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Philanthropy sits on $800 billion in assets. Only 7-8% goes to communities of color—meaning communities are "stolen from twice." And funders with the least connection to problems control resources meant to solve them. This is the nonprofit industrial complex.
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#NonprofitReform
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The Revolution Will Not Be Funded | Part 1 of 3
from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA
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November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Philanthropy sits on $800 billion in assets. Only 7-8% goes to communities of color—meaning communities are "stolen from twice." And funders with the least connection to problems control resources meant to solve them. This is the nonprofit industrial complex.
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#NonprofitReform
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#NonprofitReform
Edgar Villanueva: "All of us forced to the margins harbor the best solutions." But those solutions remain unfunded because funders with least connection to problems control resources. At @SecondGraceLA we're choosing different. What's your experience with mission drift? buff.ly/fU6FUf6
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Edgar Villanueva: "All of us forced to the margins harbor the best solutions." But those solutions remain unfunded because funders with least connection to problems control resources. At @SecondGraceLA we're choosing different. What's your experience with mission drift? buff.ly/fU6FUf6
What if nonprofit "success" is actually mission failure? New research shows how big funding systematically warps the organizations meant to serve communities. Thread on why growth often means losing your way
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#EndHomelessness #RadicalHospitality #SystemicChange
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#EndHomelessness #RadicalHospitality #SystemicChange
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded | Part 1 of 3
from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
What if nonprofit "success" is actually mission failure? New research shows how big funding systematically warps the organizations meant to serve communities. Thread on why growth often means losing your way
buff.ly/fU6FUf6
#EndHomelessness #RadicalHospitality #SystemicChange
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#EndHomelessness #RadicalHospitality #SystemicChange
The pattern: Passionate team builds something real. Big funders notice. Strings attach. Administrative layer grows. Mission splits. The part you care about is service. The part that takes all your time is administration. Sound familiar? buff.ly/fU6FUf6 #NonprofitLeadership #SocialJustice
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The pattern: Passionate team builds something real. Big funders notice. Strings attach. Administrative layer grows. Mission splits. The part you care about is service. The part that takes all your time is administration. Sound familiar? buff.ly/fU6FUf6 #NonprofitLeadership #SocialJustice
Sociologists call it "institutional isomorphism"—organizations become more SIMILAR without becoming more EFFICIENT. Funders demand C-suites, quarterly reports, corporate structures. Nonprofits comply. Communities lose the innovation that made the work effective in the first place. buff.ly/fU6FUf6
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sociologists call it "institutional isomorphism"—organizations become more SIMILAR without becoming more EFFICIENT. Funders demand C-suites, quarterly reports, corporate structures. Nonprofits comply. Communities lose the innovation that made the work effective in the first place. buff.ly/fU6FUf6
Vienna proves it works. 105 years. 60% of residents. Beautiful housing. We can start that legacy NOW. buff.ly/FEtwlvh
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Vienna proves it works. 105 years. 60% of residents. Beautiful housing. We can start that legacy NOW. buff.ly/FEtwlvh
Measure ULA: $270M/year → $2.7B leveraged
Palisades fees: $228M potential
Olympic surplus: $700M-$1B
Total: Enough for transformation
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Palisades fees: $228M potential
Olympic surplus: $700M-$1B
Total: Enough for transformation
buff.ly/FEtwlvh
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Measure ULA: $270M/year → $2.7B leveraged
Palisades fees: $228M potential
Olympic surplus: $700M-$1B
Total: Enough for transformation
buff.ly/FEtwlvh
Palisades fees: $228M potential
Olympic surplus: $700M-$1B
Total: Enough for transformation
buff.ly/FEtwlvh
Week recap: LA can build 10,000+ permanent homes by Olympics 2028. Not with new taxes. With money that already exists.
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SecondGrace is an online community committed to ending homelessness in LA County. Click to read SecondGrace.LA, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Week recap: LA can build 10,000+ permanent homes by Olympics 2028. Not with new taxes. With money that already exists.
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EPISODE 6 now available: Remember the Small Victories.
Every shower matters.
Every conversation matters.
Every moment of dignity restored matters.
You may not end the crisis today, but you absolutely made someone's day better.
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#PracticalGrace #SmallVictories #BurnoutPrevention
Every shower matters.
Every conversation matters.
Every moment of dignity restored matters.
You may not end the crisis today, but you absolutely made someone's day better.
buff.ly/XmGdstx
#PracticalGrace #SmallVictories #BurnoutPrevention
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
EPISODE 6 now available: Remember the Small Victories.
Every shower matters.
