NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Children of color in Rochester are disproportionately affected, underscoring the systemic inequities that investment from a city-owned bank could help combat. The Bank of Rochester Act: A Bold Step Toward Financial Transformation The need in Rochester is urgent. Rochester is aiming to replicate this model.

Finance 136

Finance Poverty Law Governance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

So, we would have massive challenges to deal with from a standpoint of agriculture and basic human survival. Thats an existential risk that is right in front of our faces and that we need to be managing right now. It is not speculative, it is not hypothetical, we can see it starting to happen.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2025

One in four children in the United States has at least one immigrant parent. And among children in immigrant familiesmany of whom were born in the United States and are themselves citizens, but who may have one or both parents who are notpersonal wellbeing is very much at risk. Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Children 122

Children Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance Agriculture 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The hope that our children would enjoy a better life than ours seems shattered. Today, the schools, where children are also fed and receive medical care, serve as examples that inspire other communities and attract children from nearby villages. These economic enablers were then expanded into other dimensions.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

34 Such a shift would also help to alleviate the health disparities for women and children in Nigeriaas noted earlier, a key vulnerable group. And see Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, 2,300 children, 145 women die daily, says NPHCDA, The Guardian , September 24, 2024, ng/ news/2300-children-145-women-die-daily-says-nphcda/.

Health 98

Health Technology Healthcare Medical 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We are your own children. I remember seeing the smoke rising from the trees every thousand feet or so during the dayillegal logging followed by slash-and-burn agriculture. The African-descended Quilombola population live in tight-knit communities surrounding the Tocantins River, and rely on fishing and agriculture to survive.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Environmental Agriculture Nonprofit governance and management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Yet while the hazards of industrial agriculture (and the opportunities offered by agroecological food systems) are equally well known , most money still bets on the status quo: increasing the use of imported fertilizers and pesticides and motorized irrigation, despite high costs and questionable returns.

Agriculture 116

Agriculture Food Finance Governance 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 26, 2025

We see this with bonded laborers across the South Asia brick kiln belt burning dirty fuels to turn precious topsoil into bricks, with children trafficked for illegal fishing enterprises in the protected Sundarbans mangrove forests of Bangladesh, and with young, exploited miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Children Public Policy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

One strategy for achieving that vision is to support urban agriculture and community agency, giving people the chance to produce their own food. Advancing urban agriculture in Camden. VF enables large-scale agricultural production in environments where space and soil are limited. Food Justice Innovation Hub.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As defined by the National Agricultural Law Center, agritourism links agricultural production with tourism to entertain with and educate about farming, ranching, or any agricultural business. However, most of that revenue is not going to Black-owned farms as 98 percent of private US agricultural land is white owned.

Agriculture 125

Agriculture Food Children Production 125

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 20, 2010

to Save the Children up to $15,000. But Hannaford turned down a program opportunity with my hospital and others so they could stay true to their values and focus on the environment, local agricultural and husbandry. Program: Foursquare Check-in for Charity. Location: SXSW 2010 , Austin, TX. Program: Purple with a Purpose.

Marketing 260

Marketing Marketing Food Agriculture 260

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

a day to afford a decent and dignified standard of living : enough to afford acceptable housing, feed his family, send his children to school, and cover his farming costs. Four of his five children work rather than attending school to help the family get by. Understandably, not one of Afi’s children sees a future in farming.

Agriculture 106

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 106

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2023

Depending on what agriculture organization or workshop it might be, again, I’m going to be one of very few… There was a situation where an organization helped a family keep their land from a road, a highway, major highway going through their land. the agriculture district. They had somebody on the board to advocate for them.

Agriculture 111

Agriculture Food Children Education 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

And the Black Panthers’ breakfast program fed tens of thousands of hungry children. Writing for The Counter , Grace Abels reports, “The 2017 Census of Agriculture reported just over 32,000 Black farmers representing 1.6 percent of the nation’s agricultural producers—double the share in 1997. million in 1992.”.

Food 126

Food Agriculture Economic Issues Children 126

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Hopi Agricultural Systems and Spiritual Food Knowledge. In the spring, women and children gather fresh greens, such as milkweed spinach, which is the first to present its seasonal bounty—and along with it, the special breads we make from blue cornmeal to complement its earthy flavors. The Seeds Are Our Children.

Agriculture 111

Agriculture Food Children Culture 111

Anedot

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Giving Marin Community Partnership Little Wishes Maggie/Mavi Pilloton Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Drought Resilience and Water Security Initiative Marin Foster Care Association Osher Marin Jewish Community Center Shoreline Connectivity Project Side by Side, Raices Unidas Social Call Sparkle Foundation Vivalon.

