Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Amidst this historical context, the nation’s strides in maternal and child health take on a significant mantle, showcasing the power of renewal. And an impressive 93 percent of women deliver their babies in health-care facilities. One of the key elements driving this accomplishment has been the education and training of midwives.

Health 93

Health Medical Culture Psychology 93

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This young person required special education services while coping with ADHD and—like many young people when schools abruptly closed—struggled with the transition to online learning. Four out of five girls in juvenile detention suffer from a mental health disorder. Youth Incarceration and the Criminalization of Mental Illness .

Health 112

Health Public and Social Policy Culture Law 112

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 8, 2024

Now, most educators and many families have some experience with virtual learning. Ending snow days places an extra burden on families and groups that serve them, and it robs children of an essential part of development. Some educators argue that students can’t afford to miss more school this year—even when it snows.”

Children 99

Children Nonprofit Administration and Development Education Education 99

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Slow Food International and its local chapters are guided by the mission to educate, inspire, and mobilize people toward good, clean, fair food. “We Every chapter has the same goal of educating the public but focuses on different food campaigns or activities, such as the Slow Food USA “Plant a Seed” campaign to plant rare, diverse seeds.

Food 109

Food Education Education Agriculture 109

NonProfit Leadership Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Petersburg is accepting proposals for funding focused on mental health and wellness for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and economic equity and justice. that work in education, health care or human services. that work in education, health care or human services. Explore the latest opportunities: $2.9

Health 98

Health Children Foundations Education 98

Candid

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Race for Results report series tracks how children across racial and ethnic groups are faring at the state and national levels on key education, health, and economic milestones. The latest report, released this month, shows that we are failing to equip children of every race and ethnicity with what they need to succeed.

Race and Ethnicity 59

Race and Ethnicity Poverty Children Education 59

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

In this section, let’s explore how AI can revolutionize social work practices in three key areas: elder care, mental health support for veterans, and education for children on the autism spectrum. This tailored approach can help all children thrive in educational settings and develop the skills they need to succeed in life.

Ethics 52

Ethics Curriculum and Teaching Nonprofit Administration and Development Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Image Credit: Drazen Zigic on istock.com Three years after the initial upheaval caused by the pandemic, families across the country continue to struggle to find affordable care for their children, and childcare facilities struggle to find and retain employees. Workers at childcare facilities also rarely receive health insurance benefits.

Insurance 93

Insurance Children Poverty Education 93

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

One of the stated goals of that report was to “identify communities with high lead exposures and improve their health outcomes.” Even small amounts of lead can lead to severe adverse health effects in children , including issues with learning, brain and nervous system development, hearing and speech, and arrested growth.

Curriculum and Teaching 70

Curriculum and Teaching Environmental Children Public and Social Policy 70

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Almost 90 percent of SNAP participants in households with children (and at least one adult without a disability) are employed at some point within the year. Most recipients with significant barriers to employment—including disability, lack of education, or lack of available jobs—don’t find employment due to work requirements.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 119

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

Prioritizing East Boston’s Air Health One of the biggest air polluters in East Boston is Logan Airport, where drivers often idle, their fumes poisoning the surrounding area. Unsurprisingly, East Boston also has higher rates of children with asthma and adults with pulmonary disease than other parts of Boston.

Race and Ethnicity 122

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 18, 2023

By Fan Li The number of children refusing to attend school in Japan is increasing at an alarming rate. This phenomenon, known as futoko, refers to the increasing number of children who don't attend school for more than 30 days due to reasons unrelated to health or finances.

Children 94

Children Law Governance Education 94

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In testing initiatives to increase the PrEP uptake rate among cisgendered Black women, Eboni aims to address the lack of HIV prevention through education campaigns aimed at Black women and, crucially, the healthcare providers that serve them.

Medical 64

Medical Health Healthcare Universities 64

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

The solidarity strike demonstrates a united front in Los Angeles committed to respect, dignity, and living wages to benefit not only education workers, but the students they serve. Public school teachers are not just educators. They are responsible for educating the generation that will be most affected by climate change.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Education Education Environmental 136

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 3, 2024

These girls were faced with hardships including family rejection and inadequate childcare, which hindered their own education and future. Motivated by this, Ashley was determined to graduate from UCF and then create a supportive home for pregnant high schoolers and their children.

Nonprofit Leadership 98

Nonprofit Leadership Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Universities 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

But Generation Alpha, comprising children born after 2010 and following Generation Z, is on track to be the generation least connected with nature. Although the benefits of nature to young children are so clear, children and families experience profound disparities in their access to safe green spaces near their homes or schools.

Public and Social Policy 60

Public and Social Policy Children Environmental Philanthropy 60

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives. Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities.

Ethics 129

Ethics Children Poverty Education 129

NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 20, 2023

Laura Petitt School-to-Work and Big Futures Coordinator III, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Meet Certificate in Leadership Class of 2023 Alex Strieder, Housing Stabilization Manager, Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas Amanda Griffin, Executive Director, Children’s Dream Fund Amber Nixon, Manager of Outreach & Advocacy, Florida (..)

