NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 16, 2025

Owning space—whether for housing, business, or agriculture—is a critical piece of communities’ resistance and long-term stability. Courtney Smith directs the Culinary Femme Collective at CIP, which supports entrepreneurship with local and femme-led businesses of color working in the food industry. Its focus, like R.A.G.E.

Food 64

Food Finance Culture Entrepreneurship 64

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, timber—has fundamentally changed due to automation and globalization , and the search for new rural development models is coalescing around a new vision.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Nonprofit Administration and Development Entrepreneurship Finance Agriculture 111

The Agitator

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

billion … although #1, Margaret Cargill, an heir to the fortune of her grandfather’s Cargill Corporation (agriculture and food production), gave $6 billion of that in a bequest to her two foundations (which give to the American Red Cross, Nature Conservancy, YMCA and Public Broadcasting Service, among others).

Entrepreneurship 69

Entrepreneurship Agriculture Philanthropy Food 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way.

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

Fundraising Leadership

JANUARY 27, 2023

and across the globe, Vinderine has a long history of intention and entrepreneurship, but one first met with skepticism. “ and across the globe, @PTPASharon has a long history of intention and #entrepreneurship. Department of Agriculture calculates the average cost of raising a child to adulthood, not including college expenses.

Production 52

Production Entrepreneurship Political Science Children 52

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Whole Foods Market’s Whole Kids Foundation’s “primary programs like salad bar and school gardens grants and healthy teacher trainings expand access to healthy food choices, connect kids to the root of their food, and empower educators. Whole Kids Foundation. Areas served: US. Johnson Scholarship Foundation. The Victor C.

Education 115

Education Education Children Public and Nonprofit Management 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These communities lack access to health care , struggle with food insecurity and water scarcity , and generally have difficulty meeting basic needs. What’s also startling is that climate change is one of this group’s least immediate concerns. Investment.

Health 122

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 122