NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Wind energy comes to New York City New York State is continuing to meet its renewable energy targets by issuing offshore wind energy and contracts to developers. Currently, there are five active wind development projects in the state. It also helps that UPROSE has skin in the game and has won difficult battles over the years.

Energy 122

Energy Environmental Finance Governance 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2023

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. However, each year, foundations nationwide invest hundreds of billions, often with the simple goal of maximizing financial returns to fund future grants.

Community Development 79

Community Development Finance Energy Nonprofit governance and management 79

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

By Vurayayi Pugeni , Caroline Pugeni & Dan Maxson International community development has changed significantly over its history, shifting from primarily responding to disaster events to improving communities using a sectoral approach to issues like health, agriculture, and water and sanitation.

Culture 52

Culture Agriculture Values Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was born in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and started working in public health there as a clinical psychologist. I was responsible for mental health in what was, at the time, one of the world’s poorest countries. There I was, talking to parents about lead poisoning, doing what we do so readily in public health: telling people what to do.

Health 113

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 113

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

It explores how these leaders are addressing critical issues at the intersection of food sovereignty, racial and economic justice, and community. Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion.

Food 111

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As a result of the movements of the 1960s, the US government and nonprofit agencies strengthened social safety nets. This was especially true at the county and municipal levels, where community organizing resulted in policy wins that benefited the most vulnerable, despite a conservative backlash that eventually defunded many federal programs.

Philanthropy 112

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 112

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Back in 2019, I published a study on what I called “cooperative cities” in which I wrote about how local governments in a dozen US cities create enabling environments for developing and sustaining worker cooperatives. Only a handful of municipal leaders at the time referred to this work as “community wealth building.”

Finance 87

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Education 87

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.

Education 85

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 85

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 100

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 100

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

19 While the need to employ an intersectional lens in movement work is widely acknowledged at a theoretical level, 20 actual movement activity often falls into narrower silos. Conservative politicians and business lobbyists wielded labor law to suppress union activity, such as making boycotts and solidarity strikes illegal.

Public and Social Policy 74

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 74

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. And over time, private foundations emerged and issued grants in a similar way.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 108

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

We believe that the world that our planet and everyday people need is often within reach, waiting for us to take hold, take root, take action and to re-shape our everyday lives through radical collaboration, collective activism and a world of care. So there’s the like asset ownership and then there’s governance and that goes quite deep.

Public and Social Policy 89

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

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

With the WORK Act, tens of millions of dollars in government resources will be disbursed to employee-ownership centers around the country, fundamentally changing the playing field for worker-owners, freelancers, and cooperative innovators. What if that scale of resources flowed to our communities instead of to Wall Street?

Public Policy 74

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 74