Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way.

Production 116

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

NGOs scaled solutions to educational problems in India for decades without sufficient reading or math improvement. Impoverished individuals are treated as passive recipients of solutions, with no active role in the process. is a break from the past when trillions were spent on developing treatments for numerous health issues.

Philanthropy 135

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 135

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

One of the stated goals of that report was to “identify communities with high lead exposures and improve their health outcomes.” Even small amounts of lead can lead to severe adverse health effects in children , including issues with learning, brain and nervous system development, hearing and speech, and arrested growth.

Curriculum and Teaching 71

Curriculum and Teaching Environmental Children Public and Social Policy 71

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 31, 2023

Instead of concern for Kahlila’s health, a school police officer suspected her of drug use and interrogated her. By embedding young people in relationships and activities that help them constructively respond to hardships and trauma, youth organizing can channel their energy toward building a multiracial democracy.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Participation and motivation Poverty 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

This issue lingers like a vestige of the conditions that followed abolition, after which the government failed to provide the kinds of education, labor, and other supports necessary to transition from a life of enslavement to one of agency, independence, and prosperity. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 66

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The top five causes Americans want the sports world to support are: Education, Children’s Causes, Health, Poverty and Mental Health. Do you know how fans even feel about your community relations or philanthropic activities? Communicate the impact. Are you measuring your community impact?

Poverty 164

Poverty Health Environmental Education 164

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Our work has recently become even more critical, supporting community strength and solutions through the challenges of poverty, pandemic, and vandalism. In this community, poverty remains a challenge: 16.4 percent of families live below the poverty line, a poverty rate more than six percentage points higher than Seattle.

Community Development 123

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When the legendary physician and advocate Paul Farmer unexpectedly passed away at the age of 62 in February, he was called a hero , a visionary , and a global health giant. Yet Paul Farmer was also a brilliant, original, and often iconoclastic thinker when it came to nonprofit leadership.

Nonprofit Leadership 101

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Medical Nonprofit governance and management 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. Notwithstanding the emergence of several funder collaboratives in recent years, such coordinated activity is still more of an exception than the rule.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 115

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 15, 2022

During the program’s first year, fellows reported a 40% increase in their board governance knowledge and skills after completing the program, and 95% of fellows were invited to serve on a nonprofit board or are in active conversations with at least one organization about board service. We’ve moved from talking about it to taking action.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Leadership Nonprofits 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

The UN Disability and Development Report 2018 reveals that individuals with disabilities face fundamental challenges in nearly all aspects of life, including employment, health care, and education. Disability, poverty, and discrimination are part of a cycle where each reinforces the others.

Nonprofit governance and management 108

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Poverty is not about the absence of material possessions. Poverty is about people not knowing or owning their choices.” When the BI began, the village had no road, no health care, no schools, no electricity, no sanitation, no drinking water, and a near-total rate of illiteracy. We didn’t do that.

Children 78

Children Leadership Poverty Education 78

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Address “the direct needs of Black communities by focusing on issues related to poverty and economic security,” including health, financial literacy and economic wellness, food insecurity, workforce development, education and youth development (11).

Nonprofits 116

Nonprofits Leadership Poverty Social Policy 116

Fundraising Leadership

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In February NOW is hosting the annual Racial Justice Summit and a Black Mental Health Summit in partnership with the Bottom-Up Foundation and BLD PWR, titled “Healing is Resistance: A Restorative Path to Mental Wellness.” “It Nunes adds, “We have to do more education on what it is like to be an ally and work on how to be effective allies.

Universities 98

Universities Philanthropy Health Foundations 98

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Again, because of the huge variety of possible activities, their financial health depends on what nonprofits are into. If it wasn’t for the global pandemic, social inequality wouldn’t come under such attention because even developed public health systems apparently demonstrated signs of inequality. 3 Tips to Raise Funds Online.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Fundraising Fundraising 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Most of those who belong to the BoP live outside the formal economy and face unmet needs in basic areas such as food, financial services, and education. Examples include microcredit, affordable mobile phones, low-cost health care and education products, and mobile banking.

Production 113

Production Non-Profits Education Education 113

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This is instead an exercise in liberating the constructs of creativity from being the prerogative of the Western, masculine, or the allegedly educated, while reclaiming what rural women of India have championed for thousands of years. This is a lesson for other cooperative initiatives to prioritize building resilience into their operations.

