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. Rebekah Barber: Last year marked 50 years since the onslaught of mass incarceration.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Education 108

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

How do solidarity economy activists join forces with labor unions, racial justice groups, and other social movement organizations? What can public policy do to support solidarity economy development? What can public policy do to support solidarity economy development? Co-op Lab in Los Angeles.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Culture Collaborations 112

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series will examine 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. The reparations landscape in the United States—and around the world—is evolving rapidly.

Philanthropy 117

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 117

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. How Did We Get Here?

Public and Social Policy 127

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Non-Profits Manufacturing 127

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Image credit: Ridofranz on istock.com A new US Department of Labor rule restores protections for misclassified workers and could help reduce the precarious status of freelance journalists, according to Samantha Sanders of the Economic Policy Institute. These protections are sorely needed in an industry buffeted by layoffs.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Law Insurance Non-Profits 93

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Image credit: Michael on Unsplash A popular area of applied behavioral science, nudges are frequently deployed within public health and healthcare systems to influence people’s choices. But can people be nudged into better health? Nudges are meant to be noncoercive ways of reframing choices to help people make better decisions.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Health Ethics 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Donors should have the freedom to support causes they believe in without fear of retribution, harassment, or social pressure. Donors should have the freedom to support causes they believe in without fear of retribution, harassment, or social pressure. The Supreme Court has even weighed in on this issue.

Civil Society 89

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Governance 89

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As Barber noted, a 2020 report by Robert Paul Hartley, an assistant professor of social work at Columbia University, found that 34 million eligible poor or low-income voters did not vote in 2016. “We Yet, nearly all low-wage workers in the city are rent-burdened , with 25 percent of children within the city limits living in poverty.

Poverty 98

Poverty Public and Social Policy Healthcare Homelessness 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It’s not just digital news nonprofits that benefit from their giving; the Waltons also give to legacy newspapers, websites, magazines, radio stations, and trade journals covering such subjects as agriculture, water policy, fisheries, conservation, and climate. Journalism is welcoming the new infusion of philanthropy.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 121

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 114

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 114

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Is it social media shares? Adopting guerilla marketing tactics has become an effective way to reach different audience demographics, generate social media buzz, and raise your nonprofit brand profile. After all, you have a group of donors in one place fully engaged with your organization and its activities. Is it people buying tickets?

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Image credit: Brandon on Unsplash The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police three and a half years ago ignited a months-long period of mass social mobilization and intense public engagement. One reason for this outcome: most efforts fail to address the systems that reproduce inequality. We can—and must —do better.

Finance 73

Finance Culture Foundations Public and Social Policy 73

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The trauma we carry affects the way we look at the world and ourselves, and therefore plays a role in determining the future course of social systems. This is an apt metaphor for how trauma impacts people, individually and collectively. If we don’t talk about it and acknowledge it, then it’s very difficult to bring about change,” she added.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 137

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Policy gains have been significant, especially at the state level. Image credit: RDNE Stock project on pexels.com For years, employee ownership advocates have called attention to what is known as the “silver tsunami”—an impending wave of business owner retirements affecting US businesses with tens of millions of employees.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 100

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Public trust: Monitoring shows commitment to responsible use of resources and best serving beneficiaries. Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda.

Law 91

Law Public and Social Policy Charitable Organizations Governance 91

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

We’ll also talk about the role of education, healthcare , development aid, and advocacy and policy efforts in managing population growth and encouraging sustainable practices. The Impact of Population Growth Population growth can strain our resources, degrade the environment , and trigger social challenges.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Cultural Diversity Environmental 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Public trust: Monitoring shows commitment to responsible use of resources and best serving beneficiaries. Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda.

Education 52

Education Education Public and Social Policy Law 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Policy bodies like the National Governor’s Association are calling for more tailored mental health planning. Only 10 percent of organizations reported community engagement as a core activity of their policy support strategies. Current mental health policymaking tends to be insufficiently sensitive to these differences.

Health 115

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 115

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Trust in institutions—including philanthropy—began declining dramatically, opening the door for more public critique of foundations and big-dollar donors as elitist, nontransparent, and plutocratic. Image credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com This article was co-produced and co-published with Proximate. Just Trust Whom?

Philanthropy 121

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Governance 121

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

What we wanted to do here was provide an opportunity to locate conversations about Black girls and gender-expansive youth in broader conversations about justice, democracy, and Black liberation,” said Monique Couvson, author and social justice scholar, in an interview with NPQ.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Leadership Law 110

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

—transform the economy to advance social justice? A central goal of the report authors is to provide a road map for impact investors to employ their capital in such a manner as to advance social-mission-based enterprises and economic democracy. To date, impact investing has been, at best, modestly effective.

Non-Profits 73

Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Finance 73

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. To interrupt this pattern, public policy must, at minimum, implement policies that tax wealth to cut down on the excessive concentration of wealth over time.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public Policy 93

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 135

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 135