Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 14, 2025

Together, we can explore countless new ways to support child-centred and youth-led civil society across the region. Kimberly McClain and Rodrigo Barraza, co-directors of the Americas, were interviewed for a blog post about their co-leadership, in which Kim said, Two is most certainly better than one for GFC in the Americas.

Leadership 105

Leadership Civil Society Culture Children 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Book Excerpt From Relationality : Connection Is Our Lost Superpower by David Jay Imagine that year after year for decades at a time our capacity for relationship keeps getting better.

Social Entrepreneurship 110

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development 110

Candid

APRIL 1, 2025

A robust disaster response ecosystem requires collaboration across government, business, and civil society. Similarly, in Sudan, we supported Sudanese-led humanitarian efforts focused on mutual aid among those directly affected.

Philanthropy 80

Philanthropy Disaster Relief Civil Society Culture 80

NonProfit PRO

JULY 8, 2025

Alan Abramson, in collaboration with his Center faculty colleagues Dr. Mirae Kim and Dr. Stefan Toepler, the GMU-NED Project aims to continue and expand on the important prior work of Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Civil Society Studies.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Retail Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 130

Candid

APRIL 9, 2025

Meanwhile, the Center for Effective Philanthropy has highlighted some responses, including publicly opposing specific actions, voicing support for nonprofits and civil society, or reaffirming their commitment to DEI, increasing payout levels, launching grant initiatives, streamlining application processes, and offering unrestricted funding.

Communication 102

Communication Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance 102

Candid

MAY 27, 2025

We keep hearing from scholars, community organizers, neighborhood leaders, and families that civil society as we know it is at stake. Its a deliberate response to mounting challenges against nonprofits and the fundamental freedoms they work to protect and represent: the freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of the press.

Foundations 86

Foundations Disaster Relief Civil Society Manufacturing 86

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 1, 2025

This is our month-long narrative celebration of the unquenchable nonprofit and civil society voices fighting for our democracy—and our future. That is how civilizations heal. Toni Morrison NPQ’s mission is to advance both conversation and practice in civil society. We volunteer. We speak up and show out.

Civil Society 110

Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Healthcare 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Though these violations continue, over the last 10 to 15 years, we have increasingly seen momentum among rightsholders, their allies, and civil society in advocating for rights-based and community-led conservation. Additionally, social innovators are working to build companies understanding of and support for land tenure.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance Collaborations 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 17, 2025

It diminishes civil society overall by shrinking the broad web of collaborations toward big goals that would be otherwise possible. This practice deprives these organizations (many of which are deeply embedded in and experts about the issues in their communities), with critical capacity.

Environmental 104

Environmental Civil Society Philanthropy Participation and motivation 104

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Nonprofit governance and management Health 115

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Everyone needs to make continued investments in strengthening the capacity of individuals and civil society alike to ensure they have the digital skills, knowledge and resilience to understand and fight disinformation. Fact-checking is not enough.

Associations 52

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 11, 2025

The Systemic Climate Action Collaborative is bringing civil society, philanthropy, and public and private institutions to align climate ambitions, pool resources, and share knowledge.

Agriculture 69

Agriculture Environmental Civil Society Collaborations 69

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 30, 2024

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Civil Society 52

Civil Society Healthcare Ethics Law 52

Philanthropy 2173

JANUARY 13, 2025

If you'd like to join a zoom-based reading group focused on books about #philanthropy and #civil society than please let me know by commenting here, DM'ing me on Bluesky or Mastodon , emailing me, or filling out this form. Let me know your name, one book you'd want to read, email, and what time zone you're in.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Civil Society Health 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2025

Achieving scale, however, also requires them to raise a big tent; they must embrace unlikely partners , avoid the petty fights for territory or credit that often occur between civil society organizations, and avoid time-consuming consensus-building processes (although promising tools for large-group decision-making are emerging).

Nonprofit governance and management 94

Nonprofit governance and management Civil Society Collaborations Public and Social Policy 94

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 27, 2025

Image Credit: anuwat Sikham on iStock In healthcare and social services, amid an aging population and an increased demand for care, there is a growing need for neutralor at least quasi-neutral honest brokers who can build trust and balance the conflicts of competing parties.

Health 110

Health Technology Healthcare Nonprofit governance and management 110

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Nonprofits are under threat from an increasingly hostile political environment, argue the authors of Sounding the Alarm: Nonprofits on the Frontlines of a Polarized Political Climate , a new report from Building Movement Project (BMP), released just before the 2024 election.

Nonprofits 127

Nonprofits Civil Society Foundations Activism 127

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. Her email is skeating@techsoup.org. Chloe Mankin is program management specialist at TechSoup.

