Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Heron Foundation , for example, works with mission-aligned, poverty-oriented investment managers to grow its assets. A coalition of funders—public, private, and philanthropic—investing in drug research, development, and clinical trials to defeat tuberculosis can collectively shape advances in medical science as well as global markets.

Public and Nonprofit Management 88

Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental Foundations Philanthropy 88

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 21, 2024

The report also finds that women who enter jails are more likely to have a medical problem or severe mental illness, which exacerbates the psychological distress that they face while incarcerated. According to the report, “Women have a higher mortality rate than men in jails, dying of drug and alcohol intoxication at twice the rate of men.”

Homelessness 97

Homelessness Children Insurance Psychology 97

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 78

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 78

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

An Inspiration In the eyes of medical experts , the future of medicine is to prioritize keeping people healthy for longer periods. 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 3.0: Medicine 2.0 Medicine 3.0

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139

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

Fundraising Coach

JULY 19, 2019

As an expert on the brain, poverty, and nonprofits, I think there are several things that those of us in the nonprofit field need to know about the brain. . While all of us have different constituents, clients, and program participants, many of us are working with people who are living in poverty. How the brain impacts our clients.

Poverty 82

Poverty Nonprofits Medical Health 82

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.

Construction 52

Construction Culture Poverty Healthcare 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

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.” Such a liberal view assumes that injustice results from misunderstandings, and if misunderstandings are cleared up, then social progress will result.

Medical 110

Medical Universities Nonprofits Law 110

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this conversation between Cyndi Suarez, NPQ ’s president and editor in chief, and Kaytura Felix, managing director, Leadership for Better Health, at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the two leaders discuss medical racism, health justice, and what it really means for a system to support people’s health. I went to medical school.

Medical 85

Medical Health Leadership Healthcare 85

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JUNE 22, 2023

World’s brightest minds have been trying to build ML-based solutions that tackle pressing global issues such as poverty, climate change, education, healthcare, and disaster response. At its core, ML for social good involves using advanced technology to support people in need and strengthen the well-being of our communities.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Medical Children 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

“Byproducts of climate change, such as poor nutritional options and air pollution, can increase non-communicable diseases, like heart disease,” Dr. Maria Guevara, international medical secretary at Médecins Sans Frontiéres, or Doctors Without Borders, said in a statement.

Nonprofit governance and management 111

Nonprofit governance and management Health Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 111

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

So, we’ve been identifying assets, both human and infrastructural, that others might not see or even imagine when they read headlines focused on crime and poverty on the Northeast side. Such lack of access is an injustice that feeds poor health outcomes, including higher rates of chronic diseases, such as diabetes.

Food 86

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 86

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Supporting Healing Justice and Holistic Security The JPB Foundation , which funds US-based medical research, poverty issues, and the environment, got involved with the Hive Fund when the senior officer for environmental justice, Anna Loizeaux, heard their focus areas of climate, gender and racial justice.

Environmental 83

Environmental Insurance Psychology Poverty 83

Fundraising Coach

JULY 19, 2019

As an expert on the brain, poverty, and nonprofits, I think there are several things that those of us in the nonprofit field need to know about the brain. . While all of us have different constituents, clients, and program participants, many of us are working with people who are living in poverty. How the brain impacts our clients.

Poverty 40

Poverty Nonprofits Medical Health 40

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The cooperative, which sought Black self-sufficiency, offered affordable housing, entrepreneurial opportunities, and education to tenant farmers, as well as a pig bank and access to fresh produce to feed families living in poverty. Soon after, the Black Panther Party established free medical clinics as well as a free breakfast program.

Food 116

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 116

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

By the end of it, I was asking myself: “Why do people think poverty is their fault? Two or three subjects in my book relied on it for school lunches, for medical care, all the stuff that again is not covered by health insurance. They are playing the role of care managers or social workers or medical and disability aides for people.

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 86

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. Our initial focus was on counties with poverty and unemployment rates that exceeded statewide averages. Everyone brings a policy to the class, such as child behavior guidance or administering medication.

Curriculum and Teaching 83

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 83

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Tyler, Chief Health Officer at RHIA Ventures, took participants through an analysis of the healthcare harms that Black women have experienced over the centuries, from medical experimentation on enslaved women to forced sterilization. What impact can those shifts have without broader systemic reforms to address racism and poverty?

Health 84

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Finance 84

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 15, 2022

By offering a fresh perspective as a minority female who was raised overseas and has overcome challenges to find her place in a male-dominated field, the vast experience gained through my time spent teaching, mentoring and providing medical care will be the foundation to develop a powerful voice for change.”.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Leadership Nonprofits 130

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 To date VisionSpring has sold 8.7 in economic impact.

