NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The First Baby Bond Baby Addressing immediate needs alone will never break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Its hard to ignore the prevalence of poverty and near poverty in the United States, with many living paycheck to paycheck , forced to make choices like paying rent or buying foodor covering medical expenses and childcare.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Universities 94

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In our 2023 study, our researchers found that the four lowest-cost market categories had median sale prices ranging from $45,000 to $154,000compared to a city median of about $250,000and above-average poverty rates ranging from 23 to 49 percent in a city with the unfortunate distinction of being the poorest big city.

Construction 83

Construction Public and Social Policy Finance Poverty 83

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 2, 2025

Image credit: Sidral Mundet on Unsplash In Chicago, in 2023, there were 124 active tax increment financing (TIF) districts, which removed over $1.2 According to the TIF Illumination Projects 2021 analysis of all TIF activity in Chicago, majority Black wards contributed more money to the TIF pot and got less back than White wards.

Taxation 104

Taxation Finance Governance Construction 104

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 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. But the Ladies Auxiliary was very active and well respected. It is kind of a two-way street.

Food 89

Food Activism Poverty Leadership 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Parents stitch together childcare from pre-kindergarten programs, after-school activities, and summer camps because there is no single, affordable solution. seniors over 85 live in poverty, only 8 percent who live in multigenerational households live in poverty, a 40 percent reduction. was $1,230 per month.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Children Poverty Health 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 7, 2025

While it has, by far, the largest number of poor people in the world, India has arguably pulled more people out of poverty over the last 20 years than any other country in history (with the possible exception of China). Some may ask, why donate to India, the fifth largest economy in the world, which by 2030 will be the third?

Philanthropy 114

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Foundations 114

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Holdsclaw argued that CDFIs must remain feisty and must take on completely the violence of poverty. By contrast, a movement is more values-based, is more inclusive and diverse, and tends to be feisty and combative. But its notthe gap has actually worsened since the creation of CDFIs.

Community Development 116

Community Development Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

Candid

MAY 5, 2025

In fact, its in eight of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals including eradicating poverty, ending hunger, and reducing inequality.

Finance 52

Finance Technology Poverty Ethics 52

Anedot

MARCH 11, 2025

Expand local revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations. We do it with no charge to the residents or referring social service agency. Develop and manage relationships with key donors, community contacts, nonprofit directors, and grant makers in the homeless/social service area.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Homelessness Finance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

11 Unique barriers to care, including stigma vis--vis mental health, language discrepancies, and poverty, put Latinx people in the United States at higher risk of receiving inadequate treatment than the broader population. percent of Black Americans live below the poverty line (the number is 7.7 10 Only 35.1 Arnett et al.,

Race and Ethnicity 87

Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Health Medical 87

NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For the Cook: Handmade Wooden Cutting Boards UTEC is a nonprofit that helps young people overcome the challenges of poverty, gang involvement, and unemployment. Friends of the Riverwalk is a nonprofit organization that works in partnership with the city to develop, activate and promote Tampa’s downtown waterfront.

Children 225

Children Nonprofit Leadership Nonprofits Leadership 225

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2025

percent of people in the United States were poor or low-income (earning between poverty-line income and twice that amount) in 2018. An article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association lists poverty as the nations fourth leading cause of death. Its a different kind of organizing and activism, Theoharis explains.

Homelessness 105

Homelessness Poverty Public and Social Policy Urban development 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

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.

Governance 75

Governance Education Education Values 75

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 13, 2025

This gap is fueled by a series of barriers that include linguistic limitations, higher poverty rates, lack of insurance, the high cost of treatment, the lack of bilingual services, and the lack of training of many mental health professionals to understand Latin American cultures that often discourage accessing mental healthcare.

Health 98

Health Insurance Healthcare Public and Social Policy 98

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 16, 2024

No Kid Hungry is a national campaign from Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. Our innovative approach, fueled by cutting-edge data analytics, will greatly raise the bar on their fundraising efforts and achieve best in class revenue.

Children 52

Children Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty Food 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

A recent report by the Office of the State Comptroller found that Rochester has the fifth-highest child poverty rate of any US city. The Bank of Rochester Act: A Bold Step Toward Financial Transformation The need in Rochester is urgent.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 30, 2025

Specifically, according to Taylor, the protests made obvious the responsibility of government and business to engage in active repair of the damage wrought by structural racism. More broadly, Morial called for having eradicating poverty as a North Star and for developing a progressive alternative to the right-wing Project 2025.

Governance 87

Governance Law Finance Community Development 87

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

Many find inspiration in the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American cancer patient whose tumor cells were taken without her consent in 1951leading to a multibillion dollar industry, while her family and descendants dealt with poverty.

Race and Ethnicity 75

Race and Ethnicity Health Ethics Public and Social Policy 75

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In turn, this shifts nonprofits focus away from addressing underlying systemic problems like poverty and racism to superficial solutions that are more palatable to the rich. If you are part of a board, you can actively build a culture that works for your board members and the organization you are serving.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Culture Poverty 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 24, 2025

For instance, GiveDirectly , a charity focused on direct cash transfers to alleviate poverty, faced a $20 million funding shortfall due to cuts from USAID. Some nonprofits are incorporating social enterprise models , developing revenue-generating initiatives such as microfinance programs or fair-trade businesses to ensure continuity.

