NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One of the shortages occurred in 2020 and another in 2022 ; each affected more than 100,000 residents, leaving them without safe water for drinking, bathing, flushing toilets, and other essential daily activities. For the last few years, there have been major clashes between Mississippi’s state government and its majority-Black capital city.

Environmental 94

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 94

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Then, we’ve been trying to compare the information given by the federal government and the one been given by the Puerto Rico government, which was usually different in terms of the amount of money. The US government and FEMA recently changed the recovery process in Puerto Rico. The wording, the categories of the information.

Governance 131

Governance Disaster Relief Foundations Philanthropy 131

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. million children out of poverty. This spring in Minnesota marked a flurry of legislative activity. Child tax credit ? Universal pre-K?

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 86

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

1 Philanthropy’s Conflicting Commitments Over the course of the last two and a half years, Marguerite Casey Foundation has supported efforts across the country to reimagine safety, increase access to public dollars, and seed in everyday people’s imagination the belief that our government dollars should be used to improve their lives.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 120

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations. BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment.

Leadership 104

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 104

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. My first thought was, ‘Here we go.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 139

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It is jointly governed by members of the Nakoda and Aaniiih nations, and includes a 22,000- acre (over 34,000 square miles) bison reserve, home to a herd of over 500 buffalo. A Montana State study from 2019 estimated that the poverty rate statewide for Native communities exceeded 30 percent. The Path Forward. Eric Henson et al.,

Nonprofit governance and management 135

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 135

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

And we knew that poverty and racism were deeply entrenched, and that takes more than three years. 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. We would hope and expect that nonprofits are reducing poverty and reducing inequality.

Public and Social Policy 92

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

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

The federal government has also committed $1 billion to fund solar rooftop energy, with an initial allocation of $450 million announced last July. million households and, according to the US Census Bureau , a poverty rate of 41.7 That’s a shift we are still looking for from the government right here.” But challenges persist.

Energy 99

Energy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 99

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

They don’t want to talk about poverty. Across the world, the safest communities are not those that are the most policed but rather are those with the best resources—those that meet their residents where they are and strengthen trust between community and government,” his campaign website reads.

Poverty 127

Poverty Health Education Education 127

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 111

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion. In 2000, Congress created the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) to address these issues. Advancing Food Justice in the Delta: The Central Role of Black Co-ops.

Food 111

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 5, 2024

DB: A big premise of my work at JPB Foundation is that no matter what issue you care about—whether that be housing, healthcare, poverty, or climate justice, and they are all important—the fundamental issue at the root of all of them is who has power in society and who doesn’t.

Philanthropy 107

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Ethics 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

While organizations like the China Disabled Persons’ Federation aim to support the rights and interests of disabled individuals through assistance obtaining welfare subsidies and other services, only the most severely disabled individuals qualify for government financial aid.

Nonprofit governance and management 82

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The distinction points to the need for “additionality,” or causality, in order to have impact: The idea is that the investment should enable the impactful activity. Commissioned by the Swiss government, the report analyzes the question that has been hanging over the market since 2006: Does ESG integration in fact have impact?

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Participation and motivation 85

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. Governments have to care about all kinds of things. The problem is what comes next.

Governance 105

Governance Civil Society Homelessness Energy 105

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. Types of Nonprofit Activities. Donations and Government Grants. Depending on jurisdiction, nonprofits receive different treatment from the government, depending on the type of activity they’re into.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Fundraising Fundraising 52

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

According to a 2014 study of wage theft in California and New York , wage theft doesn’t just hurt low-wage and immigrant workers, it also contributes to poverty, increases the need for SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program, formerly known as “food stamps), and increases the cost of public assistance services.

Public and Social Policy 92

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 92

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

Communities at Risk In an article about childhood lead exposure and disparities, the Kaiser Family Foundation writes that “areas with higher blood lead levels are associated with low home ownership, high poverty, and residents who are a majority people of color.” No amount of lead is safe in the blood.

