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 82

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 82

NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 26, 2024

She serves as a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for strategy development and deployment and directly oversees the Foundation’s grant making, strategic initiatives portfolio, and research and education activities. the largest nonprofit public-interest law firm in the Tampa Bay area. Katie Schultz, Ed.D

Nonprofit Leadership 279

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 279

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This record acts as a form of permanent punishment, limiting our ability to participate in civil society through a complex web of laws in Illinois that punish people with criminal records, often indefinitely. The informal economy is a diversified set of economic activities that are unprotected and unregulated by the state.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 114

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

From Idea to Law: Navigating the Tennessee Legislative Process Ever had an idea you thought could improve Tennessee? Maybe it's a new environmental regulation, a change to education policy, or an update to healthcare access. But how do you turn that idea into a law? Step 9: Law in Effect! Congratulations!

Law 70

Law Healthcare Environmental Governance 70

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2024

“A lot [of] our clients, whether they are nonprofits or for-profit companies, are facing a really different political landscape with regard to legal liabilities,” says Ann O’Leary, an attorney for the Chicago-based law firm Jenner & Block, whose practice includes advising nonprofit organizations on these legal questions.

Philanthropy 125

Philanthropy Law Nonprofits Universities 125

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Legal Framework Against Ebook Piracy Copyright Laws and Digital Content Copyright laws provide a legal framework to protect creators’ rights and combat piracy. With digitization, enforcing copyright laws has become increasingly challenging.

Law 52

Law Ethics Retail Collaborations 52

Jeff Brooks

APRIL 9, 2024

Book Review : Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please: The Case for Plain Language in Business, Government, and Law by Joseph Kimble This book is a useful and comprehensive guide for the Plain Language movement. Laws and Rules about plain language from around the world. Prefer active voice over passive. Avoid unnecessary jargon.

Law 52

Law Governance Fundraising Fundraising 52

Ken Goldstein

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

To explain the law and put my board at ease, I have gone through several sources to put together the following guidelines and policy for engaging in political activity. 501(c)(3) organizations are free to takes sides on ballot measures as a lobbying activity, subject to normal limits on lobbying.

Activism 45

Activism Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 45

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Due to its inaccuracy, and because of public backlash, law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology is banned in some cities; however, the technology is still being used by law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.

Public and Social Policy 92

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 92

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This high failure rate creates barriers to progress in chemistry education and STEM innovation. Yet, there is a beacon of hope that has emerged, dramatically transforming the landscape of chemical education: online tutor support. However, the journey to mastering chemical equations is fraught with steep challenges.

Education 52

Education Education Technology Law 52

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. And while unemployment plagues 11.3 Wages reflect the same disparity.

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 66

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 16, 2024

Educate Employees on the Importance of IP Protection As a business owner, you probably put a lot of thought into protecting your company’s intellectual property. Employees should also know who to contact within the company if they have questions or encounter potential infringing activity.

Education 52

Education Education Law Production 52

Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

law with the 1935 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). National unions tend to deal with overall strategy, and frequently provide programs and resources for the locals. Unions finance these activities largely with direct dues from members. . There is a correlation between union membership and charitable activities.

Law 105

Law Agriculture Education Education 105

Non Profitvote

JANUARY 28, 2022

If you’re a nonprofit doing voter engagement work, you already know that voting laws are always shifting. Whether you work in Texas or not, you’ve probably heard about a new law that has been making headlines. What does your organization find to be the most challenging part of the new law? 2022 is no different.

Law 52

Law Education Education Activism 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Getting to Know Mark Jordan, Our Board Chair Mark Jordan joined the Momentum Nonprofit Partners Board of Directors five years ago, and he has been an active and engaged board member ever since. Also the meeting at the Bluff City Day on the Hill to make our state law makers aware of the needs of our sector. Connection!

Law 103

Law Environmental Finance Nonprofits 103

The Charity CFO

JULY 10, 2023

Instead, they’re designed to help people, advocate for an issue or goal, or conduct other activities to benefit members or other groups. Certain activities can only be legally conducted by nonprofits of a certain status. While they may work similarly in a variety of ways, there are vital differences between statuses.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Non-Profits Public Policy 52

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2023

ICWA, a federal law, was enacted to protect the best interests of Native American children and to promote the stability and security of Native tribes and families. Historically, federal policy actively sought to destroy Native American cultures and force feed assimilation. ICWA, in short, remains the law of the land.

Children 93

Children Public and Social Policy Law Culture 93

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

The solidarity strike demonstrates a united front in Los Angeles committed to respect, dignity, and living wages to benefit not only education workers, but the students they serve. Public school teachers are not just educators. They are responsible for educating the generation that will be most affected by climate change.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Education Education Environmental 126

Fundraising Leadership

DECEMBER 11, 2023

She argued that those who had fought for suffrage should then shift their work to getting laws passed that would continue to expand women’s rights. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. How right she was! And we aren’t at the end of the row yet.

