NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Narrative History Narratives are our cultural understandings, our frames of reference, our mental models—they provide the story of our social world. During this time, Black people were forced into labor without choice or compensation because of the widespread cultural narrative that they were racially inferior. They’re effective.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

Image Credit: cottonbro studio on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Philanthropy often relies on large, national intermediaries that lack local knowledge and relationships.

Values 118

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 118

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

SAPHIA (VO): One of the effects of this trickle down of cancel culture into the everyday is the positionality fallacy. Or those living below the poverty line? / (Saphia stands in the middle of a field. The camera begins to circle her, getting closer and closer. Eerie music can be heard.) And what about queer people? /

Poverty 77

Poverty Culture Communication 77

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

How to get started As a college student or nonprofit professional interested in an international development career, how do you move forward? Cross Cultural Communication According to the presenters, no matter what role you have or where you are located, one of the most important skills is cross-cultural communication.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 130

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Poverty 130

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Historical and cultural barriers Historical and cultural barriers can also hinder social mobility for individuals from underserved communities as they may face prejudice and discrimination based on their cultural background.

Leadership 107

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 107

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The organization was formed a little over 20 years ago, in February 2002, when resident leaders came together to support their unique and culturally diverse neighborhood: White Center , WA. Our work has recently become even more critical, supporting community strength and solutions through the challenges of poverty, pandemic, and vandalism.

Community Development 117

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 117

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Census figures confirm that Camden is a poor city (with a poverty rate of 33.6 However, persistent poverty plagues the city’s residents. The Food Justice Hub is designed to ensure that culturally relevant approaches engage our communities in sustainable development. A Camden community vision emerges. percent Latinx, 42.5

Food 138

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 138

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change. Often, the result is rural poverty. percent of the population. As of 2019, an estimated 15.4

Poverty 90

Poverty Children Culture Food 90

The Charity CFO

APRIL 22, 2024

This can also have cultural impacts within your organization such as low morale and high cynicism among employees. Consider these four strategies to improve your workplace culture and reduce burnout in your nonprofit employees. But burnout doesn’t only affect employee relationships.

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Culture 52

CNPE

JANUARY 6, 2023

They will point to challenges they have faced in the past – and may be still facing – unemployment, poverty, health challenges, and more. I grew up in poverty. Both my parents grew up living in poverty. I often hear white friends or family members dispute that they have privilege. I understand where they are coming from.

Poverty 98

Poverty Leadership Children Psychology 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 6, 2023

Image Credit: Gordon Cowie on unsplash.com Hip hop—the music and its culture— turns 50 this year. That’s because hip-hop culture embraces the principle of “ sankofa ,” valuing the importance of going back to a community after becoming successful and bringing others along. Nipsey identified as a Rollin 60’s Crip.

Philanthropy 117

Philanthropy Culture Foundations Collaborations 117

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 29, 2023

Then there is rehumanization —she talks about needing to rehumanize those who live in poverty, that their agency has been taken away, and that as we have moved into a culture of consumerism we equate people’s value with their monetary abilities, what they’re able to acquire.

Poverty 88

Poverty Values Culture 88

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In research I did with collaborators for the Broke Project , we found that most stories, profiles, and vignettes related to work to end poverty follow this pattern: while an organization is the protagonist, poor people are defined only by their experience with poverty. The land was vacant for 32 years.

Homelessness 126

Homelessness Culture Poverty Collaborations 126

Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For example, the client advisory board of one anti-poverty organization confirmed that clients’ financial education needs had changed during COVID; this led to a shift in the curriculum. Organizations benefit from unpacking and discussing feedback via focus or advisory groups or follow-on interviews.

Organizational Change 128

Organizational Change Nonprofits Poverty Retention 128

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It shapes and perpetuates Native identities, cultures, and worldviews.” A Montana State study from 2019 estimated that the poverty rate statewide for Native communities exceeded 30 percent. 22 Avoiding this, she adds, “requires tribes to retain decision-making authority over their land and natural and cultural resources.”

Nonprofit governance and management 137

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Data released in 2022 by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE, “Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics”) shows that unemployment and informal labor are higher among this group, which is also more exposed to violence and poverty. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

Public and Social Policy 62

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 62

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 13, 2023

Building Community through Eco-Anxiety A critical role of climate psychology is to “embrace individuality [one’s unique personhood] over individualism [the cultural system that prioritizes focus on the self, rather than the community],” according to Tori Tsui , climate activist and youth advisor on the Resilience Project board.

Healthcare 90

Healthcare Health Environmental Psychology 90

Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Gates Foundation pledged $315 million over three years to CGIAR , a global research partnership focused on the needs of smallholder farmers, in support of efforts to help them adapt to a surge of climate threats that, in turn, are exacerbating global hunger and poverty. Read more. . November 4, 2021. November 3, 2021.

Construction 52

Construction Culture Poverty Healthcare 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 5, 2023

From displacement and poverty to illness and environmental degradation, the urgent challenges facing the world today call for innovative approaches that combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a clear understanding of the problems and a firm footing in communities. ”—UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 2019.