Every conversation matters.
Every moment of dignity restored matters.
You may not end the crisis today, but you absolutely made someone's day better.
buff.ly/XmGdstx
#PracticalGrace #SmallVictories #BurnoutPrevention
Every shower matters.
Every conversation matters.
Every moment of dignity restored matters.
You may not end the crisis today, but you absolutely made someone's day better.
buff.ly/XmGdstx
#PracticalGrace #SmallVictories #BurnoutPrevention
Fun fact: LA has more money per capita for housing than Vienna. We just give it to developers who build luxury units. Time to redirect it toward permanent solutions.
Math here: buff.ly/FEtwlvh
#HousingJustice #SystemicChange
Math here: buff.ly/FEtwlvh
#HousingJustice #SystemicChange
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Fun fact: LA has more money per capita for housing than Vienna. We just give it to developers who build luxury units. Time to redirect it toward permanent solutions.
Math here: buff.ly/FEtwlvh
#HousingJustice #SystemicChange
Math here: buff.ly/FEtwlvh
#HousingJustice #SystemicChange
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The math: $270M/year from ULA leverages to $2.7B. That's 10,000+ permanent homes by 2028. Not shelters. Not sweeps. Beautiful, mixed-income housing.
SecondGrace.LA | Second Grace | Substack
SecondGrace is an online community committed to ending homelessness in LA County. Click to read SecondGrace.LA, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The math: $270M/year from ULA leverages to $2.7B. That's 10,000+ permanent homes by 2028. Not shelters. Not sweeps. Beautiful, mixed-income housing.
Vienna houses 60% of residents in beautiful social housing. Started after WWI with less $ than LA has now. We already have $700M+ identified through Measure ULA, Palisades fees & Olympic surplus. buff.ly/33H5B31
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Vienna houses 60% of residents in beautiful social housing. Started after WWI with less $ than LA has now. We already have $700M+ identified through Measure ULA, Palisades fees & Olympic surplus. buff.ly/33H5B31
Paris "relocated" 12,545 homeless people before their Olympics. Zero permanent housing created. Is this LA's plan for 2028? We have a better way. buff.ly/33H5B31
SecondGrace.LA | Second Grace | Substack
SecondGrace is an online community committed to ending homelessness in LA County. Click to read SecondGrace.LA, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Paris "relocated" 12,545 homeless people before their Olympics. Zero permanent housing created. Is this LA's plan for 2028? We have a better way. buff.ly/33H5B31
Let's be honest about where we are: LA needs 500,000 affordable units. At current pace, we're building 3% of what's required. Commercial development model asking for $708,000 per unit isn't working.
Meanwhile, 77% of extremely low-income families pay over half their income for rent.
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Meanwhile, 77% of extremely low-income families pay over half their income for rent.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Let's be honest about where we are: LA needs 500,000 affordable units. At current pace, we're building 3% of what's required. Commercial development model asking for $708,000 per unit isn't working.
Meanwhile, 77% of extremely low-income families pay over half their income for rent.
buff.ly/tWqs7eT
Meanwhile, 77% of extremely low-income families pay over half their income for rent.
buff.ly/tWqs7eT
EPISODE 5 now available: Practice Fierce Self-Compassion
Sometimes gentle means taking action to protect your wellbeing. Say no. Take the day off. Seek help. These aren't luxuries—they're necessities.
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#PracticalGrace #FierceSelfCompassion #BurnoutPrevention
Sometimes gentle means taking action to protect your wellbeing. Say no. Take the day off. Seek help. These aren't luxuries—they're necessities.
buff.ly/UkFf5da
#PracticalGrace #FierceSelfCompassion #BurnoutPrevention
Practical Grace: 8 Tools to Prevent Burnout in Service Work by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA
Practical Grace: 8 Tools to Prevent Burnout in Service Work Burnout isn't a personal failing—it's a systemic issue. And you deserve better support. Welcome t...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
EPISODE 5 now available: Practice Fierce Self-Compassion
Sometimes gentle means taking action to protect your wellbeing. Say no. Take the day off. Seek help. These aren't luxuries—they're necessities.
buff.ly/UkFf5da
#PracticalGrace #FierceSelfCompassion #BurnoutPrevention
Sometimes gentle means taking action to protect your wellbeing. Say no. Take the day off. Seek help. These aren't luxuries—they're necessities.
buff.ly/UkFf5da
#PracticalGrace #FierceSelfCompassion #BurnoutPrevention
Before every Olympics, host cities face the same choice.
Our research found that over 20 years, Olympics displaced 2+ million people globally. The pattern is clear: hide the crisis, don't solve it.