Nonprofit Leadership 98

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Agriculture Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Almost 90 percent of SNAP participants in households with children (and at least one adult without a disability) are employed at some point within the year. Research shows that investing in children through public benefits programs could reduce child poverty rates. Work requirements also do not sustainably increase employment.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 136

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

million school-aged children every day. In Camden, New Jersey, the Camden Dream Center is developing a new vision for urban agriculture, utilizing vertical hydroponic farming to advance food justice for the city’s majority Black community. Adopted by the federal government in 1975, the program still feeds 14.5

Food 132

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 132

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Slow Food NYC ‘s Urban Harvest farm teaches school children about urban farming. In the last century, industrialization caused the share of the US workforce engaged in agriculture to decrease from 41 to 2 percent, according to a food primer from John Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Food 116

Food Education Education Agriculture 116

Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I am helping women and children eat better. I providing training in agriculture and health! Yes, the second paragraph is one impossibly long sentence. But what a sentence! I learn that: I am helping fund clean water projects for everyone.

Agriculture 110

Agriculture Fundraising Fundraising Health 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With 65 percent of the population living in rural areas, agriculture is increasingly feminized where women perform 80 percent of farm work. Women are seeing an increase in income and are able to send their children to school, access health care, acquire more land, and diversify their earnings through other small businesses.

Food 123

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 123

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Agriculture. The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. Kiss the Ground is committed to educating the public about the environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture. American Farmland Trust. Kiss the Ground.

Children 106

Children Nonprofits Environmental Agriculture 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

They created BFF to nurture Black community wealth and health by investing in Black agricultural systems in the Northeast. For BFF, working with people and enterprises across the food system, and not just farmers, is critical to strengthen Black ownership from seed to table and build a racially just Black agricultural ecosystem.

Finance 139

Finance Food Agriculture Environmental 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

These are women like Royce, a community health-care volunteer in Zambia who cares for sick adults and children in her village and surrounding areas. Students’ safety improved: At baseline only 43 percent of children reported feeling safe traveling to school in the morning. days per month.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 130

Selfish Giving

APRIL 25, 2018

Also, read the case study on Children's Miracle Network's efforts to recruit sponsors for their dance marathon program. This usually coincides with our annual National FFA Week and raises money for grants to local FFA chapters to develop or improve an agricultural project (read some great stories about these projects here).

Retail 100

Retail Agriculture Public and Nonprofit Management Recruitment 100

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Learn how the UBS Optimus Foundation used OutcomesX, a social impact marketplace that converts social impact into “verified impact units,” to support education and mental health nonprofits serving children in Ukraine.

Public and Nonprofit Management 82

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Agriculture Finance 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

Importantly, the Battle of Okinawa devastated Okinawa's railways; post-war road constructions primarily served US military interests; and much agricultural land, the primary source of industry in Okinawa, was seized for the construction of military facilities.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 140

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The children and grandchildren of Walmart co-founder Sam Walton have long embedded their interests, and, more importantly, their money, among industry groups, policymakers, academics, activists, and NGOs active in the future of food.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 137

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

I started to understand the threat much more clearly… I remember I was depressed because I am a mother for four children, so I really do most of my work for them and other children, for future [generations],” Krakovska said in an interview. The 630-page document found that if global temperatures should reach above 1.5

Environmental 111

Environmental Health Agriculture Children 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

These groups are part of a larger ecosystem of place- and community-rooted organizations that are providing accessible, healthy food to children and families in need. They are also ensuring that small food enterprises in their neighborhoods are supported.

Food 122

Food Finance Community Development Culture 122

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

They held regular monthly meetings at the Joshua Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in the city’s West End, and they secured a grant to cover childcare to enable those with young children to attend. The Hillerich family, Dallum recounted, wanted to benefit the neighborhood, envisioning a green space for local children to enjoy.

Food 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As the parents to four young children, it’s been important to us to improve pediatric health care and neonatal intensive care so every newborn baby in our state has the best chance at a healthy life. Making philanthropic connections and creating safe communities for children to grow and thrive.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 98

Anedot

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Location: San Rafael, CA Hours: Full-time, salaried, exempt status Salary Range: $95,004 – $122,148 BACKGROUND The Agricultural Institute of Marin is an educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Rafael, California.

Finance 52

Finance Non-Profits Agriculture Food 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Growing produce in three urban farms and selling it in a community-supported agriculture (CSA) model, Guerin also teaches our children about growing food and living well more generally, covering topics like financial literacy and college applications.

Food 111

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 111

The Charity CFO

MARCH 24, 2022

Feeding Our Future received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture through the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program—money intended to provide meals to children. On January 20, 2022, the FBI raided the offices of Feeding Our Future in Minneapolis and the home of its founder.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 98

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

You’ll find that people here look out for one another, creating a supportive environment for raising children. Education in Nicaragua For families with school-aged children, education is a crucial factor in deciding where to relocate. Fortunately, Nicaragua offers excellent educational opportunities.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Children Education Education 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 12, 2024

Termed שמיטה ( shmita , literally “release”) in the Torah, Jewish law mandated that every seven years, all agricultural activity cease: “The land must be given a rest period, a sabbath to God” (Leviticus 25: 1–7). and “How do sabbaticals impact individuals after their return?” The earliest sabbaticals were intended for rest and recovery.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Activism Agriculture 119