, scope, and function of nonprofit institutions taken as

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NONPROFITS, NGOS, AND PHILANTHROPY

Social Sector | Princeton University | Katz, Stanley | 2011

This course examines policy issues at international, national, and local levels. It attempts to provide groundwork approaches to nonprofits, NGOs, and philanthropy. The emphasis is on how philanthropy, nonprofit, and

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