Disaster Relief 95

Disaster Relief Nonprofit Administration and Development Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 95

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

Because while the number of federally certified CDFIs has grown to 1,462 (as of January 2024), nearly a third of US communities are CDFI desertsthat is, communities with a high need for CDFI financing but low CDFI lending activity. Nationwide, there are 341 US counties classified as areas of persistent poverty.

Finance 105

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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. But it had to look like it was active but not actually promulgate any new regulation.

Medical 94

Medical Nonprofit governance and management Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Racism and poverty were the forms of violence that made Cole and Walker vulnerable and ultimately led to their deaths. Contempt for poverty is violence. This is what contempt for poverty, in Kings words, looks like. Nonprofit Workers in Poverty The nonprofit sector is not immune from this trend.

Poverty 122

Poverty Medical Insurance Healthcare 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 2, 2025

For poverty and climate action, none of the targets are on track. The COVID pandemic was also a period of backsliding, during which many SDG indicators were reversed, numerous people were pushed into extreme poverty, and gender inequality was exacerbated. How should companies respond this catastrophic backsliding?

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Energy Poverty Governance 96

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 10, 2025

Funders like the Boston Foundation (TBF) are actively working to be bold and engaged, even as they take a longer-term view toward responding, protecting, and reimagining the work for these unprecedented times. With federal programs and resources being cut or weaponized, philanthropy must be restless and relentless.

Foundations 65

Foundations Recruitment Collaborations Psychology 65

Candid

JULY 16, 2025

lived in poverty The economic indicators of child well-being showed little improvement in 2023. While down slightly from 17% in 2019, the child poverty rate was unchanged from 2022 at 16%—or nearly 11.5 Fewer children lived in high-poverty areas Only in the area of family and community did all four indicators improve or hold steady.

Poverty 52

Poverty Children Insurance Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

In Nigeria, where health inequities are deeply rooted in systemic issues such as poverty, 1 gender inequality, 2 and inadequate governance (poor administration/planning), 3 the introduction of new technologies can sometimes deepen these disparities rather than alleviate them. 1 (July 2023): 7389.

Health 98

Health Technology Healthcare Medical 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Meanwhile, youth activists and organizers continue to be outspoken, recognizing that the climate crisis continues to worsen, exacerbated by such concurring injustices as poverty and wealth inequality, authoritarianism, and genocide. 32 In 2019, when Jair Bolsonaro became president, deforestation for these activities skyrocketed.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Environmental Agriculture Nonprofit governance and management 98

Blue Avocado

MAY 6, 2025

He was a leader in dealing with energy poverty: Around the world, billions of people have limited access to electricity, making studying, much less surgery, a dicey proposition. The ability to do so served him well in carrying out ambitious and remarkably effective work in public health and poverty alleviation.

Altruism and Helping 88

Altruism and Helping Philanthropy Poverty Culture 88

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 8, 2025

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. That took me to activism in my early 2020s, lawyering, and finally in philanthropy.

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Governance Foundations 80

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Donya Khadem, counsel for the Equal Protection Initiative at Legal Defense Fund, told NPQ that the three organizations represented in the lawsuit are direct service providers whose staff are in the community every day seeing and directly addressing people who have lived experiences with health challenges, poverty, joblessness.

Nonprofits 116

Nonprofits Poverty Governance Health 116

Anedot

APRIL 3, 2025

About the Organization Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latino immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success. Provide New Hire Orientations to ensure a great onboarding experience where new employees and their supervisors feel supported.

Race and Ethnicity 52

Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Insurance Recruitment 52

Anedot

MARCH 24, 2025

About the Organization Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latino immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success. Canal Alliance is a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar environment.

Race and Ethnicity 52

Race and Ethnicity Insurance Participation and motivation Children 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 26, 2025

Poverty, social exclusion, and a lack of worker rights have long been drivers of trafficking and bonded labor, but the ecological damage wreaked by climate change not only supercharges those forms of vulnerability but, in turn, leads desperate workers to carry out further destruction.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Children Public Policy 98

Jeff Brooks

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If your fundraising is built around statistics — like the number of people living poverty, or the number of people diagnosed with a disease — you are actively priming people to ignore your message. The human mind is pre-set to tune out numbers (especially large ones) and to pay attention to stories.

Poverty 52

Poverty Activism Fundraising Fundraising 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Image credit: Barbara Olsen on Pexels If you want to reduce poverty, cash matters. Springboard to Opportunities —the organization we both work for—began operations in 2013 with the goal to break cycles of generational poverty that are particularly persistent in Black communities. That year, the child poverty rate fell by over a third.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Poverty Public Policy Governance 134

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Even where work requirements do lead to increases in employment, they mostly keep people in poverty. In some cases, the share of families living in deep poverty increased.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 136