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 107

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 107

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. Yet the struggle for a more progressive social contract continues.

Public and Social Policy 84

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 84

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Image Credit: lilartsy on unsplash.com This is the third 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 school teachers are not just educators.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Education Education Environmental 126

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For one, the public sector is a large part of the economy. percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Government also sets the terms for what might be called a social contract —that is, the unofficial economic bargain between the state and its citizens. The student debt explosion illustrates this.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Governance Poverty Healthcare 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

The implication is that we need to approach social change not like we are seeking a silver bullet, but rather in search of collaborative principles that allow different people power strategies to coexist and stimulate productive change together. Building on this capacity for “ snap rallies , ” GetUp! However, GetUp!

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Medical 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

By Joe Lee , Annie Newman & Bry Pardoe Public perceptions about government and government service delivery are at an all-time low across the United States. What sounds so obvious to the public, requires a Herculean effort to execute in government. So, how do we—and other future and existing government leaders—get there?

Governance 120

Governance Public and Social Policy Collaborations Production 120

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 5, 2023

Public institution spending dwarfs private philanthropy in most countries in the world. billion across social, health care, and education in 2021, while government spending in the same areas was approximately 25 times more. Unfortunately, the success of this transfer process is hit-and-miss and thus slows social innovation.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Governance Philanthropy Poverty 104

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. By SSIR Editors. How to Have Better Political Conversations.

Civil Society 99

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 99

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

With better context-specific information, these workers could become more productive in the tasks they are performing and venture into new, more complex tasks. Three big social changes would be necessary for such a path, and each one of them is a tall order. Alas, this more hopeful path is not where we are heading.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Technology Civil Society Production 136

Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

A recent Salesforce survey found that more than a quarter of respondents are using AI tools at work, more than half of whom are using AI that is not approved by their organizations, including in the social sector. Our grants auto-coding system is used to code most of the grants data that goes into Candid products.

Ethics 52

Ethics Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 52

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 135

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 135

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 22, 2023

trillion (4)—nearly three times the value of the annual gross domestic product of the United States. By comparison, the $75 million (33) that Jahi indicates is invested in social justice is roughly one millionth as much. On the other hand, plenty of “public equity” (stock-based) funds also have “impact” in their name.

Nonprofit governance and management 86

Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 86

Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

Skeptical because Candid is a nonprofit that describes its work ethic and culture as similar to that of the tech sector, which could mean either mission-driven with an innovative mindset, or appropriating the rhetoric of social movements while engaging in extractive practices. They built a public API and released a public data set.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Ethics Collaborations Culture 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series examines the many ways that M4BL and its allies are seeking to address the economic policy challenges that lie at the intersection of the struggle for racial and economic justice. These racist stories then shape our policies for years and years.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 94

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 111

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 111

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

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. Our speakers Xavier Ramey is the CEO of Justice Informed, a social impact consulting firm based in Chicago, IL.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public Policy Ethics 108

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In this interview with NPQ , The Sentencing Project’s codirector of research, Nazgol Ghandnoosh, discusses the series, particularly the last installment, which examines how mass incarceration deepens inequality and harms public safety. Better investments could be made with public resources.” How can this disparity be combated?

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Education 101

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

2 It has been edited for publication here. The growth of these efforts required more access to nonextractive investment capital, creating a demand for public banks and democratic loan funds across the country.” With more local resources, child care became free, along with public school–provided breakfasts and lunches.” “How

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 106

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 84

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 84

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. To be both a business and societal success, the company must rethink its design.

Health 103

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 103

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? But I wrote an op-ed saying…this is not a policy-based response to the affordable housing crisis in JP.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But this modern reality comes with an inconvenient truth: Our public institutions are not equipped with the updated skills they need to effectively tackle the world’s ever-escalating challenges—not by a long shot. Consider the climate crisis. There’s good reason for that, as these skills are foundational to the work of a well-run city.

