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OnTheCommons.org
On the Commons (formerly Tomales Bay Institute) is a network of citizens and organizations that champions the cause of the commons on many fronts. Our mission is to advance a new worldview by naming, claiming, protecting and expanding the commons for the good of all.
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Nonprofits Talking Taxes- A Common Conversation for the Common Good
On December 8th, Project Team member Kim Klein hosted this webinar about how Nonprofits need to see themselves as a "common good lobby" to advocate for the ideas that people are more important than profit, that some things are simply not for sale, and that our job is to create a society in which it is easy to be good.
Building Movement Project in Detroit
While the Building Movement Project is a nationally-focused organization, we’ve always had a very special relationship with Detroit. Linda Campbell - long time Detroit resident and member of the Building Movement Project Team since its founding 10 years ago – has deep connections throughout this city and has always encouraged us to look to Detroit as a place where some of the best ideas for community-led social change are developed and implemented.
Background and Media Coverage of Detroit
According to most of the articles and reports published about Detroit since the census, the city is a wasteland that people are flocking from, but if you visit Detroit or read articles written by local organizers and residents of the city, Detroit is alive with hope and ripe for change.
Is the charitable tax deduction really fair?
BMP Project Team member Kim Klein argues in the Nonprofit Quarterly that if we really want to incentivize charitable giving--and create a more just tax code--then it's time to eliminate the charitable tax deduction.
BMP Project Team member Kim Klein in Nonprofit Quarterly
Read Kim Klein's piece Talking about Taxes from the Fall 2010 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly. Find out more about the nonprofit tax crisis, and why the nonprofit sector needs a unified identity and voice around these issues.
Suggested Reading on the Commons: The Value of Nothing
Check out our latest Commons-related reading recommendation, Raj Patel's The Value of Nothing: How to reshape market society and redefine democracy.
Become a facebook fan of “Show Me the Money!” - a tax workshop by BMP’s Kim Klein
BMP’s Kim Klein, one of the nation’s best known and loved fundraising trainers, is offering free Show Me the Money! workshops to nonprofits in the San Francisco bay area. Become a fan on facebook and find out about upcoming trainings near you!
Project Team Member Kim Klein Interviewed in Real Change News!
Real Change is a Seattle-based newspaper that seeks to create opportunity and a voice for low-income people while taking action to end homelessness and poverty. In this interview with Real Change founder Timothy Harris, BMP Project Team Member Kim Klein talks about public funds, public responsibility, and reimagining the common good.