Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once the preserve of large foundations and mega-donors, impact investing is growing in popularity, including among women and younger generations. Of course, whether we’re writing checks to local charities, endowing a scholarship at our alma mater, or establishing a family foundation, we’re investing for impact. In 2023 alone, U.S.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental Foundations Philanthropy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. However, in America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. This disproportionality demands systemic solutions.

Poverty 93

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 93

Candid

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Study finds significant connection between poverty, poor health care. A significant link exists between poverty and high healthcare needs, a report from Robin Hood finds. Released in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy and the Leona M. February 4, 2022. and Harry B.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Poverty Healthcare Social Policy 52

Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Individual donors and foundations increasingly view data “ as the fuel for innovation and social change.” This can lead to funding shortages: A 2021 study by Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy found that AANHPI communities receive just 20 cents of every $100 awarded by foundations.

Governance 59

Governance Food Health Collaborations 59

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

In a 2021 poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 36 percent of adults in households with children reported “serious problems meeting both their work and family responsibilities in the past few months.” The median pay for a childcare worker nationally was $13.11

Insurance 78

Insurance Children Poverty Education 78

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Casey Foundation. 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. Casey Foundation’s mission is to create a brighter future for America’s children, young people, and families.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Jackson Women’s Health, half the country has strict abortion restrictions in effect or queued up to take effect over the coming months, making it difficult, if not impossible, for people to access abortion care. No one should ever have to choose between paying rent and accessing health care.

Health 111

Health Philanthropy Governance Insurance 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

When they do not have access to funds, families in poverty depend on getting the water they need through temporary, charitable fixes, or they walk hours to find it from natural sources, or they may pay up to 20% of their income to buy it. Each month, they help create financial opportunity that previously did not exist for people in poverty.

Non-Profits 131

Non-Profits Poverty Finance Health 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

These workers are often forced to choose between risking their health or their income, especially as climate change only increases the likelihood of wildfires, which in turn drives up the number of airborne toxins. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), pollution can also increase the risk of respiratory infection and lung cancer.

Nonprofit governance and management 107

Nonprofit governance and management Health Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 107

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

The Bill & Melinda Gates , Ford , and Open Society foundations have announced commitments of $2.1 The commitment includes $650 million to expand the foundation's support for women's empowerment collectives and efforts to strengthen the care economy, improve women's financial inclusion, and reduce barriers to paid work; and $1.4

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Governance Health Leadership 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For most US-based foundations, the answer has traditionally been to focus on confined problem areas, projects like reducing malaria incidence, improving school attendance, or increasing access to safe drinking water. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way. And how can philanthropies fund it?

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

Candid

MAY 4, 2022

The COVID-19 crisis has shined a spotlight on the value of philanthropy and, for this reason, many foundation representatives believe society at large will expect philanthropy to address global distress in the future. First, we learned that during the pandemic, European foundations engaged in both local and cross-border giving in new ways.

Foundations 98

Foundations Philanthropy Poverty Health 98

Candid

MAY 7, 2024

Often, the reason a foundation declines a grant has nothing to do with you. Funders seek a return on investment With so many applicants and limited funding to go around, foundations view a grant as an investment. It’s not uncommon for nonprofits to struggle with securing funding despite the strength of their programs.

Communication 64

Communication Food Poverty Foundations 64

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Taylor and Molly Blondell surveyed over 30,000 environmental and public health grants distributed by 220 foundations, which awarded approximately $4.9 How Location Affects the Foundation-to-Grantee Pipeline Most foundations are located on the coasts of the United States—mainly in New York and California.

Environmental 82

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

ARTICLE | Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia by Noriko Akiyama, Fan Li & Wenquian Xu. Choosing to run “ Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia ” was an easy choice, in part because we polled our social media audience and learned that they wanted to read about social innovation related to gender. SSIR Arabia.

Poverty 105

Poverty Universities Health Technology 105

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. Bright Pink: Bright Pink helps to save lives from breast and ovarian cancer by empowering women to know their risk and manage their health proactively. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Education 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

Trends across multiple indicators linked to SDG targets, such as maternal mortality, overdose and suicide rates, and proficiency in reading and math, suggest that the future health and well-being of American youth, women, and minority racial and ethnic groups are particularly at risk.

Collaborations 105

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 105

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Elton John AIDS Foundation. Prism Foundation. Pride Foundation. PFund Foundation. Horizons Foundation. The Vermont Community Foundation. The New York Women’s Foundation. Stonewall Community Foundation. New York Foundation. Maine Community Foundation. New Harvest Foundation.

