NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Many suffered from addictions, as well as hepatitis C or HIV/AIDS, and some, especially immigrants, lacked a government health card despite Canada’s national healthcare system. The provincial government agreed to help underwrite worker salaries. The governance model for solidarity co-ops is a multi-stakeholder approach.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Nonprofit governance and management Health 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

Co-produced by the Charity Reform Initiative of the Institute for Policy Studies and NPQ, this series examines how to facilitate giving while ensuring donor funds reach operating nonprofits in an efficient and effective manner. NPT reported in The 2024 DAF Report that in 2023 donors added new contributions of $59.43 billion remained.

Public and Nonprofit Management 68

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy Foundations 68

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

To achieve this requires a deeper understanding of the current housing crisis and how nonprofits can, with policy support, implement effective solutions. A Nonprofit Solution Before the surge in private equity interest in the single-family housing market, nonprofits were the quiet pistons in the engine of affordable homeownership.

Nonprofit governance and management 126

Nonprofit governance and management Construction Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

First and foremost, food systems leadership offers opportunities for new relationships, connecting groups as diverse as farmers, emergency food providers, food waste management companies, and environmental justice advocates. About 20 percent are seated within government.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 94

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

When applying for benefits, families consistently come across unnecessary roadblocks—assumptions that people in poverty don’t know how to manage their own time and money or how to care for their families. Most government policy wonks have little to no experience with families living in poverty.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Poverty Public Policy Governance 134

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

The Mid-South Nonprofit Conference + Catalyst Awards will offer a keynote address + 12 breakout sessions The Mid-South Nonprofit Conference returns for its 5th year and aims to address barriers, solutions, and best practices within the nonprofit sector.

Public and Social Policy 108

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

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 128

Energy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 128

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning can help your organization meet challenges effectively and take advantage of new opportunities. Despite the many benefits that strategic planning can bring, 49 percent of nonprofits lack a strategic plan. Nonprofit strategic planning FAQs What is strategic planning for nonprofits?

Nonprofit governance and management 122

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Nonprofit Administration and Development 122

MNA Association

JUNE 12, 2023

But the dust has settled on most issues – and below you will find a recap of how the session played out relative to MNA’s policy agenda. TLDR; Many anti-nonprofit proposals this session stemmed from negative perceptions of nonprofits. Perception 1: “The tax-exempt status of nonprofits is unfair.”

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Taxation Public and Nonprofit Management Agriculture 98

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Mission and Values Montana Nonprofit Association provides leadership for Montana’s nonprofit sector and partners with Montana’s charitable nonprofits to promote a sustainable, networked, and influential sector. MNA’s staff team is engaged, collaborative, committed to growth, and passionate about MNA’s unique mission.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 76

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

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 119

Manufacturing Education Education Governance 119

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. Thirty people attended, including managers and members of an academic gender committee we were on. The majority of these students are women and the first in their families to access higher education.

Nonprofit governance and management 126

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Participation and motivation Public and Social Policy 126

Ken Goldstein

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

In these contentious political times, those of us in the social services field may feel the need to be more vocal about policies that effect our clients and our missions, while simultaneously facing pressure to "not rock the boat" or be controversial. Please feel free to borrow and adapt this policy for use in your organization.

Activism 45

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

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

To that end, a report from the nonprofit Transform Finance , Alternative Ownership Enterprises: An Introduction for Mission-Oriented Investors , authored by Andrea Armeni, Curt Lyon, and Julie Menter, seeks to advance the conversation. Cooperatives These are member-governed businesses in which each member has an equal say.

Non-Profits 80

Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Finance 80

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 10, 2025

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takes on the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. But did you know that 69 percent of nonprofits—nearly seven in 10—have budgets of less than $50,000?

Civil Society 107

Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 107

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 15, 2025

The Issues with Flood Insurance FEMAs National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides flood insurance to qualified residents (those who have a government-backed mortgage) who live in participating communities by way of a network of insurance companies. But in 2023 FEMA recalculated its prices after updating the flood maps it uses.

Insurance 97

Insurance Public Policy Governance Environmental 97

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.” An ecosystem of scientist- and scholar-led nonprofit organizations has emerged to fight bias in AI systems. Though the charges were later dropped, the violation of Derrick Ingram’s privacy is still alarming.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Public and Nonprofit Management 124

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Co-chair Stephen Smith notes that they had to build a security program from scratch but used this as an opportunity to engage and activate less-involved members. Through case management, subsidized housing, and wellness and health services, people receive help reentering society after being incarcerated.

Nonprofit governance and management 139

Nonprofit governance and management Homelessness Public and Nonprofit Management Law 139

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? So our land, our languages, our kinship systems, our governances were forced out of us.” Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.”

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

“RULER OF THE EARTH” BY YUET-LAM TSANG Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” How do social movements come to make the language of economic systems change their own?

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Nonprofits bring unique perspectives to lawmakers. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions.

Health 52

Health Nonprofit governance and management Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Image: “ The Universe Delivers” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” Corporate capture is visible too in the names adorning the walls of nonprofit university and hospital buildings. Decades ago, Philip K.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 133

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

According to a 2022 report by the Indian government-backed public policy group NITI Aayog , the number of Indian gig workers is expected to rise to 23.5 Shaik Salauddin , now IFAT’s national union leader, tells NPQ that it took “a lot of effort and hard work to engage with the Indian government to ensure we get social security.”

Insurance 136

Insurance Public and Social Policy Food Governance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 11, 2025

The nonprofit world must prepare for seismic events like this. The bizarre incident was one of hundreds of similar scenes of confusion, fear, and uncertainty across the nonprofit world after the attempted federal funding freeze. The nonprofit world must prepare for seismic events like this, as more are sure to come.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 24, 2025

For more than 50 years, our program at Drexel University in Philadelphia has helped train thousands of students for careers in arts management, fundraising, community engagement, and cultural planning. When it’s done as a collective activity by amateurs and experts alike, we can hold each other in community and bolster our brave explorations.

Foundations 105

Foundations Culture Universities Governance 105

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. Black women struggle to manage repayment.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 132