Curriculum and Teaching 64

Curriculum and Teaching Environmental Children Public and Social Policy 64

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

” Before the cooperative, women were selling pineapples at a much lower price and were stuck in a cycle of poverty. In several of these cooperatives, either governments or civil society or development institutions have played roles as catalysts to sow the initial seeds. The name literally translates to “lift one another up.”

Food 96

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 96

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. Affordable?

Finance 77

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 77

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

How can we develop an intentional strategy to realize such outcomes—strategies that empower communities to actively improve their quality of life?”. Other lead organizations include a domestic-violence survivor support nonprofit, a city government, an affordable housing developer, and a school district.

Health 112

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 5, 2023

From displacement and poverty to illness and environmental degradation, the urgent challenges facing the world today call for innovative approaches that combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a clear understanding of the problems and a firm footing in communities. ”—UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 2019.

Collaborations 112

Collaborations Culture Governance Technology 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

By Nagatsugu Asato & Nobuo Shiga The legacy of colonialism has fostered structural discrimination worldwide, creating cycles of alienation and poverty among subjugated and marginalized communities. Okinawa’s poverty rate is about 35 percent, which is twice the national average. percent of the country’s total land area.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 136

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

From Consumption to Production We need to change our perspective on the problem: Seeing through a consumption lens orients us toward an arbitrary, and unacceptably-low-by-Western-standards poverty line. In the social enterprise and impact investment space, reliance on the “individual as consumer” frame can perhaps be traced back to C.K.

Production 98

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Health 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Spade questions whether this method can achieve liberatory ends, arguing against the idea that change will occur if a “nonprofit report shows that poverty is bad, or cops are racist.” If people are just like ‘I don’t do activism unless I get paid. On one hand, Spade notes the almost inherent justice of payment. And we are demobilized.

Medical 109

Medical Universities Nonprofits Culture 109

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

At the same time, this era has also seen new forms of student activism (such as rising graduate student unionization ). Kennedy, which actively prohibited discrimination in the hiring process. Looking at the history of the students at CUNY offers a valuable window into struggles today.

Education 102

Education Education Universities Poverty 102

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Consider whether your community has a wide range of potential giving sources willing to help out, including individual donors , corporate sponsors, foundations, and government agencies. Examples CARE Mission statement: CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. of the overall workforce.

Public and Social Policy 80

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

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. He looked to find how to integrate emotional life into an active, successful political movement.

Technology 122

Technology Health Governance Manufacturing 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

He was legendary for fearlessly taking on the most powerful political leaders, medical institutions, and universities when they did not prioritize the interests of people in poverty. ” This notion extends to many other fields of leadership in business, government, and the nonprofit sectors.

Nonprofit Leadership 84

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Medical Nonprofit governance and management 84

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As PPI observes, some 75 percent of child welfare cases involve vague allegations of “neglect,” a term which, many scholars have noted, often functions as a description of poverty rather than a specific allegation of abuse, thereby targeting low-income families arbitrarily.

Children 86

Children Law Poverty Health 86

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 78

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 78

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 13, 2023

A massive outpouring of clean-energy activism—including opposition from over 110 California organizations—resulted in defeat of the bill. A National Energy Pandemic To make matters worse, the renewable energy tyranny in California has been adopted by the federal government. It is a prescription for intensified climate disaster.

Energy 87

Energy Construction Environmental Governance 87

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

By the end of it, I was asking myself: “Why do people think poverty is their fault? And in that story, federal government policies, such as the Homestead Act , had never helped them, even though of course they did. And these should be within the ambit of the government—and in many other countries they are.

Public and Social Policy 87

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 87

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

The bill’s passage in the senate reflects a new wave of climate activism that demands the development of renewable energy sources to fend off climate disaster, as well as community control—not corporate control—over the next energy system. Communities in New York are already moving toward this goal.

Energy 99

Energy Non-Profits Poverty Environmental 99

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2023

Yet, all individuals in social impact face a similar challenge, whether addressing things like housing, health care, or poverty. How do we build sustainable environments for advocacy, activism, and change? reducing individual carbon footprint, climate activism, support for climate policies).

Health 89

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 89