NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Imagine a civil society in which communities, individuals, and leaders (nonprofit, social movement, philanthropy, business, education, and more) regularly engage in the process of self-examination for the sake of improving our world.

Civil Society 110

Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Culture Health 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

Civil Society 101

Civil Society Governance Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. Rather, fragmented progress was being made on each of these issues, but in a lower impact way. They can choose clear interventions (e.g.,

Civil Society 104

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics.

Civil Society 99

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 99

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Overcoming these obstacles requires collaboration between technology leaders, domain experts, ethicists, regulators, and civil society organizations. Anyone interested in exploring these revolutionary technologies must thoroughly understand the difficulties associated with artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Healthcare Finance Technology 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

For example, another recent study on African conservation funding practices finds that 92 percent of African civil society organizations struggle to access sufficient core funding, 71 percent of them identified short-term project structures as a key barrier, and 52 percent find existing proposal and reporting requirements to be a barrier.

Civil Society 106

Civil Society Environmental Governance Public and Social Policy 106

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Once the cooperative was set up with support from civil society 10 years ago, the collective progress has become visceral. Today, Amul has more than 16 million milk producers and 185,903 dairy cooperative societies making India the world’s largest milk producer.

Food 106

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 29, 2023

Earlier this year, Vermont passed a bill that bans owning and running paramilitary training camps, the Associated Press reports. Growing Activation In addition to trying to grow numbers, local militia groups are attempting to expand how they train for combat.

Governance 116

Governance Disaster Relief Law Civil Society 116

Nonprofit Fixer

APRIL 22, 2024

There's always a win when we're resilient.” - Jennifer Thompson, National Association of Social Workers New Jersey/Delaware Tips for Running a Sustainable Nonprofit Running a nonprofit is never easy, but it can be rewarding. I've learned to breathe through the challenges, dig into my resilience and keep going.

Nonprofit Leadership 111

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Fundraising Fundraising 111

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

The foundation also will award $167 million in grants to address multifaceted issues such as economic justice and rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and technology and innovation; recipients include the Black Feminist Fund , Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), Equality Fund , CARE Fund , and Prospera.

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Governance Health Leadership 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

Additionally, they can leverage their considerable networks, including partners in governments, civil society groups, media outlets, and academic institutions, to publicize the benefits and potential of debt-for-climate swaps to their shareholders, stakeholders, and partners.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When contemplating migration that can deliver massive income gains to low-income households and benefits to both sending and receiving economies—but must maintain public support in a difficult political climate—public, private, and civil society actors all play important roles in a complex system’s effective functioning.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 134

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Associations / #ideas19 / @GreatIdeasConf. Associations. Association of Fundraising Philanthropy: International Fundraising Conference. Association of Fundraising Philanthropy: International Fundraising Conference. Think of it as an “events hackathon” for the association industry. Associations / @XDPbyASAE.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Associations Finance 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Human capital is positively associated with creativity and value creation. In our research, less affluent social entrepreneurs’ psychological capital suffers and is associated with a lower level of perceived satisfaction. The organization works intensively with social entrepreneurs to show its potential for disruptive innovation.

Social Entrepreneurship 111

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 111

EveryAction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Join other data experts, academics, practitioners, and social sector leaders for two days of skillfully-led sessions on topics ranging from aligning practice with policy to creating a culture of data, and how Silicon Valley is facilitating data practices in civil society. Associations / #ideas18 / @GreatIdeasConf. Associations.

Nonprofit governance and management 77

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Associations 77

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. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. These included farmer field schools, input subsidies for seeds and fertilizers, and certifications.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 98

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Association of Fundraising Professionals. Civil Society. Value creation and firm sales performance: The mediating roles of strategic account management and relationship perception. Industrial Marketing Management, 41 (1), 166-173. 9] Levis, Bill (February 5, 2015). The 80/20 Rule is alive and well in fundraising. 32] Pudelek, J.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

CS: Well, it’s really interesting, because NPQ is, I think, the only media organization in civil society that’s not focused exclusively on philanthropy. Movement leaders were asking for it. Nonprofit leaders were asking for it. Funders were asking for it.” And it’s really interesting to me how much philanthropy still wants from us.

Philanthropy 91

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Recruitment Foundations 91

Candid

APRIL 15, 2021

Reprinted from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. 48 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, June 2020). BLS data showed strong overall growth of 916,000 private, non-farm jobs nationwide during March 2021, reflecting the accelerated pace of re-openings in several states.

Civil Society 105

Civil Society Education Education Activism 105

Candid

MAY 17, 2021

Reprinted from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. percent of all workers in nonprofit religious, grantmaking, and civic associations; 6.3 48 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, June 2020). percent of workers in nonprofit social service institutions; and 3.5

Civil Society 89

Civil Society Education Education Health 89

EveryAction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Association of Advancement Services Professionals (AASP) / Chicago, IL / $400. Grant Professionals Association / Atlanta, GA / $840. Associations / #TECH16 / @ASAEcenter. Associations. Associations / #ideas17 / @GreatIdeasConf. Associations. General / #IMPCON16 / @SocialValueInt. 10/24/2016. Oct 26 - 28.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2022

There are many examples of leaders countering this myth, like the Fellows in the Civil Society Fellowship. They start by moving clients away from thinking of racism as something associated with personal bigotry and bias toward an understanding that is historical, cultural, and structural.

Leadership 106

Leadership Civil Society Collaborations Universities 106

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

American Marketing Association / Scottsdale, AZ / $1,000. SC Association of Nonprofit Organizations (SCANPO) / Spartanburg, SC / Less than $400. It’s time to recharge, reimagine, and redesign the future of your association. Associations / #Ideas16 / @GreatIdeasConf, @ASAEcenter. Associations. Fundraising.

Nonprofit governance and management 71

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Philanthropy 71

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 27, 2020

I've been arguing for several years now that civil society is dependent on digital systems, which are not neutral, designed with civil society in mind, or inately democratizing. This is the entire premise of the Digital Civil Society Lab. That's another way of saying civil society is digital civil society.

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Governance Activism Associations 40

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

Civil society and humanitarian organizations are attuned to the reality that these streams of people generate massive amounts of data that can, for instance, help channel aid to the neediest, predict disease outbreaks, and much more.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Ethics 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

The intellectual most associated with classical utilitarianism (also known as consequentialism) is the 18th-century British philosopher and legal scholar Jeremy Bentham. Such clauses enable organizations to terminate an agreement if a donor’s conduct causes scandal or brings disgrace by association to the institution.

Ethics 110

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 110

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 20, 2020

Buried in this crisis is the opportunity to re-examine what we need from civil society and philanthropy and how we get it. How will we control our associational choices in an age of platform dominance (which already has done so much damage to our control of expressive and private spaces?)

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Philanthropy Public Policy Law 40

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

We spoke with more than 80 people, representing workers, scholars, unions, the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, and multilateral agencies. To reach that future, we must invest in experimentation and innovation by, with, and for working people.

Race and Ethnicity 144

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance 144

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Solidarity economies are most often associated with ethical, cooperative economic practices, like local currencies, community land trusts, community gardens, fair trade, and cooperatives. These practices and their associated values—cooperation, sustainability, justice, interdependence, autonomy—make possible a transformative vision.

Non-Profits 102

Non-Profits Universities Collaborations Civil Society 102

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We often talk about civil society and philanthropy as if they only do good. And, we need to be more honest with ourselves and in our writings about civil society and philanthropy. It's hard for me to see how any of this positions civil society or philanthropy as the recourse to social and political polarization.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Philanthropy Activism Governance 52

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 29, 2023

Photo by Viktor Talashuk on Unsplash Civil society organizations are on the front lines of advocating for or against the most divisive issues in the United States. The links are almost entirely to civil society organizations fighting to protect the rights to free expression, free assembly, voting, reproduction, and work.

Civil Society 59

Civil Society Law Education Education 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Who owns an enterprise, and what rights are associated with that ownership, determines a large part of who controls and benefits from the economy. Regardless of one’s perspective on system change, there is an important underlying economic feature that is often overlooked: the structure and ownership of the enterprise.

Nonprofit governance and management 134

Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Finance Governance 134

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Quanita Toffie: To underscore what Naa already shared around reproductive justice being not just about choice, it’s also about access—so, being able to afford to have an abortion, afford the cost associated with traveling hundreds of miles to the nearest clinic, and so on—there is no choice when there is no access for our communities.

Law 86

Law Healthcare Health Public and Social Policy 86

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

The Social Democratic Party, which is associated with social housing policy, has won every single fair election in the last 100 years—because its signature policy initiative is literally tangible. 2 It has more residents living in social housing than anywhere else. We need an actor that can come in and actually plan and manage that decline.

Public and Social Policy 73

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management Energy 73

Philanthropy 2173

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I strongly suggest both foundations, their associations, and their media stop "both-sidesing" this and call out the threats to the sector that are coming from their own. It's part of a sustained campaign against perceived liberal or left(ish) civil society. One source of attack is the Republican Party. And, what's that I hear?

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Universities Philanthropy Foundations 91

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The crippling polarization of Congress; the antidemocratic rhetoric and actions of the far right to undermine voting, education, and academic freedoms, among other aspects of civil society ; and, of course, the dark chapter of the January 6, 2020, attacks on the US Capitol—all arguably represent threats to American democracy itself.

Civil Society 66

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Governance 66