Civil Society 105

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 28, 2025

Image Credit: Katt Yukawa on Unsplash Editors Note: This article was republished with permission from the Center for Effective Philanthropy. Nonprofits are facing significant, arguably unprecedented, challenges and its crucial that donors, whatever their ideologies or particular programmatic goals or priorities, pay attention.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 125

Nonprofit Administration and Development Charitable Organizations Philanthropy Homelessness 125

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 20, 2025

Yet for civil society, this restraint feels indistinguishable from abandonment. Some of you are cautious of making public statements, worried political backlash could freeze assets, as has already happened to others. You are understandably careful, not because you want to hoard capital, but because you want to keep it flowing.

Philanthropy 125

Philanthropy Health Civil Society Public and Social Policy 125

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 6, 2025

The statement speaks to a learned helplessness, meekly concluding: Our democracy depends on a strong, vibrant and independent civil society. Undermining itfor any reason, by any leaderis a threat we cannot and will not ignore. This may sound supportive, but lacks a call for action.

Public and Social Policy 96

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 8, 2025

Credit: Fabrice Florin on Flickr This is the fourth in a series of six NPQ articles that first challenge—and then change—the way we think about volunteers.

Volunteerism 73

Volunteerism Volunteerism Public and Nonprofit Management Recruitment 73

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 7, 2025

Credit: Christian Ladewig on Unsplash Nonprofits that receive government contracts and grants have gotten used to waiting months or even years for payments, often for services already delivered.

Nonprofit governance and management 78

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Homelessness Governance 78

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

Vote.” / Credit: Will O’Hare, courtesy of TONYC. These days, the urgent work of survival often edges out space for strategic visioning, let alone political imagination.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Social Action Collaborations Culture 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

nafda Schools Connecting to Civil Society Organizations Each nafda school was allocated a small block grant based on its size. How do we adapt the curriculum to the realities that our students are seeing around them, so we do not contribute to normalizing what should be inherently abnormal and repugnant?

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2025

Credit: Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash Even as overall dollars raised by US nonprofits increased last year, the number of giving donors dropped for the fourth year in a row, marking a worrying trend in grassroots fundraising, according to the latest data from the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP) Foundation for Philanthropy and GivingTuesday’s (..)

Retention 56

Retention Philanthropy Health Associations 56

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 1, 2025

Image credit: Jordan McDonald on Unsplash Editor’s Note: This article was republished with permission from The Conversation. Charitable donors often make gifts despite having little information about the organizations they support.

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy Production Civil Society 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2025

To build a strong coalition to defend civil society we need to bridge across differences and find where we have alignment. We have not brought enough perspectives into our coalition, and we suffer the consequences of division. But we can counter division with unity.

Collaborations 98

Collaborations Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 10, 2025

voluntary [third sector, civil society]) groups that manifest substantial voluntary altruism as groups and use the associational form of organization and, thus, have official memberships of volunteers who perform most, and often all, of the work/activity done in and by these nonprofits. But this does not explain why AVOs exist.

Civil Society 109

Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 24, 2025

The program—a collaboration between 17 partners , including refugee-led civil society organizations, city governments, and researchers— supports 20,000 refugees and their host community members with economic programs, including job training and small grants. million) livelihoods program funded by the IKEA Foundation.

Children 93

Children Governance Civil Society Collaborations 93

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 1, 2025

By acting in solidarity, we can work to both defend nonprofits and support the next generation of civil society leadership. By acting in solidarity, we can work to both defend nonprofits and support the next generation of civil society leadership. What Can We Do? Honestly, its hard to know what can be done.

Civil Society 131

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2025

Their work often starts within civil society—with locally rooted organizations, many led by women and other historically excluded groups who are developing practical, grounded solutions to complex problems.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 11, 2025

In their forthcoming book Liberation Stories: Building Narrative Power for 21st Century Social Movements , coeditors Shanelle Matthews and Marzena Zukowska share a compilation of stories by communications workers from some of the most impactful social movements in the United States.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Culture Governance 97

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 8, 2025

Our purpose is to support civil society by expanding the capacities and strengths of charitable organizations that help meet the needs of the communities in which they work. Strength flows from solidarity. Step up to provide more support to communities who need us. Foundations do not exist to perpetuate ourselves.

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Civil Society Foundations Law 139

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

Truth to Power is a regular series of conversations with writers about the promises and pitfalls of movements for social justice.

Governance 74

Governance Education Education Values 74

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Under this structure, influence is redistributed through negotiations, with citizens, supporting civil society organization and officials all serving as empowered stakeholders. Partnership. Planning and decision-making responsibility is shared through structures such as joint board and planning committees.

Citizen Participation 52

Citizen Participation Civil Society Public Policy Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 8, 2025

Image Credit: PeopleImages on iStock When Amy Neugebauers third-grader son came home from school one day, he ran upstairs to raid his piggy bank for an American Heart Association fundraiser. Neugebauer wondered why he was so excited. The response was telling: You get the free T-shirt.

Children 63

Children Philanthropy Education Education 63