NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 26, 2025

The misleadership class had a general agreement that the movement would not disrupt governance agreements and so the Atlanta Project-SNCC were often excluded from those discussions because we would not comply with the PR and marketing campaigns that Atlanta was the city too busy to hate despite its repression of Black people, Nwangaza said.

Poverty 103

Poverty Philanthropy Agriculture Education 103

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

That money must be complemented by foundations or donors (or possibly government programs) that offer matching grants and technical assistance to the investment fund and/or the supported businesses. Each fund is unique. Activating these funding streams will be challenging but not impossible.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 11, 2025

Rather than funding climate adaptation and food security separately, funders could support Indigenous-led initiatives that combine traditional ecological knowledge with modern agricultural innovation to build both climate resilience and food sovereignty.

Agriculture 69

Agriculture Environmental Civil Society Collaborations 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 29, 2024

For small-scale farmers in emerging markets like India, Kenya, and Nigeria, agricultural extension agents are crucial lifelines. They provide Climate-Smart Agriculture practices, deliver market and pricing information for farmers to maximize income, and help farmers connect with local suppliers.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law Environmental 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 26, 2022

There is common infrastructure, such as a savings and credit union, multi-sectoral cooperatives for storage of agricultural products and a farmer’s bank, and a network of agroecology schools. This included halting government-sponsored mega-dams and building community-governed, micro-hydro energy systems. Relationships.

Agriculture 128

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 128

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 23, 2023

In Nigeria, as in the US, people are looking for ways to fight food insecurity and maintain agricultural production amidst climate change and the changing rainfall patterns—including increased flooding—that it is triggering. Floodplain agriculture allows floodwaters to deposit nutrient-rich sediment across a wide area.

Food 111

Food Agriculture Production Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

In the US, the federal government is already compensating Indigenous tribes to relocate. The island is vulnerable to changing climatic conditions, including unusually heavy rainfall; flood-induced erosion by the Brahmaputra River has destroyed half of the island, harming local agriculture and ways of life.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Governance Construction 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Missing Middle Agriculture is a central economic pillar in rural communities, especially in developing countries. In some developing countries, up to two-thirds of the population are employed in agriculture, a sector that can account for more than 25 percent of GDP. Active involvement in the governance of the investee.

Finance 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. Usually, these costs are borne by the weakest link, and in agriculture, that’s the farmer. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. The Business Path for Addressing Inequality.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 25, 2024

DPI rose to prominence globally during the COVID-19 pandemic enabling digital government-to-person payments through cash transfers. The Aadhaar project morphed into India Stack during the mid-2010s to include components such as payments and financial data governance, in addition to identity.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Governance Agriculture Activism 145

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 28, 2023

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap in the South US researcher and agricultural law expert Nathan Rosenberg has said , “If you want to understand wealth and inequality in this country, you have to understand Black land loss.” They also continue to face discrimination, and exclusion from government programs, loans, and subsidies.

Agriculture 144

Agriculture Finance Culture Collaborations 144

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. In several of these cooperatives, either governments or civil society or development institutions have played roles as catalysts to sow the initial seeds.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

For example, the Rhode Island Food Policy Council (RIFPC) is the backbone network for the people, businesses, government agencies, and community organizations that make up Rhode Island’s food system. About 20 percent are seated within government.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Most of them rely on rainfed agriculture, leaving them open to shocks like droughts and storms that can wipe out their crops and leave them without enough food to see their families through the year. Regenerative Agriculture. Astoundingly, only 1.7 This lack of investment has real, appreciable effects on farmers’ lives.

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 126

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 24, 2016

We are starting with ten communities and the Haitian government has agreed to give us 11 acres per community. We will also be providing agricultural development and a Food 4 Work program. We will also be providing solar power and job training for sustainable community life. This gives them dignity and an investment in the work.

Communication 182

Communication Nonprofit governance and management Agriculture Food 182

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For example, during the Great Depression and the decades that followed, in a process called redlining, the government-sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board systematically denied loans to Black and Brown folks, excluding them from home ownership. million school-aged children every day.

Food 132

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 132

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The delta is a largely rural, agricultural area with a troubled history of racial and economic disparities. They can also serve as de facto reparations for Black families in Mississippi, who are descendants of the enslaved individuals whose agricultural labor created enormous wealth for white families.