Collaborations 124

Collaborations Culture Governance Technology 124

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Are there organizational culture problems that might cause competition or resentment among staff? With poverty so high in Memphis, why would we perpetuate poverty-level wages in our own nonprofit community? Are the organization’s salaries embarrassingly low? Does the organization plan to lowball any prospective hire?

Poverty 59

Poverty Culture Management Nonprofits 59

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Oxfam : To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Education 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 12, 2023

Added to this is the context of all the systemic barriers and cultural norms that go to the very core of the social change we are trying to effect. These teams directly contend with the immediate aftermath and lasting impacts of poverty, violence, and other realities in systemically under-resourced contexts.

Health 89

Health Culture Energy Universities 89

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Launched in 2020, the Black Trans Fund (BTF) seeks to change culture by shifting the narrative about Black trans communities towards joy and resilience, and away from violence and despair. However, grant funding must specifically serve the bi+ community. Areas served: United States. Groundswell Fund (Black Trans Fund). The Black Trans Fund?is

Foundations 123

Foundations Culture Health Charitable Contribution 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

By Stephan Manning & Yeşim Uygur Addressing entrenched social problems in local communities like inequality, violence, or environmental degradation is as much about changing local cultures and mindsets as it is about reworking the socioeconomic structures around them. ” The project has led to a culture shift in the community.

Leadership 98

Leadership Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 98

Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

We also found nearly 20% of respondents aged 45-64 did not have checking accounts, revealing that our older clients needed more financial literacy programming to avoid slipping into poverty. In 2022, CASL secured $1 million in federal funding to expand the program to serve more seniors.

Governance 59

Governance Food Health Collaborations 59

Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2021

Her priorities are to those operating in communities facing high projected food insecurity, high measures of racial inequity, high local poverty rates, and low access to philanthropic capital.” Her team’s focus has been on “identifying organizations with strong leadership teams and results. Please let us know on the blog.

Non-Profits 139

Non-Profits Poverty Philanthropy Charitable Organizations 139

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2023

Barbie may be one of America’s emblematic cultural exports, but the toy’s production has only ever happened overseas. Everything about Barbie ’s publicity so far—from Robbie’s referential press tour outfits to the millions being made from brand partnerships—is a profitable testament to the cultural power of the Mattel corporation.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Culture Production Technology 98

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Peter has defined the vision, strategy, and culture of 829 Studios since its founding in 2007. Her experience includes 8+ years of Marketing, Communication, and Program Management for organizations working on issues such as poverty, financial literacy, voter engagement, health research, and the public arts.

Poverty 92

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 92

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

“Nonprofitization affects the structures of movements and the culture of our movements.…[It] Spade questions whether this method can achieve liberatory ends, arguing against the idea that change will occur if a “nonprofit report shows that poverty is bad, or cops are racist.”

Medical 111

Medical Universities Nonprofits Culture 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 15, 2023

Together with the communities we serve, those of us who work in social change witness the daily realities of poverty, injustice, violence, marginalization, and climate destruction. Embedding mental health into our social change worlds also helps us create workplace cultures that do not do harm on the pathway to doing good.

Health 104

Health Culture Collaborations Poverty 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

In late 2021, a small Zimbabwean community-based organization, Score Against Poverty (SCORE), with help from the Canadian government, decided to test out a different approach. Within ten months, this locality and cultural approach was quickly supported by the evidence in practice.

Culture 52

Culture Agriculture Values Health 52

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Pop Culture, Events, and News Many organizations’ Fiscal Years begin on the 1st. How can you relate these things to your organization? An emergency alert test will sound alarms on US cellphones, TVs and radios on the 4th. The MLB Playoffs will begin in October with the World Series scheduled to begin October 27th.

Health 88

Health Poverty Nonprofits Food 88

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2023

Yet, all individuals in social impact face a similar challenge, whether addressing things like housing, health care, or poverty. Doing so will help us address the most important social issues of our time and also help us move away from toxic norms and cultures that de-prioritize care for ourselves and others.

Health 98

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. Households of color were significantly more likely to be evicted, foreclosed upon, or displaced from their homes by gentrification.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 104

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

“Our project started as a way to break down the division between the neutral, ‘Ivy-Plus’ educated reporter who comes from relative or extreme privilege writing about people in poverty versus people who have lived different kinds of economic insecurity reporting on their own or others’ experience.”

Public and Nonprofit Management 93

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Non-Profits 93

The Agitator

APRIL 21, 2015

M+R studied the online fundraising performance of 84 organisations across the spectrum — environment, poverty, animal welfare, health, culture, international — to give the rest of us a treasury of data and insight.

Poverty 89

Poverty Culture Health Technology 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Though ecologically and culturally rich, the county ranks in the bottom eighth in California for per-capita income. By Michelle Carrillo & Geneva Wiki Del Norte County encompasses a section of coastline in the far northwest corner of California that is the ancestral home of the Yurok and Tolowa people.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98