Momentum Nonprofit Partners

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The Advocacy Summit is on the first day of this two-day event and the second day will consist of our Day on the Hill activities. This two-day event will serve as a source of inspiration and a vital link between and among the Tennessee Nonprofit sector and members of the TN General Assembly.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Governance Leadership 97

MNA Association

JUNE 12, 2023

These nonprofits” are the very organizations government and communities count on for quality of life: kid’s summer food programs, houses of worship, 4-H, shelters and sanctuary, and more. There were remarkable and numerous attempts to make litigation a non-charitable activity which would then be taxed. This will come up again.

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Taxation Agriculture Public and Nonprofit Management 98

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2023

MNA is a proud and active member of the National Council of Nonprofits that serves almost 30,000 nonprofits across the country through its network of state nonprofit associations. The Executive Director actively supports building the membership base and the value members find in belonging to MNA.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 76

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public Policy 76

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Public Policy: A Hit and a Miss Are the lessons of Hurricanes Maria and Fiona being taken to heart? Officially, it is now public policy in Puerto Rico to move to 100 percent renewable power by 2050 (with intermediary goals of 40 percent renewable power by 2025—that is, a year from now—and 60 percent by 2040).

Energy 99

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

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Public Policy and Advocacy Among the more striking observations offered by the report is a comparison of lobbying and advocacy efforts by nonprofits between 2000 and 2022. The findings suggest nonprofits are playing a diminished role in some facets of civil society, namely lobbying government and working with government on policies.

Health 61

Health Civil Society Governance Public Policy 61

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda. Impact : Makes a nonprofit’s request for financial assistance more readily available to the public.

Law 91

Law Public and Social Policy Charitable Organizations Governance 91

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 12, 2024

Prior to her work at TNN, she served in multiple partnership-focused roles at Christian Brothers University and in various business development and policy roles at Youth Villages. Natalie received her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Memphis, and earned her Bachelors of Social Work from Union University.

Public and Social Policy 76

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public Policy Universities 76

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. Her work spans dozens of corporate clients, nonprofits and government organizations.

Public and Social Policy 108

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

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

MARCH 29, 2023

1 This citizen activism prompted government action to honor the sacrifice. Government support was required. With government support, the number of self-reliance centers grew rapidly, peaking at 1,760 by 2016. 2 Self-sufficiency enterprises predated the crisis.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Governance 100

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 26, 2023

When a person registers to vote, then takes that next step and walks into the voting booth to cast their vote, they are actively using their voice and their vote to say, “This is my vision of what I want my city, county, state, and country to look like.” That is powerful! Voter turnout is historically very, very low in Memphis.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Governance Activism Leadership 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 26, 2023

When a person registers to vote, then takes that next step and walks into the voting booth to cast their vote, they are actively using their voice and their vote to say, “This is my vision of what I want my city, county, state, and country to look like.” That is powerful! Voter turnout is historically very, very low in Memphis.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Governance Activism Leadership 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 20, 2023

Through advocacy, nonprofits have the opportunity to influence public policies that can support their mission and ultimately move the communities they serve forward. Now imagine those programs with fewer activities, fewer staff, or fewer days of operation. I have two opportunities of advocacy to share. This legislation matters.

Public and Social Policy 87

Public and Social Policy Governance Recruitment Nonprofits 87

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. Please feel free to borrow and adapt this policy for use in your organization. Ballot measure advocacy is a first amendment issue, not a matter of tax law.

Activism 45

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

A subset of funders have started to shift resources into the hands of advocates calling upon the government to undergo a process of redress and repair. This move recognizes the federal government as, in the words of scholars William A. And, how did those conditions favor some over others?

Philanthropy 122

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Advertising Universities 122

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

While researchers can look back on how the loss of local news impacted their communities through decreased voter participation, increased corruption (in government and businesses), and the proliferation of misinformation and disinformation, it’s a Herculean effort that requires a concerted, coordinated effort to track.

Healthcare 112

Healthcare Foundations Public Policy Philanthropy 112

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda. Want to take action on a bill below? Find your legislators here. Did we miss any important bills?

