The Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

According to Nonprofit Source, 90% of company executives indicated that partnering with a reputable nonprofit organization enhanced their brand and 89% believe partnering leverages their ability to improve the community. Developing partnerships presents a win-win-win scenario for your nonprofit, the community, and your corporate partner.

Volunteerism 86

Volunteerism Volunteerism Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management 86

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. 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.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 104

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

The cultural sector is actively seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. In this series, queer, trans, and BIPOC artists and cultural bearers reflect upon the unique role that culture has played and can play in activating and enacting structural change—and in building a solidarity economy. However, disruptions are being cooked up.

Culture 103

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 103

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

Image credit: Corey Agopian on unsplash.com This article concludes NPQ’s series Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. It also laid out the building blocks to achieving three key goals: Establish the infrastructure and processes to drive inclusive equitable community development. A falta de pan, casabe.

Community Development 88

Community Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Cultural Diversity 88

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

In this series, queer, trans, and BIPOC artists and cultural bearers reflect upon the unique role that culture has played and can play in activating and enacting structural change—and in building a solidarity economy. There are specific funding strategies that philanthropy can employ to shield artists from the capitalist market.

Philanthropy 88

Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 88

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Massive investments in climate solutions such as carbon markets, CO2 sequestration, and energy alternatives had no material effect on slowing global warming. Impoverished individuals are treated as passive recipients of solutions, with no active role in the process. Real progress seems elusive. The problem has gotten worse.”

Philanthropy 135

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 135

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

But while the DRA is a valued partner for community groups, food justice activism in the delta, particularly among Black farmers and community organizations, precedes the authority’s creation. Co-ops play a critical role in supporting Black farmers and communities across the state. A New Strategy .

Food 114

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

Image Credit: Abe Camacho on unsplash.com This article introduces a new NPQ series, Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. These are home values, rent prices, median household income, percentage of residents who are college educated, and percentage of residents who are White.

Culture 96

Culture Construction Community Development Education 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We’ve identified at least 25 places where there is likely geographic overlap between an existing land bank and an existing community land trust, and we know of five formalized, active CLT-land bank partnerships across the country.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Governance Community Development Agriculture 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Image Credit: Vyacheslav Dumchev on istock This is the second article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. But the community is not taking these threats lying down. Community land trusts, or CLTs, take land out of the speculative market on a 99-year ground lease.

Law 97

Law Cultural Diversity Community Development Children 97

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While the National Center for Employee Ownership defines employee ownership as “any arrangement in which a company’s employees own shares in their company or the right to the value of shares in their company,” in a worker cooperative, ownership means not just sharing profits, but having a direct voice and vote in the workplace.

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 99

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

Image credit: Kenny Eliason on unsplash.com This is the fifth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. The Latinx community successfully organized and resisted this. MEDA, a community organization formed in 1973, was a product of this activism.

Culture 80

Culture Cultural Diversity Community Development Public and Nonprofit Management 80

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sara Razavi: Within the CDFI [ community development financial institution ] space, we are a nonprofit loan fund. The actor is adding value in that collaboration by doing what they do better. And I try to make sure they see the value I bring—both directly as their supervisor but also in the larger scheme of things.

Nonprofit Management 109

Nonprofit Management Management Sociology Collaborations 109

Pam Moore

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

There is no doubt 2018 is going to be a year of massive fear, shock, change and wasted time for even the smartest business and marketing leaders. By now we should know that when it comes to social media and digital marketing, the only guarantee we have is change. What is your core value proposition? Who are you? It’s simple.

Marketing 167

Marketing Marketing Values Advertising 167

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Ohers suffered from short planning horizons or insufficient community outreach. Meanwhile, a proliferation of farmers markets fueled the local food movement but marginally addressed food access. The current Louisville co-op organizing effort is committed to BIPOC leadership, a departure from earlier food activism practices.

Food 103

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 103

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

We can’t tell a history of a city or any place without nonprofits being key characters, but to think structurally about those funding relationships, about their ties to policy and government, to foundations and donors, to activism and political rhetoric, was a surprise to a lot of the people I was working with. And that hurts.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 94

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

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We strive to promote a healthy work life balance, that’s why our team hosts things like “social fridays”, team yoga classes, company-wide bake-offs, and other activities to de-stress. A: I really enjoy the connection with co-workers and clients that share my values. A: I'm the Director of Major Markets.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Activism Food Culture 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

15 Today’s economy places a premium on being able to access social networks to jump from job to job, which reinforces existing privilege, because the very definition of social networks in the job market depends on having connections in high places. 46 Education in community economics is also key.

Public and Social Policy 74

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

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. 00:03:54] A few notes. First, we’re very excited to take your questions.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 90