Foundations 124

Foundations Culture Health Charitable Contribution 124

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

One of the stated goals of that report was to “identify communities with high lead exposures and improve their health outcomes.” Even small amounts of lead can lead to severe adverse health effects in children , including issues with learning, brain and nervous system development, hearing and speech, and arrested growth.

Curriculum and Teaching 59

Curriculum and Teaching Environmental Children Public and Social Policy 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Current philanthropic work—as a leader of a prominent US-based foundation remarked at a recent Stanford PACS conference—leaves people exhausted. For example, the Australian Medical Association’s recent health vision is a departure from a tradition of what they call “sickcare” to a genuine health care. Medicine 2.0 Medicine 2.0

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since 2017, Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), a funder collaborative that believes a stable, affordable home is the foundation for health, opportunity, and justice, has directed about a third of its $17 million in grants to policy advocacy and organizing.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

7) Electronic Frontier Foundation Shop :: supporters.eff.org/shop. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. 17) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop. 17) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop.

Ethics 129

Ethics Children Poverty Education 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Edited Transcript: How is investing in power building critical to achieving the foundation’s mission and what lessons and experiences convinced you of the importance of power building? We knew within Marion County, specifically within Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Foundation, that we had to focus on dismantling systemic racism.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Health Foundations Philanthropy 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

We recommend that in the coming years foundations put the power of their significant resources behind three themes, each with a different kind of transformative potential. Capitalism maintains poverty and economic disadvantage for a segment of the population just as surely as it generates extreme wealth for the one percent.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Governance Foundations Non-Profits 111

Candid

JUNE 4, 2021

As more than ten thousand people a day continue to die from COVID-19 around the world, a report from the Rockefeller Foundation calls for urgent action and proposes financing models for ensuring equitable global access to vaccines. No one is safe from COVID-19 until everyone is safe, and that means being vaccinated.

Finance 59

Finance Manufacturing Poverty Health 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 8, 2023

To help rural communities leverage and expand on the existing foundations of local leadership, which are necessary for maintaining and rebuilding community vitality over the long haul, government programs and philanthropic organizations need to increase investment in leadership as defined and understood by these communities.

Leadership 122

Leadership Culture Poverty Public and Social Policy 122

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. Supported by five national foundations— JPB , Knight , Kresge , Rockefeller , and William Penn —each city received $4 million from the funder collaborative. The city’s Black business district was devastated.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 140

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. Two of them—Dr.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 112

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Created in 1998, the United Nations Foundation links the United Nations' work with others around the world, helping the UN address a range of global issues, including climate change, global health, women’s empowerment, peace and security, poverty eradication, and more. What does the United Nations Foundation do?

Foundations 45

Foundations Retail Poverty Technology 45

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

million pairs of affordable reading glasses to low-income customers in remote areas, creating a path out of poverty by extending productive livelihoods, and generating $1.8B Community Health Entrepreneurs earned a better living. This is not so logical. To date VisionSpring has sold 8.7 in economic impact. It seemed a perfect match.

Social Enterprise 116

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Health Production 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Many leaders of nonprofits, foundations, and collective efforts are starting by engaging their leadership team, human resources departments, and boards in conversations about historical harm and trauma-informed leadership. Yet the impact of trauma remains all but absent from mainstream discourse about systems change.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 140

Fundraising Leadership

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In February NOW is hosting the annual Racial Justice Summit and a Black Mental Health Summit in partnership with the Bottom-Up Foundation and BLD PWR, titled “Healing is Resistance: A Restorative Path to Mental Wellness.” “It It is important for NOW to have a Black woman leading,” Nunes says. “I

Universities 98

Universities Philanthropy Health Foundations 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 23, 2023

The Center for Arab American Philanthropy , the nation’s only Arab American foundation, decided to fill this research gap. While CAAP conducted a report on Arab American giving in 2006, no subsequent studies were done until 2021-2022, when the foundation used online surveys and in-person focus groups to gather information on the topic.

Philanthropy 87

Philanthropy Participation and motivation Volunteerism Volunteerism 87

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Because Scott is not using a foundation, she is not required to release grant-specific data. As she herself stated, her grantmaking was guided by “special attention 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.”

Poverty 98

Poverty Health Law Universities 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

What I cared about was poverty, poor people, and those on the margins—those with less material resources. Then I did more studying at the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health. CS: You’ve been a leader in this work for a long time, probably even before people were really talking about health justice in quite this way.

Medical 82

Medical Health Leadership Healthcare 82

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Leaders asked for training support for their staff, coaching, mental health support, and healing justice practices support from the Hive Fund. In 2020, the JPB Foundation granted the Hive Fund $3 million. Allen hopes that these grants allow leaders to hire more staff to support operations and take on programmatic work. “We

Environmental 80

Environmental Insurance Psychology Poverty 80