NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Clearly, what I expected to happen—bring food and people will come and eat it—was not what happened in this organization.  I called one of the Associate Executive Directors. I started to grow concerned. A woman I sort of knew prior to starting my job. I asked, somewhat panicky, “Do people  not like bagels? Should I have gotten donuts?

Leadership 195

Leadership Culture Food Children 195

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Her lack of access to healthy food, along with the stress associated with getting food and making ends meet, exacerbates her risk. Governments and their policies in far off places can affect food supply or the spread of disease at home and can go further to impact elections, social policy, and even violent conflicts with loss of life.

Health 113

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 113

Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

As noted in “ American Muslim Philanthropy: A Data-Driven Comparative Profile ,” a report authored by Faiqa Mahmood in 2019 via The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, “The strongest motivations for American Muslims are a feeling that those with more should give to those with less and a sense of religious duty or obligation.” .

Philanthropy 121

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Leadership 121

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements.

Public and Social Policy 92

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 92

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

Leaders of systems change need to be intentional about making the risks and responsibilities associated with change collective and mutual, rather than individual. Take the Center for Law and Social Policy , a nonprofit committed to reducing poverty and increasing economic opportunity.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Policy bodies like the National Governor’s Association are calling for more tailored mental health planning. However, in social policy, academics and policy makers can use the rhetoric of evidence-based policy in policy deliberations to dismiss rather than resolve the complex ways that community values and research evidence interact.

Health 115

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 115

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

Structural racism “identifies dimensions of our history and culture that have allowed privileges associated with ‘whiteness’ and disadvantages associated with ‘color’ to endure and adapt over time.” The Aspen Institute’s definition of the term is instructive here. 1 The structure of labor is one such “dimension of our history.”

Leadership 96

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 96