Social Enterprise 116

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Health Production 116

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Electricity-dependent populations depend on electric devices, including medical devices such as position beds, breathers, oxygen tanks, heart machines, and dialysis, to live and function. This population is entitled to certain services. We hit all the checkboxes, right? But sometimes that isn’t the case.

Governance 130

Governance Disaster Relief Foundations Philanthropy 130

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Mending Kids “Mending Kids gives sick kids life-saving surgical care while advancing education and training towards medical sufficiency in their communities. They provide free life-saving surgical care to children worldwide through the help of their volunteer medical teams. It is also run almost entirely by volunteers!”. Mending Kids.

Children 105

Children Environmental Agriculture Nonprofits 105

Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

These seven children are receiving a quality education, three meals a day, mentoring, and medical care. Because of you, one Haitian child has a brighter future and the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty. And your gift made it happen.

Food 98

Food Children Values Poverty 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

How do we shift scarcity mindsets that are rooted in deep and real experiences with poverty and oppression? Mair, and Derek Angus, “Applying Syndemic Theory to Acute Illness,” Journal of the American Medical Association 327, no. How do we stand in our power in terms of what we need and deserve for our lives and our communities?

Leadership 99

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 99

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Mission : To grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Mission : Empowering entrepreneurs through Microcredit & Microfinance to help End Global Poverty. Make a Holiday Honor Donation ]. Shop PBS ]. Purchase Gift Cards ].

Children 95

Children Poverty Ethics Medical 95

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

“In fact, donors who attend religious services are more likely to have given toward disaster relief (68%), domestic hunger or poverty relief (66%), helping people with disabilities (56%), health care or medical research (54%), and veterans’ causes (52%) than they are to have supported specifically religious work,&# the study notes.

Disaster Relief 55

Disaster Relief Poverty Children Medical 55

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

A quick google search conducted by my aunt revealed very little information about my condition other than memorial posts and mortality narratives in medical journals. At the age of 28, I had become a new mom and a medical miracle. Poverty Porn” Doesn’t Raise More Money.

Non-Profits 238

Non-Profits Poverty Ethics Medical 238

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2023

Elizabeth Cherot is the senior vice president and chief medical and health officer of the March of Dimes , the leading nonprofit in the United States working to improve maternal and infant health, first founded by President Franklin D. She recently served as the chief medical officer for Axia Women’s Health. Roosevelt in 1938.

Health 76

Health Medical Education Education 76

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2023

Because when it comes to stigmatized issues like abortion and poverty, few people choose to be in these stories—let alone in the circumstances that necessitate their telling, whether it’s ending a pregnancy or deciding between making rent or paying for children’s school supplies.

Healthcare 91

Healthcare Health Culture Poverty 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 29, 2024

In this article, we will describe PolicyLink’s relationship with love and accountability, which begins with the 100 million people in this nation who live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. This requires us to also be accountable to our colleagues, our partners in the equity movement, and to anyone who joins us to win on equity.

Nonprofit governance and management 134

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Governance Poverty 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 9, 2023

Innovative finance is based on the premise that there is not enough money from governments and philanthropic organizations alone to address pressing global issues like poverty, climate change, and access to electricity and clean water. This involves pricing based on overall value, not just the estimated costs to conduct an activity.

Finance 111

Finance Production Governance Poverty 111

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Roberts family, still facing various charges of overstaying on federal land, remains homeless—they’re currently living in a hotel room, and have launched a campaign to pay for Brooks’s medical expenses. A Broader Crisis: Criminalizing Homelessness Homelessness is, of course, a national problem with broad scope.

Homelessness 104

Homelessness Law Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 104

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2024

Image credit: Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash It has been nearly a decade since medical science provided a cure for hepatitis C (hep-C), a potentially deadly viral infection that affects the liver and can lead to severe health complications if untreated. We are squandering one of the most important medical advances of the 21st century.”

Medical 55

Medical Health Insurance Poverty 55

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Within a hospital system, medical providers are responsible for the delivery of care, while other departments steward the physical plant, and administrative departments are responsible for the bottom line. We often hear the sentiment, “I already work on poverty (or climate or health disparities, etc.) and that’s hard enough.

Health 143

Health Energy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 143

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 6, 2024

And while many may think they are safe from being denied housing, she shares that often landlords will go to great lengths—even using a tenant’s medical debt—to deny them housing. She contends that this approach, where the preservation of property value is paramount, could lead to a disconnect from the issue of homelessness.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Values Education 91

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Socioeconomic Issues : Rapid growth can exacerbate poverty, inequality, and social unrest. This can lead to overcrowded and understaffed medical facilities, making it harder to provide quality care. This financial support to developing countries aids in infrastructure development, promotes economic growth, and reduces poverty.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Cultural Diversity Environmental 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

This network works to collectively influence change across Minnesota, including through a nascent effort at the University of Minnesota Medical School that convenes community leaders and academic advisory boards across the university to address how the institution as a whole engages with community leaders.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 124