Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In addition to the obvious challenge this posed to the education system, this sudden and forced displacement of 25 percent of the population created serious strains on social cohesion in a country where memories of its late-20th-century civil war are still vivid.

Education

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. For example, voice-activated toys that encourage dangerous behavior in children are not permitted.

Civil Society

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. That State funding?

Civil Society

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 24, 2025

By Jeannie Annan , Sarah Case & Justin Labeille Worldwide, two million children die each year from acute malnutrition, which equates to one death every 15 seconds. In collaboration with Ministries of Health in Kenya, South Sudan , and Mali , it can treat 20 percent more malnourished children by simplifying its approach.

Children

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 29, 2025

For nonprofitsespecially those working in civil rights, education, journalism, or public healththis should raise serious concern s. The suppression of academic freedom isnt just campus politicsits a warning signal for civil society and for our democracy. Our democracy depends on a strong, vibrant and independent civil society.

Civil Society

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Reed referenced the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes language barring children of military families from gender-affirming care, and passed the Senate last week with support from all but 10 Democrats. Reed pointed out that a number of Democrats are going to be okay explicitly with targeting transgender people.

Healthcare

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

NGOs like the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children are being forced to remove all content about LGBTQ+ identities from their website and may be forced to deadname missing and exploited children, Chapman said. This crackdown has already had tangible consequences. Change doesnt happen from compliance.

Nonprofit governance and management

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 12, 2025

Some federally funded programs have specific requirements, such as background checks for volunteers at early childhood development programs.

Public Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 21, 2025

One organization that exemplifies this approach is the National Afterschool Association , a small but mighty nonprofit with a focus on supporting, connecting, and equipping professionals who work with and for afterschool children.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 14, 2025

Churches fundraised for secret schools where children learned to read and write, and adults nurtured a shared political consciousness. Even when it was illegal for enslaved Black folks to gather, they organized underground dances where they invented new art forms and practiced liberation.

Culture

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 20, 2025

Whether it is students being arrested or institutions cowering when faced with the withholding of federal funds, the threats to civil society are obviouseven as many institutions, such as the National Council of Nonprofits, have been vigilant in resistance. But that is only the latest assault of many. The rainy day is here.

Civil Society

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2025

Diane Yentel, CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) calls these efforts a coordinated assault on civil society and democracy. The fear is justified: Just weeks after the inauguration in January, the administration issued an executive order freezing federal funding for nonprofits.

Nonprofit Administration and Development

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 13, 2025

Unfortunately, the bleak reality is that transgender rights are likely to be severely limited this year and will have a devastating effect on transgender adults and childrens mental and physical wellbeing.

Civil Society

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 11, 2025

And in 2022, when the children and teachers were murdered in Uvalde, TX , we watched the discourse online as people started to question the size, scope, and function of police departments, who were outside while this happened.

Law

Candid

MAY 8, 2025

Childrens ability to thrive is influenced by a web of unique local factors, including limited job opportunities and social mobility, geographic isolation, and lack of safe housing. Save the Children facilitates a monthly community of practice with partners across rural America. Thats where community-led impact comes in.

Civil Society

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 5, 2025

A cyclical violence that increases or deepens the already precarious mental health of women, children, and men of all ages,” he said. “In In addition, Ortuño said that vulnerable migrants will be exposed to more violence. “A

Nonprofit Administration and Development

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Los Muertos Crew on pexels.com On May 1, 2023, a Cessna plane took off from the tiny Amazonian town of Araracuara in Colombia, carrying seven passengers: the pilot, four children, their mother, and another adult. But the four children—Lesly (13), Soleiny (9), Tien Noriel (4), and Cristin (1)—survived.

Children

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 17, 2020

Friends telling stories over video chat to their neighbors' children to give the parents a wee break. We all live in digital civil society now. In January, the Digital Civil Society Lab released a report about how this is true, why it matters and what to do about it.

Civil Society

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 24, 2023

By Noor Noman The Citizens Foundation is transforming how education is delivered in Pakistan, with remarkable outcomes for the country’s underprivileged children.

Civil Society

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

a day to afford a decent and dignified standard of living : enough to afford acceptable housing, feed his family, send his children to school, and cover his farming costs. Four of his five children work rather than attending school to help the family get by. Understandably, not one of Afi’s children sees a future in farming.

Agriculture

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

We give our everything every day to empower people in need with these life-changing resources – giving women hope, children health and families a bright future. Their social media content highlighted Water.org’s participation in the World Leaders Call-to-Action on COVID-19.

Non-Profits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

SOS Children’s Villages International :: @ SOS_Children. SOS Children’s Villages works to stop more than half a million children ending up alone, abandoned or in institutions. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS. ECPAT International :: @ ECPAT. Demos :: @ Demos_Org. Alley Cat Allies :: @ AlleyCatAllies.

Poverty

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. Women are seeing an increase in income and are able to send their children to school, access health care, acquire more land, and diversify their earnings through other small businesses.

Food

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Another algorithmically-controlled system subsequently decided that some of those parents’ income could no longer support their families, and nearly 1,700 children were forcibly removed from their homes. Tens of thousands of parents stopped receiving child care support and instead received letters demanding repayment of thousands of euros.

Public and Social Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Since then, we’ve conducted other ethnographic studies, including a joint effort with Save the Children in Puebla, Mexico, to identify how gender and power dynamics affect young women and men’s access to and participation in training, the labor market, and education.

Nonprofit governance and management

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

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

Companies like Wellthy use AI to offer customized care coordination tools and support, and companies like Carefull use advanced AI and machine learning techniques to detect fraud and enable adult children to manage the daily finances of their aging loved ones.

Curriculum and Teaching

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

Through the One City Approach’s community convenings and resident consultations, the city government identified a set of priority development outcomes across six themes: children and young people, economy and skills, environment, homes and communities, transportation, and health and well-being.

Collaborations

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Children's hospitals across the country are overflowing, and many have been closed or converted to adult hospitals which make more money. So we're choosing for children to die. I've been thinking about the systems I deal with directly, here in the U.S.: The healthcare system has failed and is failing.

Children

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i,

Health

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

So, it’s grounded in the human rights framework—the right to bodily autonomy, to have a child, to not have a child, and to parent the children that you have in safe and sustainable communities that are free from state violence and also from injustice. So what does that mean for us? We talk about reproductive justice as deeply intersectional.

Law

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

One heartbreaking example can be seen in how children are raised. A 2016 United Kingdom survey found that children’s playtime had fallen from 8.2 46 The path beyond the current status quo will be paved with brave commitments to democratic and distributive models at every level of civil society. Oswald et al.,

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Last week, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was ordered by the Department of Justice to remove transgender children and other LGBTQ+ youth from its public-facing materials or lose its significant federal funding. The Trump administration put NCMEC into a difficult position with this fiscal ultimatum.

Civil Society

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 23, 2025

It is hard to understand how addressing anti-Asian hate and violence is misaligned with the federal mandate to protect American children. What will happen to my spouse and my children when I do get deported? Since the pandemic, Asian American community members have reported an uptick in bullying, harassment, and targeted violence.

Public and Social Policy