Leadership 98

Leadership Participation and motivation Law Healthcare 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) has pointed out, although mainstream economists tend to cast the informal economy as either a small collection of “plucky entrepreneurs” or people engaged in illegal activity, in fact, in many developing countries, the informal economy is the real economy.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Governance Law Technology 142

Non Profitvote

JULY 3, 2023

Likewise, citizenship for Native Americans was not a settled matter of law until a series of the Snyder Act of 1924 extended full citizenship to Native Americans born in the United States. Alongside these increased voting options was a rise in organizations promoting voter registration, education, and Get-Out-the-Vote efforts.

Law 98

Law Education Education Governance 98

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Within just two months of graduating, 18 of the 22 graduates were invited to serve on a nonprofit board or were in active conversations with at least one organization about board service, while the remaining graduates were in longer-terms conversations with local nonprofits.

Nonprofit governance and management 246

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 246

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Scott served seven years in prison after being arrested on federal drug charges shortly after obtaining his law degree from Louisiana State University in 1994. Out of that convening came the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison. Both men experienced how easy it is for young Black men to be swept up in the criminal legal system.

Poverty 125

Poverty Health Education Education 125

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Imagine a civil society in which communities, individuals, and leaders (nonprofit, social movement, philanthropy, business, education, and more) regularly engage in the process of self-examination for the sake of improving our world. The work of combating racism is a lifelong journey.

Civil Society 107

Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Culture Health 107

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 8, 2023

The Stop Cop City movement was formed in reaction to a proposal to destroy Weelaunee forest to build a privately operated law enforcement training facility. Elected officials and law enforcement have responded with legislation and politically motivated prosecutions with the goal of eroding public and philanthropic trust in social movements.

Law 98

Law Philanthropy Governance Construction 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 26, 2023

For instance, activism by ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) famously led to life-saving changes in the drug approval process , with patient advocates participating in drug development decisions in a way that was rare before. So far, sadly, this is pretty much the standard account that you might find in any US city.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management Law 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 8, 2023

However, current California law allows killing beavers if found on private property. Part of the new CDFW program will assess the current laws to understand if and where revisions need to be made to protect beavers relocated back to the area. These laws point to one reason beavers may not thrive in an area: conflict with humans.

Environmental 103

Environmental Nonprofit governance and management Law Collaborations 103

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Further, music, art, and creative expressions are portals through which we can activate our power to heal. The session was part of a virtual summit on healing-centered education—led by Angel Acosta of the Acosta Institute—which engaged hundreds of participants across the globe in October 2022.

Energy 124

Energy Healthcare Medical Activism 124

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Wage theft is not a legal term but rather a term used by advocates, attorneys, and policymakers when describing any action by employers that deprives a worker of receiving wages they are entitled to under the law. The law also strengthened workers’ options for recourse when employers fail to comply with these provisions.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 91

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2020

Sharon’s 30+ years in the nonprofit sector have made her passionate about educating nonprofits on the role of compliance as both a best practice and an industry differentiator. Once you have registered, you must regularly renew that registration and file an annual report of details of your fundraising activities. Giving Days.

Fundraising 115

Fundraising Fundraising Law Nonprofits 115

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 9, 2024

She is evading race and at the very same time is confronted by it whenever she refuses to accept that a capable Black woman actively experiences racism at work. In many cases, Lauren is less educated than many of the Black women around her, but she doesn’t need high levels of formal education. Her power comes from Whiteness.

Race and Ethnicity 119

Race and Ethnicity Health Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 119

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But opponents call the measure a subterfuge to allow police to target people of color, and youth especially, and as a means for law enforcement to stop—and potentially interrogate, frisk, or even arrest—those targets without due cause or a lawful basis for suspicion.

Law 59

Law Food Health Education 59

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Advocacy organizations working on human issues from migration to healthcare, education to food benefits, will be up to their eyeballs in litigation and integrated advocacy efforts with digital and civil rights groups for harms caused by AI. Some of these we're already having - especially with regard to elections - and that's a good thing.

Public and Social Policy 59

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 59

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Once these structures are in place, no one has to actively think about race, privilege, or discrimination for these systems to disadvantage the collective Black population. Accordingly, we have to actively imagine a world where anti-Blackness does not exist. No reparations policies have passed into law yet. We are committed.

Philanthropy 109

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 109

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 10, 2023

Community Reinvestment Strengths and Shortfalls NCRC was formed in 1990 to defend the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act , a law created to undo the structural racism embedded in redlining. The rule refers to Section 1071 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act, the law which created the CFPB in 2010.

Finance 101

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 101

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Her more than 30 years in the nonprofit sector have made her passionate about educating nonprofits on the role of compliance as both a best practice and an industry differentiator. Once you have registered to fundraise in a state, you must regularly renew that registration and file an annual report of details of your fundraising activities.

Fundraising 128

Fundraising Fundraising Law Nonprofits 128

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

Johnson’s War on Poverty, which “expanded individual benefits related to health, education, and welfare and doubled down on the idea of working with nonprofit organizations.” 18 But this kind of political activity is exactly what the nonprofit designation discourages.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 106