NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 6, 2025

I have been a managing director, a board member, a board president, a consultant to nonprofits, and taught college courses on nonprofit management and policy at several Chicago universities. Yet, compared to the business sector and government sector, nonprofits have been sitting silently on the sidelines [emphasis added].

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management 95

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 11, 2025

We see signals of such a redefinition in the One Health paradigm in management of zoonotic disease, which recognizes that the interconnections between human, animal, and environmental health, viewing each as part of a larger whole. Securing the Future What might the decades ahead look like if we do all these things soon and well?

Agriculture 69

Agriculture Environmental Civil Society Collaborations 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2025

As government funding for social good is slashed, even if temporarily, it will have waterfall effects for years to come. Meanwhile, our freedoms to give, to invest, and to speak freely—freedoms that are foundational to our democratic society—are under assault. This is not a shortfall they can absorb or that we can accept.

Collaborations 98

Collaborations Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance. The integration of these values has led to transformative changes in many nafda schools. This values integration was not left to chance.

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

So, Beautiful Solutions was, right from the beginning, designed to be learning from anywhere in the world where people were growing democratic economies and governance. RP: A big one for this moment is how to relate to government and state power. We are trying to shift the values at the heart of how we do economy and governance.

Governance 72

Governance Education Education Values 72

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 23, 2025

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Business Foundations Government Nonprofits & NGOs Social Enterprise Solutions Advocacy, Funding, Leadership, etc.

Participation and motivation 103

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Health Public and Social Policy 103

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. 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

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 142

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Law 142

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 10, 2025

Some of these small-budget organizations do pay people modest amounts: Soccer leagues pay referees for Saturday games, historical preservation societies pay gardeners, and parent-teacher associations (PTAs) pay after-school art teachers. But while these organizations sometimes pay people to perform tasks, they don’t pay people to manage.

Civil Society 103

Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 103

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 1, 2025

When the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) came calling we all knew something terrible would come from this; it was only a matter of time. Less recognized is the role AmeriCorps plays in developing the future talent pool for the nonprofit and government sectors. Now much of this work is at risk. What Can We Do?

Civil Society 131

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Trump has also declared , It will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female. Many trans people are even learning how to manage HRT independently. This could affect federal documents like passports, Social Security gender markers, and REAL IDs.

Healthcare 122

Healthcare Law Health Nonprofit governance and management 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

In January 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) suspended federal funding for foreign aid; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives; and environmental programs under Trumps anti-DEI executive order. Many of these organizations depend heavily on federal funding. There is no clear guidance.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 124

Candid

DECEMBER 17, 2024

democratic institutions tie voting systems and political power to fixed districts, managing highly mobile populations with rapidly shifting needs is challenging. Climate change and extreme weather events create fundamental challenges to how society is organized and governed.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Governance Philanthropy Energy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 24, 2025

Image Credit: Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash On April 8, the Supreme Court issued a 7-2 decision in Office of Personnel Management v. American Federation of Government Employees to pause a lower courts order to rehire fired federal workers. But the ruling does not block all legal challenges.

Nonprofit governance and management 94

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Law Governance 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

By Sheringham Odhiambo , Madeleine Ballard , Ben Pyne & Kathryn Harrison Ten years ago, I (Sheringham) was going door-to-door, providing routine health checks, administering vaccinations, and managing cases of HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and other debilitating diseases for residents of Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

Health 132

Health Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance 132

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Credit: Photo by Jay Soundo on Unsplash Nonprofits are reeling, with many reporting fear of government reprisal and/or public or private backlash for addressing politically sensitive issues. Nonprofits are reeling, with many reporting fear of government reprisal and/or public or private backlash for addressing politically sensitive issues.

Public and Social Policy 107

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 107

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The coalition is raising alarms over the potentialand already realimpact the proposed funding freeze could have on hundreds of billions of dollars that flow to work undertaken, often on behalf of government, by nonprofits across the US. The administrations subsequent rescinding of the freeze was in fact a bait and switch.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 119

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 25, 2025

Not only is this where the largest share of undocumented immigrants in the United States come from, but its where millions of migrants from Latin Americaand beyondcould end up stuck, if Trump manages to further seal the border. