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Building evidence and innovating programs to reduce disparities in children’s well-being 

Candid

Among the lessons we learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is that when we take bold steps to stave off financial catastrophe for families who face it, we can substantially reduce child poverty. The Annie E. Wide disparities rooted in race and geography endure.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

This transformation in public perception led to a decline in investment in social safety net programs, with many policymakers and citizens associating welfare with racist stereotypes and sexist assumptions. These women were forced to put their children in dangerous situations because of work requirements.

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

Even small amounts of lead can lead to severe adverse health effects in children , including issues with learning, brain and nervous system development, hearing and speech, and arrested growth. Exposure to lead during pregnancy can lead to developmental or behavioral problems in children later on.

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How to write a Strong Nonprofit Mission Statement [Template + Examples]

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. class education for anyone, anywhere. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Invisible Children: To bring a permanent end to LRA atrocities.

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Women’s History Month: 11 Nonprofits That Are Advocating For Female Empowerment

The Kindful Blog

Mission: Boulanger Initiative’s mission is to promote music composed by womxn through performance, education, and commissions. Mission: WINS (Women In Need Society) is Calgary’s homegrown thrift charity founded in 1992 to provide basic needs to women in poverty and their families. Impacting: Poverty. Impacting: Music education.

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Building Economic Resilience in the Rust Belt: Buffalo’s Growing Co-op Network

NonProfit Quarterly

We are a community-led resource center, a team of cooperative business developers and educators, and a community-controlled non-extractive loan fund. Racial Justice: Mondragon Village Association Dr. Curtis Haynes, Jr. It is against this backdrop that the Mondragon Village Association was formed. Dr. Curtis Haynes, Jr.

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Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

Nonprofit Megaphone

Kiss the Ground is committed to educating the public about the environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture. We educate and raise awareness for bonobos and their plight locally and globally.” National Art Education Association. Kiss the Ground. We provide rescue, sanctuary, and rewilding to endangered bonobos.

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