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8. Practical Grace: A Gentle Reminder

8. Practical Grace: A Gentle Reminder

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The Revolution Will Not Be Funded | Part 3 of 3 from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded | Part 3 of 3 from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded | Part 2 of 3 from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded | Part 2 of 3 from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded | Part 1 of 3 from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded | Part 1 of 3 from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

Part 3: The Money and the Mechanisms from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA

Part 3: The Money and the Mechanisms from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA

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I was there when Lava Mae died.

Not from failure—from exhaustion. The founder worked 100-hour weeks until she couldn't anymore. We scaled from 6 trailers to 2. From 22 staff to 11. Then shut down street operations entirely.

Lava Mae was every

Saturday question for nonprofit workers: Have you ever had to choose between honesty and funding?

The Urban Institute found 36% of nonprofits feel pressure from government funders, 30% from donors, 24% from foundations to report artificially low ove

This week we examined who controls resources meant to solve homelessness.

The reality:
• 90% white leadership in major nonprofits
• Black-led organizations systematically underfunded
• Overhead myth destroyed $569M in fundraising c

We can end homelessness- it will take all of us working together.
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