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Get to Know Our Director of Advocacy and Research, Natalie Jones!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Driven by the belief that strong communities are built on effective, evidence-based policies, she brings a specific data-informed lens to her role and is passionate about identifying ways for nonprofits to measure and share their impact with others. What has your work in public policy taught you?

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What Nonprofits Can Say About Local Elections

Non Profitvote

Traditionally less publicized, state and local elections often see turnout rates much lower and less representative of a given community when compared to midterm and presidential elections. Because of this, you may discuss the pros and cons of a ballot measure unless it is your organization’s policy not to.

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Equity in Employment: A Vital Step Toward Dismantling Structural Racism in Brazil

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Almeida defines structural racism as a broadening of the notion of institutional racism, and argues that institutions are only the materialization of a social structure or a means of socialization whose components include racism. And while unemployment plagues 11.3 Wages reflect the same disparity.

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Nonprofit Statuses: 501(c)(3) vs 501(c)(4) and more!

The Charity CFO

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.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

Innovators, company founders, and other tech enthusiasts have long tried to sell the public on the idea that AI will create a path to a brighter future. AJL combines “art and research to illuminate the social implications and harms of AI.”

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The conversations remain small and overdue, but recent momentum is notable with new organizations , publications, resources, and frameworks exploring how philanthropy can—and, in the eyes of many, should—engage the movement for reparations in the United States. That remains true even if that wealth was donated to promote a public good.

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Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. Gender Inequity in Latin America Gender inequalities have deep and complex roots in economic, social, and political structures around the world. These entrenched social norms deeply impact women’s lives and opportunities.