Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 24, 2017

Will the way an arts organization approaches its communications work vary significantly from a social service agency? Barely 50% of philanthropy or grantmaking nonprofits feel the same way (right side of the graph). The differences are even more pronounced with the other two goals in the chart.

Public and Social Policy 54

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Food Philanthropy 54

EveryAction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The purpose of the conference is to expose future social sector leaders to a vibrant learning experience that promotes best practices, innovative thinking and awareness of the full scope of the sector. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $125. Stanford Social Innovation Review / Stanford, CA / $800. Social Capital 2018.

Nonprofit governance and management 77

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

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Social media. Social media strategies. Social Good Tech Week. Social Good Tech Week ’s official date is yet to be determined, but it will be held in the spring of next year in San Francisco. Last year’s Social Good Tech Week covered topics ranging from big data and health technology to entrepreneurship and social media.

Public and Social Policy 70

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Entrepreneurship Public Policy 70

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Breath and brotherhood are enormously important to the work of the collective of socially engaged artist-activists that I cofounded several years ago. If we rely solely on the world of traditional LGBTQIA+ philanthropy and the nonprofit-industrial complex, we will suffocate and die. Holding my breath.

Race and Ethnicity 118

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Culture Philanthropy 118

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 12, 2015

Lauren Lawson-Zilai is the director of public relations and national spokesperson for Goodwill Industries International , a social enterprise that provides job training to nearly ten million people a year through the sale of donated clothes and household goods. There are 165 local Goodwill headquarters (agencies) in the U.S.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Social Enterprise 96

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. The reality is more complicated.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Advocacy and organizing for racially equitable housing policies is a cornerstone of building a just housing system in the United States. COVID-19 has exacerbated this crisis, and the country’s recent racial reckoning has heightened awareness of the need for racially equitable housing policies to support healthier communities.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

For decades, nonprofits, governments, philanthropies, and corporations have been dogged by how to measure social impact. The social sector has figured out how to do the first one well. They also draw from public reference datasets, such as the Human Genome Diversity Project , HapMap , and the 1000 Genomes Project.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Health Nonprofit governance and management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.

Public Policy 75

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 75

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Black-led organized movement for reparations started in earnest in 1898 when the National Ex-Slave Mutual, Bounty and Pension Association was founded by formerly enslaved people. In 1898, the Association elected Callie House, a Black woman born into slavery, to lead its efforts, a role she dutifully served for 20 years.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Culture Construction Psychology 106