Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Below are the reasons why we must continue talking about donor privacy: Privacy Protects Individual Liberty: At its core, donor privacy embodies the fundamental right to freedom of association and expression. Donors should have the freedom to support causes they believe in without fear of retribution, harassment, or social pressure.

Civil Society 89

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Nonprofits 89

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

These laws, purportedly designed as a check on foreign interference, limit civil society organizations and restrict democratic practice by cutting off funding from foundations to movement organizations. Philanthropy often supports neoliberal policies that reinforce the market power of elites—and perpetuate poverty.

Philanthropy 96

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 96

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 2, 2024

People joined from more than 15 countries, representing business, government, and civil society. Jon Shell of Toronto-based Social Capital Partners walked through the ups and downs of passing the legislation over two years. Not everything at the symposium centered around policy. Let’s start with the money.

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Finance Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Often portrayed in Western feminist literature as the disempowered, the excluded, and needing rescue, India in fact continues to be reinvented by the heads, hands, and hearts of her women—from farmers, to craftswomen, to political leaders, to social reformers. In India, many large-scale cooperatives have been thriving over time.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

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

MAY 11, 2023

Public funding agencies, such as the Global Environment Facility and USAID, are also expressing their own intentions to get more climate and biodiversity funding to local, community-level, and Indigenous organizations. These changes are possible for both public and private funders.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Environmental Public and Social Policy Governance 119

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 22, 2024

These spaces are the backbone of our democratic right to free association, and they are increasingly under threat. It provides a way of thinking about building policies, procedures, and structures in online spaces. This can engender public cynicism and directly impact those organizations trying to support their community members.

Associations 52

Associations Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. Yet over time, perpetual naming gifts for facilities may prove detrimental to future generations.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Book cover by Oxford University Press In his new book People, Power, Change, author-activist Marshall Ganz writes about the art and science of organizing and social change. Effective public voice arising from commitment to common purpose—a political process—has become rare indeed. Public voice grows quite faint.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Universities Sociology Civil Society 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

Indeed, these digital technologies would enable people to transcend the geographic boundaries that constrained their ability to pursue the lives they valued, enabling them to acquire more social, economic, and political power. However, current reality is miles apart from that vision.

Race and Ethnicity 145

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Civil Society Technology 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

With all this in mind, academics and policy makers have called for the international community to prioritize debt-for-climate swaps, an initiative through which a nation’s debt is forgiven in exchange for investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation, thereby addressing both crises at once.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

As policy makers struggle to respond to the unfolding human catastrophe, they have increasingly turned to the possibilities offered by technology, and data in particular. It applies to various regions, populations, and fields, ranging from public health and education to urban mobility. What Is a Social License?

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Ethics Governance 52

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By Shaista Keating and Chloe Mankin The rapid evolution and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) offer both opportunities and challenges to civil society, particularly concerning responsible and ethical usage. Foundational efforts in these areas are underway. UNICEF has developed guidelines for AI use.

Civil Society 105

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Ethics Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 10, 2025

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takes on the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. Others may support public institutions like local PTAs and Friends of the Library chapters.

Civil Society 99

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

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Now, suppose we’re managing a group of social media “influencers.” The social media manager then shares the best metrics for managing “writers” and their “output.” This social/sharing world has different rules. 26] In fundraising, this enhanced identity can be private meaning, public reputation, or both. Civil Society.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Management 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

At this uncertain time, as the potential use-cases of generative AI begin to become apparent, there are at least 10 things that funders can do to help the existing field of tech-related nonprofits—and society at large—better prepare. Building government (and civil society) capacity to use AI. The future is now.

Civil Society 128

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 128

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 116

Civil Society Governance Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

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 111

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 111

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

Our research is oriented toward shifting the frontier in terms of big, visionary policy….It’s We then formed the Climate and Community Project, which has turned into a progressive climate policy think tank that does research and works with community groups and policymakers. We’re in this very complicated moment for climate policy.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management Energy 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Im standing in the Kenyan Parliament shoulder-to-shoulder with 62 other community health workers (CHWs) from our Kenyan advocacy association, speaking to decision-makers in one unified voice with a clear demand: Pay us for our labor. After all, I still had to care for my own family: my wife and three girls. Fast-forward to 2022.