Food 111

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 111

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” Seek diversity across a variety of categories, including age, race, gender, level of ability, and educational background.

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 80

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Point of Pride provides financial aid and direct support to trans folks in need of health and wellness care. Pride Foundation provides critical funding to the community organizations that are actively addressing the needs of and expanding opportunities for LGBTQ+ people in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Point of Pride.

Foundations 121

Foundations Culture Health Charitable Contribution 121

NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 23, 2018

How Measures of Market Structure Shape Nonprofit Fiscal Health,” a group of scholars set out to answer the question of whether or not there are too many nonprofits in the U.S.—or, or, more specifically, whether having more nonprofits competing for funds in the same place affects their financial health. Where you live matters.

Health 48

Health Poverty Nonprofits Activism 48

Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. According to the US Census Bureau , the top four national volunteer activities in the U.S. Volunteering is linked to improved mental and physical health outcomes.

Volunteerism 88

Volunteerism Volunteerism Participation and motivation Disaster Relief 88

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It directly limits future growth and also makes it harder for the cooperative to borrow sufficiently to finance its day-to-day activities or operating expenses. Active involvement in the governance of the investee. The vicious cycle of redistributing profits among the members of the cooperative has consequences. But how and where?

Finance 105

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 105

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 117

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 117

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs.

Agriculture 101

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 101

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. Funders instead look to define success based on the overall portfolio.

Finance 104

Finance Production Governance Poverty 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Trauma is an invisible unhealed wound caused by an overwhelming event, series of events, or enduring conditions that remains active in our bodies, our psyches, and our ways of relating to others. Yet the impact of trauma remains all but absent from mainstream discourse about systems change. It’s everywhere. But this comes at a high cost.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 137

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This funder invests in and strengthens the capacity of women-led movements to advance meaningful social, cultural, and economic change in women’s lives, specifically across three areas: Economic Justice, Safety, and Women’s Health. They fund nonprofit organizations that support Education, Family, and Health & Wellness.

Health 79

Health Entrepreneurship Foundations Education 79

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. It’s time to eliminate this threat to the health of Americans,” writes Collins.

Medical 55

Medical Health Insurance Healthcare 55

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 12, 2022

I am constantly reminding my clients that they will not win grants by pulling on the funder’s heartstrings alone: it takes a vision that can be articulated and activated. We have gotten so used to writing emotional stories and poverty-stricken narratives to try and get funders to support us. No more, friends.

Homelessness 92

Homelessness Poverty Non-Profits Philanthropy 92

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

IC: I like the way you made this book an entry point for anyone looking to understand the intersections between climate justice, climate change, race, health, education….What HMT: It is a process of constantly educating ourselves. That was my process for figuring out just how do we talk about this.

Environmental 118

Environmental Food Poverty Culture 118

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 21, 2023

Women who are paid less than their male counterparts have less money to support themselves and their families, which can lead to financial instability and poverty. This, in turn, can lead to a host of other problems, such as poor health, decreased access to education, and limited career opportunities.”

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Participation and motivation Health Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

Regulatory policy, tied to long-term care agreements with impact investment funds, can contractually require that certain health and social care standards are met, thereby helping ensure the vulnerable elderly population receives the quality care that is largely being paid for by taxpayer money. Journal of Health Economics 21 (2): 293–311.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 93

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Avoidance Avoidance actively ignores personal mortality. In one, a poverty relief charity was described as either, “Meeting the immediate needs of people,” or “Creating lasting improvements that would benefit people in the future.” Health Communications, Inc. [13] Philanthropy & Education, 2 (2), 1-28. [64]

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Finance 52

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

Exclusive access to educational resources, such as members-only publications or webinars. CARE works in over 100 countries to fight hunger and malnutrition, support health initiatives, eradicate poverty, and provide other forms of humanitarian aid. Offer monthly donors benefits such as: Free merchandise.

Nonprofits 96

Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management Retention Activism 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

According to the 2022 United Nations climate change report, 40 percent of the world’s population is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, meaning their physical and mental health is already affected by climate-related diseases and extreme natural events.

Civil Society 100

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Energy 100

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

This is a high-energy interactive workshop that will shift your focus from viewing fundraising as overwhelming or a backburner project to an inspiring activity. Few things are more critical to your nonprofits health, success and sustainability than an effective board of directors. What You’ll Learn: 1. What You’ll Learn: 1.

Public and Nonprofit Management 46

Public and Nonprofit Management Foundations Technology Education 46