NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

Image Credit: Luriko Yamaguchi on pexel.com What is public power? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced. Why focus on “public power”? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced.

Public and Social Policy 73

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Insurance Public and Nonprofit Management 73

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 6, 2023

By Paul Cann Current global estimates suggest that 1 in 4 older adults experience social isolation, and 5 to 15 percent of adolescents experience loneliness. Weak social connections cause a higher risk of early death; these are also linked to anxiety, depression, suicide, dementia, and the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Health 138

Health Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 138

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 6, 2023

Image Credit: RDNE Stock project on pexels.com What is social housing? But to make it more than just a slogan, you need policies and institutions to make that right into a reality. Not so long ago, social housing was rarely discussed in the United States. But that hasn’t stopped movements from pushing.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise. Sometimes these social boundaries are academic disciplines.

Collaborations 132

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Moreover, a significant proportion of utility governing boards comprises utility workers and frontline community members. Energy is increasingly managed as part of a broader commons, where resources and land are shared and mineral inputs to renewable energy and storage like lithium and cobalt are minimized.

Energy 81

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 81

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Colclough & Kate Lappin In 2018 in the Netherlands, the public learned that Dutch tax authorities had for years been using an AI-driven system to incorrectly accuse people of committing child welfare fraud. By Christina J. Later investigation found the AI system had systematically discriminated against non-white Dutch citizens.

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Technology 143

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2024

However, when managed wisely, overhead expenses, including capacity building, are vital investments that pave the way for a nonprofit’s growth and success. F actors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and transparency offer a more comprehensive view. What can I do?

Public and Social Policy 228

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 228

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

By James Anderson Here’s a new axiom fit for the 21st century: The greater the global challenge, the more likely it is to fall to local governments to fix. Local governments are left bearing the brunt and have, understandably, so far struggled. Or take the ongoing global migration wave.

Nonprofit governance and management 144

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Most obviously, funders working in specific issue areas—climate, health, education, or in my case, democracy—can work to support efforts downstream to prepare government and civil society in their respective sectors to take advantage of the opportunities and mitigate the risks of AI on their specific areas of concern. The future is now.

Civil Society 128

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Social progress, on the other hand, shows a very different picture. What explains this massive split between the corporate and the social sectors? Some refer to this as the “ data divide ”—the increasing gap between the use of data to maximize profit and the use of data to solve social problems.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

In the realm of social change, community-based leaders are skilled at influencing and using momentum to advance local solutions but often lack all the financial resources they need to push those solutions to their full potential. In its wake, momentum for change seemed to build.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 119

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 27, 2024

The nonprofit sector is dynamic, shaped by technological advancements, ever-evolving trends, and shifts in marketing and public relations strategies. Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) Credential Program The Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) program is the only nationally recognized credential in nonprofit management.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Leadership 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

A new social contract —that is, a structural change in the relationship of the public to the government, the 1930s New Deal being the quintessential US example—seemed to just maybe be at hand. The struggle for a more progressive social contract continues. New federal support for affordable housing?

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 80

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. We know that for social entrepreneurs trying to solve global challenges, the system is rigged. Underneath every accomplishment lies a profoundly broken funding landscape for social innovation.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Image credit: Ron Lach on pexels.com Work requirements—or requiring people to find employment in order to access public benefits—force people to prove that they deserve a social safety net. But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today?

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. Deep Listening Is Necessary for Social Change. Social Justice Organizations at a Crossroads. How to Manage Internal Conflicts. By SSIR Editors.

Civil Society 111

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

2 It has been edited for publication here. Obachan (Grandma), will you tell me about your home from when you were young?” “The combination of racial injustice and climate disaster led to #LandBack campaigns that gave Indigenous forest stewards the resources to manage the land as they had since time immemorial.”

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 103

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I've been to the conferences and workshops, read the listservs, talked to the researchers and read some of the research, played with the public tools. Lots of executive orders and unfunded government mandates and policy proposals pushed by tech companies. Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash Ah, AI. Can't avoid it. Lots of press.

