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Nick Gaines on Treating Despair, Not Just Addiction (opens the original)
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This is the ninth installment of Builders of Justice, a profile series celebrating nonprofit and philanthropic leaders who are challenging the status quo and reimagining what’s possible for our communities.ShareWhen it comes to addiction, mental illness, homelessness, and disability, Nick Gaines understands these issues on a systemic level. Before entering phila
THE IMPACT EDIT | September 21, 2026 (opens the original)
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Every week, I gather what’s useful and worth paying attention to.SubscribeSeptember 21, 2026Upcoming for philanthropy unfilteredSorry I didn’t publish the Builders of Justice profile of Nick Gaines last week! I was busy writing the next article for On Media, my column with Proximate Press. This second article exam
THE IMPACT EDIT | September 14, 2026 (opens the original)
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Every week, I gather what’s useful and worth paying attention to.SubscribeSeptember 14, 2026Upcoming for philanthropy unfilteredI’m excited to release another Builders of Justice profile featuring Nick Gaines, Policy and Program Director at the Matthew Perry Foundation. He leads national efforts to expand access to addiction medicine and to support community-based recovery organizat
The “Small But Mighty Team” Rhetoric Has to Change (opens the original)
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Please don’t crucify me when I say this. I know the term has good intentions, but whenever I see an organization boasting about being a “small but mighty team,” I (slightly) read it as a red flag. Personally, working with small but mighty teams has always left me feeling overworked and burned out.I used to take more pride in that phrase. In a sense, it proved I could do a lot with very little. It was a badge of honor I wore proudly. I could work myself to exhaustion for a good cause and still ma
THE IMPACT EDIT | September 8, 2026 (opens the original)
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Every week, I gather what’s useful and worth paying attention to.SubscribeSeptember 8, 2026Upcoming for philanthropy unfilteredLots of things are happening, and I’m so excited to share them all with you:A fuller announcement is coming out next month, but I received news that my essay, “<a href="https://tirreab.substack.com/p/as-a-pillar
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