Leadership 98

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Homelessness 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This narrative falsely portrayed Black women as abusing the welfare system by having children out of wedlock, stigmatizing the legitimate need for usually meager forms of public assistance. Another woman in Mississippi shared a story of having to lock her children in a room in the absence of childcare to fulfill work requirements.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 103

Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

With all these options, we wanted to look back and highlight some of the Issue Lab community’s most popular publications in 2022, featuring a wide array of topics ranging from education to participatory grantmaking and beyond. Expanding Equity: Inclusion & Belonging Guidebook , by the W.K.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Culture Health 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty. Efforts to make change could be seen by many as threatening.

Nonprofit governance and management 95

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 95

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

Back in 2019, during a listening tour of the seven rural Maine counties that border Canada, we learned that many people—predominantly women with a passion for early childhood education—would like to start a home- or facility-based childcare but lack the business acumen and confidence to get started.

Curriculum and Teaching 95

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 95

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As in other cities, in Camden, dedicated community-based organizations are working to close these gaps through nutrition education, food assistance programs, and social services. Though robust, the city’s network of supplemental food distributors can be complex and time-consuming for residents to navigate, limiting access to healthy foods.

Food 139

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 139

Candid

MARCH 27, 2024

Arts and culture searches surged in January and February For the most part, arts and culture, human services, health, education, and community and economic development were consistently among the five most searched subject areas across Candid’s nonprofit profiles from November through February.

Culture 52

Culture Food Homelessness Education 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Yet, nearly all low-wage workers in the city are rent-burdened , with 25 percent of children within the city limits living in poverty. Housing security is public health. William Barber II, who is quoted in the article. New York City is home to the most millionaires in the world. If she had not lost her home, she would still be alive.

Poverty 107

Poverty Public and Social Policy Healthcare Homelessness 107

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

AUGUST 29, 2023

Lean-in to Physical Health Physical well-being is integral to combatting burnout. Consider group walks during the workday, providing free mental health resources, or providing an office reset day to focus on team building and recharging.

Health 77

Health Children Leadership Nonprofit Leadership 77

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The central thesis I operate with is that the more we learn to love ourselves and to express this love in our relationships with one another, the greater the health, vitality, authentic care, and wellbeing we will all experience. A central aspect of cultivating this love I am speaking of—in the way that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Activism 116

Activism Health Psychology Political Science 116

The Kindful Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

Mission: Boulanger Initiative’s mission is to promote music composed by womxn through performance, education, and commissions. Mission: Helping Women Period is committed to supplying menstrual health products to people that menstruate who are either homeless or low-income. Impacting: Menstrual health. Impacting: Women’s health.

Poverty 121

Poverty Health Philanthropy Education 121

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

class education for anyone, anywhere. Bright Pink: Bright Pink helps to save lives from breast and ovarian cancer by empowering women to know their risk and manage their health proactively. Project Concern International: PCI’s mission is to empower people to enhance health, end hunger and overcome hardship.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Education 94

Candid

MAY 26, 2022

and countries around the world do not have equitable access to health care, including vaccines. The combination of racial discrimination in health care within the U.S. The combination of racial discrimination in health care within the U.S. Research has shown that marginalized communities within the U.S.

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Health Children Poverty 111

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

If you were educated or even looked like you were by wearing glasses, you were destroyed. The atrocities may seem remote to some, but not to the survivors—people in our community, many of whom were children at the time and are now in their late forties or early fifties. Health and safety are also important concerns.

Race and Ethnicity 123

Race and Ethnicity Community Development Participation and motivation Culture 123

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Giving to children and youth, however, is a cause that unites all donors regardless of ideology. Children and youth: 10.7%. Health and safety: 8%. Education: 7.4%. Children and youth: 17.8%. Health and safety: 11.1%. Education: 8.8%. Children and youth: 15.2%. Health and safety: 7.9%.

Public Policy 91

Public Policy Volunteerism Volunteerism Children 91

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2023

Image credit: RDNE Stock project on pexels.com For centuries, Indigenous children in the United States have endured forceful removal from their families and communities. Yet in 2023, Native American children continue to be removed from their families and extended families, their language, culture, and way of life.

Children 97

Children Public and Social Policy Law Culture 97

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. Areas served: US. The Kresge Foundation.

Culture 104

Culture Foundations Education Education 104

MNA Association

JANUARY 25, 2023

Sharla has been in the nonprofit world for the past 32 years as the Fiscal Director/Office Manager for the Developmental Educational Assistance Program (DEAP) in Miles City, Montana. Maggie is a wife and mom of three beautiful adult children. Want to be connected to these ambassadors? Reach out to MNA for an introduction.

Associations 91

Associations Education Education Children 91

Socailbrite

MARCH 8, 2020

Here are some of the campaigns run with Donorbox: Some of the kids helped through the Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project. Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project. Students go to Shanti Bhavan at no cost and are given nutritious foods, shelter, education, medical care, clothing, and emotional and mental support.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Fundraising Non-Profits Children 98

MNA Association

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

At this year’s 2023 MNA Annual Conference in Missoula, Montana and online, we are honored to partner with All Nations Health Center. Please enjoy the note below from Skye McGinty, All Nations Health Center Executive Director: All Nations Health Center welcomes you to our beautiful Missoula community!

Race and Ethnicity 52

Race and Ethnicity Non-Profits Health Poverty 52