Nonprofit governance and management 135

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 135

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Business publications once celebrated how the internet helps artisans thrive. Social media got harder for micro-businesses, too: linking to one’s website on a Facebook post without high levels of interaction by others to drive its overall reach often algorithmically condemns the post to a ghosted dustbin.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Non-Profits Manufacturing 121

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JANUARY 25, 2024

Key Legal Issues in Influencer Marketing (+Related Laws & Some Legal Tips) Social media is powerful. In return, your hired influencer receives payments, free products, and/or benefits. Specifically, it falls under social media marketing. Social media channels usually have famous people with a lot of followers.

Law 52

Law Public and Social Policy Marketing Marketing 52

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

Our research is oriented toward shifting the frontier in terms of big, visionary policy….It’s We then formed the Climate and Community Project, which has turned into a progressive climate policy think tank that does research and works with community groups and policymakers. We’re in this very complicated moment for climate policy.

Public and Social Policy 72

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management Energy 72

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A 2020 report from Stanford Law School and NYU School of Law researchers documented that nearly half of the 142 federal agencies surveyed had already experimented with AI applications, including to adjudicate disability benefits and communicate with the public. The future is now. Due this summer, it is now several months behind.

Civil Society 97

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

This article is, with publisher permission, adapted from a more extensive journal article, “ A Tax Credit Proposal for Profit Moderation and Social Mission Maximization in Long-Term Residential Care Businesses ” published last year by Nonprofit Policy Forum. Fortunately, existing policy tools can address this.

Public and Social Policy 79

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 79

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 22, 2024

In both markets, products and services are sold across B2B, B2C, or B2G models, and both markets draw on data (and increasingly AI data) to increase efficiency and reduce the costs of established processes. It is therefore imperative to provide them with high-quality products that have documented evidence of positive impact.

Public and Social Policy 62

Public and Social Policy Finance Education Education 62

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Thanks to prison privatization, corporations, many of whom, like CoreCivic , are publicly listed companies, have a perverse incentive to boost their stock prices and keep prisons full by lobbying for policies like harsher policing, longer sentencing, and incarceration for non-violent crimes.

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 99

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 107

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 107

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2023

These narratives not only evoke emotions that affect our behavior—they also help directly shape our public policy priorities. In rewriting the story of who is deserving, as a country we must define what reparations could look like for the lasting effects of the transatlantic slave trade, slavery, and legalized anti-Black policy.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Culture Construction Psychology 102

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. Some excessively wealthy individuals have fortunes and balance sheets larger than the gross domestic product (GDP) of entire countries. Public policy also helps buoy wealth accumulation.

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public Policy 86

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

7 Legislators and regulators often allocate public dollars for clean energy technologies through partial incentives, rebates, or tax incentives. The result is that public funding will largely benefit wealthier households. 8 This system of publicly regulated monopoly utilities is still with us today.

Energy 82

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

Since 2000, global health organizations have pioneered a diverse set of privately driven market-shaping interventions—to organize and de-risk demand while orchestrating forward progress across all sides of the market—that have dramatically accelerated access to improved healthcare products across the developing world.

Finance 97

Finance Health Governance Manufacturing 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The World Bank even dubbed this phenomenon the “MENA paradox,” highlighting a reduction in public sector jobs–mostly held by educated workers—which has not been offset by a sufficient increase in private sector jobs. Costa Rica offers another instructive example.

Manufacturing 122

Manufacturing Education Education Foundations 122

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 17, 2015

For nonprofit public relations pros, Dylan’s statement carries a lot of meaning. To refine your approach, spend some time understanding your nonprofit’s larger goals — whether it’s to reach more wealthy donors, motivate people to take action on an important policy, or to drive more young people to raise money on your behalf.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Health Donor Motivation 89

Pam Moore

JUNE 2, 2017

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Manufacturing 167

Manufacturing Advertising Public and Social Policy Marketing 167