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The Revolution Will Not be Funded:

Beyond the Non-profit Industrial Complex
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Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
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South End Press, 2007 - Business & Economics - 257 pages

A $1.3 trillion industry, the US nonprofit sector is the world’s seventh largest economy. From art museums and university hospitals to think tanks and church charities, over 1.5 million organizations of staggering diversity share the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) designation, if little else. Many social justice organizations have joined this world, often blunting political goals to satisfy government and foundation mandates. But even as funding shrinks and government surveillance rises, many activists often find it difficult to imagine movement-building outside the nonprofit model.
 
The Revolution Will Not Be Fundedgathers original essays by radical activists from around the globe who are critically rethinking the long-term consequences of this investment. Together with educators and nonprofit staff they finally name the “nonprofit industrial complex” and ask hard questions: How did politics shape the birth of the nonprofit model? How does 501(c)(3) status allow the state to co-opt politi-cal movements? Activists or -careerists? How do we fund the movement outside this complex? Urgent and visionary,The Revolution Will Not Be Fundedis an unbeholden exposé of the “nonprofit industrial complex” and its quietly devastating role in managing dissent.

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Review: The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

User Review  - Allee - Goodreads

Phew! This book took me so long to read because I felt it was so important that I needed to give it my undivided attention... so it sat on my bedside table for about 5 months before I decided I just ... Read full review

Review: The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

User Review  - Adelaide - Goodreads

This book takes a critical look at the effects foundation funding has on nonprofits. From short-term focus to funding trends that change organizational direction, I recognized a lot of truth in the ... Read full review

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Among the largest feminist organizations in the world, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing.

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