Health 52

Health Nonprofit governance and management Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 19, 2023

Conway of Caltech, titled The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market , examines the role of corporate propaganda. Musgrave offers a more satisfying answer, writing, “I understand neoliberalism as a governing rationality that directs state action in favor of the market” (177).

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Marketing Marketing Governance 97

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. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration. We stand at a crossroads.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 28, 2023

Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) The shape of government relations for worker co-ops has experienced a massive shift in the past five years. The worker co-op sector is exceptionally good at connecting within itself; we see cooperators actively seeking out peer connections across regions, industries, and affinity groups regularly.

Manufacturing 99

Manufacturing Education Education Governance 99

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” Researchers at the ACLU tested Rekognition on headshots of Congress members, which returned 28 incorrect matches. Though the charges were later dropped, the violation of Derrick Ingram’s privacy is still alarming.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 94

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In a business owned by an employee ownership trust, employees share in profits and elect trustees to govern the company, but sale of the enterprise is prohibited by company bylaws. A subset of these fall in the “ESOPerative” or “democratic ESOP” category, where employees have a direct governance role.

Non-Profits 69

Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Finance 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. The Cultura Mujeres UIN, our internal name for the initiative that came out of the lab, includes networking and other activities that strengthen university groups such as Mujeres Líderes and ADN UIN 2030.

Nonprofit governance and management 104

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Participation and motivation Public and Social Policy 104

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

Elizabeth Leslie is the Communications Manager for the League of Women Voters of California, a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Public and Social Policy 74

Public and Social Policy Communication Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management 74

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.

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 66

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Also, one of the things you talk about concerns the limits of government and how just having the state be the solution isn’t always the best course. Too often, the Left’s answer is “the government” to those questions. So, just saying the government is going to take care of it, we think, rings a little bit hollow.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Governance Universities 117

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2023

Hope Community in Minneapolis, MN, is a multiracial organization that mobilizes Black, Indigenous, and people of color for policy and systems change. Their Parks and Power campaign has been active in the park equity space for nearly two decades.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Environmental Health Public Policy 93

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 20, 2023

Through advocacy, nonprofits have the opportunity to influence public policies that can support their mission and ultimately move the communities they serve forward. Now imagine those programs with fewer activities, fewer staff, or fewer days of operation. I have two opportunities of advocacy to share. This legislation matters.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Governance Recruitment Nonprofits 52

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations. However, we can actively try to build cross-community bridges in an attempt to understand our own locality from other points of view.

Leadership 104

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 104

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

And the battle with the state over Tribal sovereignty and our rights has always been recognized by the federal government; it’s only the state government that’s not recognizing our sovereignty. So our land, our languages, our kinship systems, our governances were forced out of us.”

Nonprofit governance and management 89

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 89

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. These narratives not only evoke emotions that affect our behavior—they also help directly shape our public policy priorities. Composition by Devyn H.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Culture Construction Psychology 104

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amid growing debt and a stagnant economy, 2022 has seen a resurgence of student debt activism pushing for total cancellation. For decades, student loans have been a huge moneymaker for the federal government, which holds over 90 percent of all student debt in the US. trillion in student loan debt.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 116

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Identify priorities for the types of programs and services you’ll offer to support your goals, target audience for your services, target supporter audiences, advocacy and public policy aims, and branding or marketing objectives. Who is responsible for each objective and what activities they will complete to work toward the objective.

Nonprofit governance and management 117

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 117

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

19 While the need to employ an intersectional lens in movement work is widely acknowledged at a theoretical level, 20 actual movement activity often falls into narrower silos. 23 William Gale, codirector of the Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center, concurs.

Public and Social Policy 73

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 73

EveryAction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Governing well is one of the most profound ways to help our communities. Finance / @southwestfdns.

Nonprofit governance and management 77

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Associations 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Several recent studies reveal that, globally, people under 30 lack trust in their national governments, do not feel heard by politicians, and have lower levels of participation in national elections. For participatory bodies to be successful, their role in government must go beyond consultation alone.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Public Policy 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Economic inequality has given rise to calls for a new economy in which the fruits of economic activity and power are shared more equally and democratically. Within the social sector, nonprofit organizations and philanthropists are facing demands for greater inclusion, power-sharing, and more democratic governance.

Civil Society 83

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Sociology 83