Public and Social Policy 59

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 59

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

While the title of the book might belie the scope of inquiry, Dunning makes the case that using nonprofits as a “tool for addressing urban problems” has led to a form of “urban governance” that uses private organizations to fulfill public, democratic rights. Dunning smartly points out that this approach turned rights into privilege.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

But I always had a sense of those organizations when I worked there, an internal critique of what kind of social change were we really bringing about. And why did we rely on private ones to solve what felt like public problems? And there’s a way that that language gets co-opted as anti-government. Really important.

Public and Social Policy 87

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 87

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It’s time to change public policy to do away with excessive wealth and its corrosive effects on our lives, our society, and our democracy. Conceptually, the threshold for excessive wealth would be the point at which an individual can take the government hostage or otherwise damage democratic institutions.

Public and Social Policy 84

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public Policy 84

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Developing a sound approach to managing these assets is part of the fiduciary responsibility of nonprofit boards. Liquidity policies help organizations understand the resources needed to carry out ongoing operating activities, but even liquid assets can be managed with an eye towards mission. But should they be?

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Wildfire management is made even more challenging by changes in climate that have extended the fire season and increased the frequency of days that promote extreme wildfire (i.e., The US Forest Service, for example, has been frequently maligned for not better managing forest fuels on their mostly forested land.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Insurance Governance Management 119

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 22, 2024

Back in the San Francisco Bay Area where I’m usually based, I work with the Sustainable Economies Law Center to support projects that redistribute wealth, democratize governance, and steward communal resources. Where are all the corporate logos and banners, which hardly any public event in the United States is without?

Culture 106

Culture Governance Public and Social Policy Values 106

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

For decades, nonprofits, governments, philanthropies, and corporations have been dogged by how to measure social impact. The social sector has figured out how to do the first one well. They also draw from public reference datasets, such as the Human Genome Diversity Project , HapMap , and the 1000 Genomes Project.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Health Nonprofit governance and management 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While immigration policies have prioritized high levels of education or family ties—and the political conversation tends to presume a basic scarcity of jobs—critical jobs in construction, agriculture, hospitality, and the care economy, including elderly care, cannot be automated.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

Image Credit: Adam Wilson on unsplash.com This is the f ifth article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus.

Public and Social Policy 81

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 81

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Jess Daggers , Alex Hannant & Jason Jay In the face of complex social and environmental challenges, our best efforts often only address a symptom, rather than root causes, even as unintended consequences create new problems. Investors who think about social change tend to be rooted in a linear, reductionist form of logic.

Finance 135

Finance Public and Social Policy Environmental Food 135

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution. Yet despite these breakthroughs, the social sector has only begun to scratch the surface of open 990 data’s capabilities.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In response to issues like these, the research project Fairwork, coordinated by the Oxford Internet Institute and WZB Berlin Social Science Center, created a 10-point rating system to assess how platform companies treat workers. All other 10 corporations, including Handy, were rated 0. are reportedly terminated from the platform.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Law Civil Society Governance 145

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 22, 2023

By comparison, the $75 million (33) that Jahi indicates is invested in social justice is roughly one millionth as much. One sign of this is the rapid growth of what is variably called “socially responsible investment” or “impact investment.” But the phrase, “impact investing,” implies pursuing some positive social benefit.

Nonprofit governance and management 84

Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 84

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Three big social changes would be necessary for such a path, and each one of them is a tall order. First, management needs to see and understand workers as a key resource whose productivity should be augmented, whose information should be improved, and whose training should be a priority. The tech sector can change, too.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Technology Civil Society Production 142

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. After all, social justice is by nature utopian. Public awareness: to change the perception of a group at a societal or cultural level.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Companies can also create goals for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies that both improve the well-being of suppliers in the near term and lay a foundation for them to minimize their environmental footprints in the future. Companies can also look beyond their own walls for innovative ideas.

Health 122

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

For example, New York City created the innovative concept of a Voluntary Local Review (VLR), based on the Voluntary National Reviews that nations submit to the UN, in which local and regional governments adopt and track their progress toward the SDGs.

Collaborations 105

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 105

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

He is an award-winning social strategist, noted public speaker, & conflict mediator. The Conference + Catalyst are presented by Momentum Nonprofit Partners in partnership with the Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 89