Health 132

Health Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance 132

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 98

Law Healthcare Health Public and Social Policy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 21, 2025

AITF emphasizes the importance of democratic anchor engagement, guided by equity and social justice, democracy and democratic practice, place and community, and collaboration and partnership values. Rutgers UniversityNewark (RUN) is a diverse , urban, public research university in New Jerseys largest city.

Culture 80

Culture Public and Social Policy Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 80

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 8, 2025

As was noted in NPQ back in 2018, FCPRs approach on power, community organization, civil society, and racial equity sets it apart from the more established philanthropic approach focusing on strengthening large, established institutions. REBIA emerged out of this institutional commitment to racial equity.

Public and Social Policy 61

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Law Public and Nonprofit Management 61

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

And, over time, the for-profit corporation has occupied more and more social space; its tentacles reach into politics , our economy , our daily life , and—perhaps most insidiously—our culture and ideas. 7 And it is true that a rising authoritarian tide threatens civil liberties and democratic institutions like Congress.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 133

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 16, 2025

My social media feeds were full of images of empty streets and abandoned street vendor carts. Together, we’ve passed two statewide policies and more local ordinances that create a formal pathway for street vendors to get permits so they can build their businesses in peace.

Public and Social Policy 74

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Construction 74

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. Studies have shown that foundation ownership, a steward ownership model popular in Northern Europe, results in many positive effects for workers, firm performance, and their social objectives.

Non-Profits 139

Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 139

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Credit: Photo by Jay Soundo on Unsplash Nonprofits are reeling, with many reporting fear of government reprisal and/or public or private backlash for addressing politically sensitive issues. Nonprofits are reeling, with many reporting fear of government reprisal and/or public or private backlash for addressing politically sensitive issues.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 103

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 29, 2025

Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Northwestern and the University of Pennsylvania have all experienced withdrawn federal grantspart of a broader strategy to condition public funding on political compliance. Federal officials had previously warned 60 institutions that their civil rights policies could jeopardize their grants.

Civil Society 115

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Universities Education 115

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 25, 2025

These shifts have introduced uncertainty for organizations committed to equity, as they put funding, legal standing and public perception in flux. Some helpful questions to consider: How vulnerable are your funding streams to changes in public policy or political oversight? What are their social identity markers?

Nonprofit Administration and Development 230

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy 230

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 28, 2025

The unprecedented move, whose legality has already been challenged, could affect trillions of dollars in federal aid to thousands of programs, and threatens to have a catastrophic impact on the US nonprofit sectorand civil society at largeif the funds are successfully halted.

Civil Society 142

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Law 142

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 9, 2025

The Schott Foundation for Public Education accurately describes the familiar pattern as boom-and-bust cycles of funding whenever a big election is looming. As Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society Marshall Ganz points out, there is a large gap between mobilizing and organizing.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 99

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership Civil Society 99

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 21, 2025

the time of publication, 394 organizations have signed the statement since the initial call. The order tasks departments to identify up to nine potential civil compliance investigations of publicly traded corporations, large non-profit corporations or associations, foundations with assets of 500 million dollars or more.

Foundations 104

Foundations Civil Society Public and Social Policy Law 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2025

That means that questions surrounding the legitimacy of philanthropy—what value it provides to the public, how responsive it is to the public’s needs, and how it aligns with democratic norms and institutions—must sit at the center of its response to the moment. Beware of the limits of philanthropic deliverism.

Civil Society 59

Civil Society Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Governance 59

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 25, 2025

These shifts have introduced uncertainty for organizations committed to equity, as they put funding, legal standing and public perception in flux. Some helpful questions to consider: How vulnerable are your funding streams to changes in public policy or political oversight? What are their social identity markers?

Nonprofit Administration and Development 130

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy 130

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 21, 2025

Khalil acted as a negotiator and spokesperson during protests at the university that advocated for Palestinian human rights and divestment from companies tied to Israeli occupation policies. Civic engagement is any action you take to participate in and improve your community, influence public decisions, or shape a more inclusive society.

Public and Social Policy 107

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Volunteerism Volunteerism 107

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The nonprofit coalition, led by the National Council on Nonprofits, Democracy Forward, the American Public Health Association, Main Street Alliance, and SAGE, will ask US District Judge Loren AliKhan on Monday to extend a restraining order preventing the Trump administration from freezing federal funds already allocated by Congress.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 118

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 96

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Governance 96