LA can break this pattern. We have 3 years to build permanent housing.
Our research found that over 20 years, Olympics displaced 2+ million people globally. The pattern is clear: hide the crisis, don't solve it.
LA can break this pattern. We have 3 years to build permanent housing.
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Before every Olympics, host cities face the same choice.
Our research found that over 20 years, Olympics displaced 2+ million people globally. The pattern is clear: hide the crisis, don't solve it.
LA can break this pattern. We have 3 years to build permanent housing.
Our research found that over 20 years, Olympics displaced 2+ million people globally. The pattern is clear: hide the crisis, don't solve it.
LA can break this pattern. We have 3 years to build permanent housing.
LA saved $2.6B by not building an Olympic Village. What if we used that for permanent housing instead of temporary shelters? Read how: buff.ly/tWqs7eT
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
LA saved $2.6B by not building an Olympic Village. What if we used that for permanent housing instead of temporary shelters? Read how: buff.ly/tWqs7eT
Vienna houses 60% of residents in social housing at $550-700/month. They've done it for 105 years. Not through magic—through public land ownership, revolving funds & political will.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Vienna houses 60% of residents in social housing at $550-700/month. They've done it for 105 years. Not through magic—through public land ownership, revolving funds & political will.
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Reality check: We need 57,080 units/year. We're building 17,000. Only 1,700 are affordable. At this rate, we'll need 27 years to meet an 8-year mandate. The commercial model is broken.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Reality check: We need 57,080 units/year. We're building 17,000. Only 1,700 are affordable. At this rate, we'll need 27 years to meet an 8-year mandate. The commercial model is broken.
buff.ly/tWqs7eT
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The 2028 Olympics give LA exactly 3 years to decide: Will we hide our 75,000+ unhoused neighbors like Paris did, or actually house them? New blog explores the Vienna Model that could work here.
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#EndHomelessness #LA2028 #HousingJustice
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#EndHomelessness #LA2028 #HousingJustice
Part 2: A Housing Model That Works
from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA
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October 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The 2028 Olympics give LA exactly 3 years to decide: Will we hide our 75,000+ unhoused neighbors like Paris did, or actually house them? New blog explores the Vienna Model that could work here.
buff.ly/tWqs7eT
#EndHomelessness #LA2028 #HousingJustice
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#EndHomelessness #LA2028 #HousingJustice
$708,000. That's what ONE affordable housing unit costs to build in LA. Meanwhile, 77% of extremely low-income families pay over HALF their income on rent. The system is broken. But Vienna housed 60% of residents differently. Why not us?https://buff.ly/JLSippW #SystemicChange #EndHomelessness
A Daily Reprieve from Homelessness
from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA
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October 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
$708,000. That's what ONE affordable housing unit costs to build in LA. Meanwhile, 77% of extremely low-income families pay over HALF their income on rent. The system is broken. But Vienna housed 60% of residents differently. Why not us?https://buff.ly/JLSippW #SystemicChange #EndHomelessness
LA needs 500K affordable housing units. We're building 17K/year. With Olympics in '28, will we house our neighbors or hide them like Paris did? New data shows 100K+ unhoused in LA County. Displacement or dignity?
Read more: buff.ly/uwNsAX3
#EndHomelessness #RadicalHospitality #LA2028
Read more: buff.ly/uwNsAX3
#EndHomelessness #RadicalHospitality #LA2028
A Daily Reprieve from Homelessness
from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA
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October 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
LA needs 500K affordable housing units. We're building 17K/year. With Olympics in '28, will we house our neighbors or hide them like Paris did? New data shows 100K+ unhoused in LA County. Displacement or dignity?
Read more: buff.ly/uwNsAX3
#EndHomelessness #RadicalHospitality #LA2028
Read more: buff.ly/uwNsAX3
#EndHomelessness #RadicalHospitality #LA2028
60,000 people lose housing yearly in LA County. Prevention is cost-effective. But we call it a giveaway while crisis response burns millions.
Which makes more sense? Learn more: buff.ly/QNqqzNA
#Prevention #HousingPolicy
Which makes more sense? Learn more: buff.ly/QNqqzNA
#Prevention #HousingPolicy
October 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
60,000 people lose housing yearly in LA County. Prevention is cost-effective. But we call it a giveaway while crisis response burns millions.
Which makes more sense? Learn more: buff.ly/QNqqzNA
#Prevention #HousingPolicy
Which makes more sense? Learn more: buff.ly/QNqqzNA
#Prevention #HousingPolicy