NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Today, it has the tenth-largest gross domestic product in the world. 1 This citizen activism prompted government action to honor the sacrifice. But these “self-sufficiency productive communities” struggled mightily for capital and adequate business opportunities, particularly as the economic crisis hit.

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Governance 99

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 106

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 106

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

Image Credit: Markus Spiske on unsplash.com As the impacts of climate change become more severe and pervasive, young people and environmental groups are increasingly turning to the courts as a means of indicting governments and corporations for their role in exacerbating the problem. Legal action is not a new tactic for environmentalists.

Governance 91

Governance Law Culture Environmental 91

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Last year's 2022 fellows reported a 52% increase in their board governance knowledge and skills after completing the program. This program is an opportunity to immerse myself in comprehensive board governance training, allowing me to be more impactful while doing so in a nonprofit board setting.”

Nonprofit governance and management 246

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

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Lots of executive orders and unfunded government mandates and policy proposals pushed by tech companies. By this time, we'll all be using AI all the time, however, as AI capacities will be fully baked into every software product you already have - every microsoft product, Canva, Zoom, Salesforce. Lots of press. AI for disasters!)

Public and Social Policy 59

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

A new social contract —that is, a structural change in the relationship of the public to the government, the 1930s New Deal being the quintessential US example—seemed to just maybe be at hand. None made it into law. This spring in Minnesota marked a flurry of legislative activity. Free community college?

Public and Social Policy 84

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 84

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

For centuries, the economy has gone through periods of rapid technological advancement that changes the nature of work—usually leading to increased productivity; sometimes displacing jobs, at least temporarily; but often ultimately replacing those lost jobs with something new.

Technology 92

Technology Law Non-Profits Governance 92

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

percent of the population, China has enacted more than 60 laws and regulations aimed at safeguarding the rights of individuals with disabilities, encompassing those with visual, auditory, linguistic, physical, intellectual, psychological, and multiple disabilities. China is no exception to this global issue.

Nonprofit governance and management 95

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 95

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. Solugen is currently constructing a commercial biomanufacturing facility to scale production—and it is just one of many innovators in this market.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 111

Bloomerang

APRIL 29, 2021

It is no wonder some boards are finding it difficult to be productive due to this bickering, eye-rolling, microaggressions, bias, silence, or absence. We should dust off those by-laws, pull out the board score card to self-evaluate our performance and bring in outside help to get our houses or in this case, our boards in order. .

Nonprofit governance and management 103

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Culture Nonprofits 103

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A recent study found that employee-owned businesses, defined as employee ownership of at least 30 percent of business shares, which all employees having access to owning, are more productive, grow faster, and are less likely to go out of business than non-employee-owned businesses. million active employee-owners.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 94

The Kindful Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Bylaws are the main governing document of your nonprofit and will act as a guide and decision-making tool for the board of directors. Two committee types include: 1) standing committees like governance, development, finance and executive committees and 2) ad hoc committees. Create your bylaws. Bylaws specify board rules and practices.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Law Governance 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Confusion occurs within corporations, too: imagine the regional manager of a bottling plant for a multinational corporation, responsible for reporting on key ESG metrics to one division within its company but also needing to work with innovation and product development teams, from another division, that need to start designing with ESG in mind.

Social Enterprise 124

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management Governance 124

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. In return, nonprofits need to abide by sometimes strict rules regarding financial transparency , governance, and other regulatory issues. Here’s what you need to know.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Non-Profits Public Policy 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

After decades of neglect, federal and state governments are making substantial investments to combat the wildfire crisis. After decades of neglect, federal and state governments are making substantial investments to combat the wildfire crisis. On a shoestring budget, CHIPS helps Indigenous Californians get into forest restoration work.

Public and Social Policy 83

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 83

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

This year’s theme, “ All In ”, will examine how the recovery and success of the nonprofit sector is driven by the collective and effective work of the staff, board, stakeholders, clients, community, government, and corporate sector. These small changes build upon each other and can lead to increased productivity and employee engagement.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public Policy Ethics 108

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

In the early 2000s, Google gained broader traction and then took off to become what it is today as it became accessible to people beyond government and businesses. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. . Perhaps privacy is dead. General Data Protection Regulation.

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Law 138

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

We know it’s a story of extraction, [of] government reliance on the nonprofit world, but that felt like a whole lot bigger than TBF. I entered a history department because I wanted to understand this as a product of history, as not inevitable but the product of choices that people had made. That is where the book came from.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 91

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 30, 2023

The country has long exported unrefined nickel for use in stainless steel production—with disastrous environmental and social costs. After receiving pushback from the European Union and manufacturers, the government softened the ban. After receiving pushback from the European Union and manufacturers, the government softened the ban.

