High impact non-profits combine service with advocacy. This means they work to alleviate the immediate problem in their area with direct action while also participating in initiative and lobby efforts to change regulations or industry standards to end the problem all together. Their work in the field, dealing daily with the realities of the problem they are working to solve, can inform the larger legislative work or informational campaigns created across the spectrum.
They do this because the problems that need to be dealt with are huge and often devasting to those who are facing them. Emergency services and support are critical to relieving the basic problems people face. But they won't fix the long term problem. That requires a larger view of the situation, creative collaboration, and an ability to step back and really see what needs to be done to solve the problem.
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