Food 126

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 126

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 138

Finance Food Agriculture Governance 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

Although this concentration has had profound local economic and cultural implications, various government agencies have justified it by saying that it is necessary for security reasons or that it brings in national economic support in exchange for hosting the military facilities. percent of the country’s total land area.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2024

By Neha Bhatt A new government program in India is training women to become agricultural drone pilots to increase their financial security and modernize farming.

Agriculture 64

Agriculture Governance 64

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

That’s because most wells in town have been contaminated by runoff from agriculture, said Prado, who is president of the Sultana Community Services District. Due to the fact that we live in an agricultural area and this is a little community, we would be devastated,” he said. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley.”

Agriculture 97

Agriculture Nonprofit Administration and Development Construction Universities 97

Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

Because we choose not to be under the government’s thumb by acquiescing to the 501(c)(3) status game, we are generally not permitted to apply for grant funding. We would love to qualify for funding for education, agriculture, electricity, fresh water, and jobs creation.

Volunteerism 56

Volunteerism Volunteerism Healthcare Agriculture 56

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

How Agrivoltaics Helps the Climate Crisis Agrivoltaics, also known as agrovoltaics or dual-use solar farming, is a sustainable agricultural practice that combines crop cultivation with solar panels on the same piece of land. Amidst this adversity, however, the pioneering solution of agrivoltaics offers hope for farmers and the environment.

Health 119

Health Agriculture Energy Nonprofit governance and management 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Governments and funders do not prioritize investing in rural access improvements due to a lack of data to make the case as well as competition from other development projects and a preference for urban investments. Despite these challenges and the significant need for solutions, rural mobility is often overlooked in global development.

Public and Social Policy 130

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 21, 2025

With a complex and vast investment portfolio, its reach spans across fund investments, grants, and direct investments across several countries and regions, mostly in Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the United States and is focused on transforming sectors like agriculture and tourism towards a more regenerative approach.

Collaborations 76

Collaborations Health Finance Management 76

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. pollinator gardens) into areas under commercial, residential, agricultural, or other uses can offer meaningful benefits. For companies in land-based sectors (i.e.,

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

Outlining Key Investment Gaps in Rural America Nearly nine out of 10 of the nation’s persistent poverty counties are rural , and they face chronic underinvestment by government, philanthropy, and the private sector. Federal policy, which is often implemented through state governments, adds layers of complication.

Values 130

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Community Development 130

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

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It has been very common for governments to request AI models that can identify fraud in a public benefits systemfor instance, in the applications they receive for childcare benefits or unemployment benefits. So, we would have massive challenges to deal with from a standpoint of agriculture and basic human survival.

Nonprofit governance and management 96

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 96

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 111

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Governance 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While immigration policies have prioritized high levels of education or family ties—and the political conversation tends to presume a basic scarcity of jobs—critical jobs in construction, agriculture, hospitality, and the care economy, including elderly care, cannot be automated.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Jarrod Vassallo , Sourindra Banerjee & Jaideep Prabhu Spanning 12,500 hectares, the East Kolkata Wetlands in India serves multiple purposes, from fish farming, agriculture, and rice cultivation to functioning as the world’s largest wastewater-fed aquaculture system. Consider these examples.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Construction Culture Manufacturing 98

MNA Association

MARCH 22, 2023

SB524 – Revise UBIT to Include Legal Fees This bill proposes to charge tax on any income certain nonprofits use to “challenge or support certain government actions” under the presumption that this would be unrelated to the mission of the organization and therefore subject to Unrelated Business Income Tax. MNA will oppose.

Taxation 98

Taxation Agriculture Health Governance 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

Our next 10-year vision, set in 2020, will see us impact 10 million farmers, predominantly through a systems change model that works alongside public, private and NGO actors in key agricultural systems. First, big bet philanthropists should work harder to build bridges to these alternative funding sources.

Finance 119

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that SNAP participation not only helps stabilize the economy during recessions but also stimulates the economy during downturns. Getting rid of work requirements is a matter of good fiscal policy.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 135

MNA Association

JUNE 12, 2023

.” Often, it’s a specialty issue that triggers the challenge: hospitals not paying property taxes yet having such a large real estate footprint, or nonprofits owning agricultural land and getting a “discounted” ag rate on their taxes yet not being ag producers. MNA fights to protect tax exemption, and rightfully so.

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Taxation Public and Nonprofit Management Agriculture 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 10, 2023

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. These maps continued to govern bank lending until the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. This year’s event was easily the group’s largest since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finance 116

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 116