Manufacturing 91

Manufacturing Environmental Energy Governance 91

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Image Credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang In August 2018, the first legislation explicitly naming worker-owned cooperatives—the Main Street Employee Ownership Act—became United States federal law. Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream.

Public Policy 72

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 72

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???.

Nonprofit governance and management 120

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits Nonprofits 120

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

What standards of government safety and regulation have been imposed so far, and what do miners hope will change? The proposed rule has now wound its way through the relevant government agencies and recently made it into the Federal Register. There is now a public comment period, after which the government will work to finalize it.

Health 66

Health Governance Law Construction 66

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Cooperatives can ensure that the benefits of economic activity are distributed to more people—the workers, the tenants, the consumers, and others—who, in turn, own and direct these assets in ways that are accountable to their communities. Photo by Francisco Benavides.

Public and Social Policy 83

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Governance Finance 83

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

In 2021, the Government Accountability Office estimated that 54 percent of all public school districts required updates of at least two major systems, including HVAC systems, roofing, and structural integrity. Indeed, the entire system is in dire need of an overhaul.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Education Education Environmental 126

Nonprofit Fixer

JULY 31, 2023

Trust me when I say that setting goals for your activities and your outcomes will get you much further than just aiming for the moon. Plus, we know from tons of research that goal-setting is incredibly effective at behavior change - any kind of behavior change (weight loss, productivity, and yes…fundraising). “

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit governance and management Law 52

Fundraising Leadership

APRIL 21, 2023

Through programs of art and activism, A Long Walk Home works toward social change since its founding in 2003 by sisters Salamishah and Scheherazade Tillet. Read more in Take The Lead on youth activism Generational inclusive activism is indeed a trend, particularly since COVID. “ I am in your stories.“

Leadership 52

Leadership Nonprofit Leadership Activism Foundations 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Create a list of donors who have not donated in 18 months and point them toward an upcoming event, or other activity. Solicitation (Passive and Active).

Fundraising 137

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 137

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 3, 2023

That $234 billion figure for DAFs in 2021, by the way, is more than twice as high as the 2017 level; this increase may in part be a product of the passage of the Republican tax bill of 2017, which raised the standard deduction and thus made charitable deductions financially disadvantageous unless they exceeded the standard deduction amount.

Philanthropy 128

Philanthropy Foundations Production Management 128

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This includes building transnational activism that links anti-war, anti-militarism, and anti-nuclear work with the efforts of those campaigning for economic justice, environmental protection, open borders and migrant rights, anti-racism and anti-fascism, equality, and police and prison abolition. Decolonizing and Decarcerating Our Minds. …[I]deas

Construction 76

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 76

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 2, 2023

According to a 2020 report from the National Women’s Law Center, in terms of lifetime income over a 40-year career, that gap costs the average Latina over $1.163 million. In 2020, they started to sell their products and foodstuffs in local farmers markets in the Washington County communities of Forest Grove and Cornelius.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

NonProfit Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

Drawbacks of Corporate Sponsorships While great for driving support and increasing visibility, corporate sponsorships also have their challenges: Sponsorships are usually tied to an event or program with production value and require a significant investment of time and energy. Of course, this is subject to tax laws.

Charitable Contribution 57

Charitable Contribution Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Values 57

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

Baker believed that the chapters needed to be activated, and she set about transforming them into semiautonomous direct-action units that spontaneously mobilized around local and state issues of concern. Faced with unprecedented pressure to prove its loyalty to the government or perish, it chose collective preservation.

Leadership 92

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 92

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

2012) and demonstrate the failure of government regulations to rein in abuses (Coskun 2022; Silver-Greenberg and Gebeloff 2021). This means that investors put their money behind businesses trying to provide quality products or services and address societal problems. ESOPs also provide workers with important governance rights.

Public and Social Policy 78

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 78

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Center works with a combination of science, law, activism, and creative media to protect the lands, waters, and climate that people, wildlife, and all types of communities and ecosystems need to survive. Access to sustainable options and systems varies greatly.

Agriculture 77

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 77

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Taylor If the Government has the right to free us, she had a right to make some provision for us and since she did not make it soon after Emancipation, she ought to make it now. This strategy has led to over 35 states either passing or introducing “anti-CRT” laws. Composition by Devyn H.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Culture Construction Psychology 102

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. Conservative politicians and business lobbyists wielded labor law to suppress union activity, such as making boycotts and solidarity strikes illegal.

Public and Social Policy 72

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 72

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise.

Collaborations 117

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 117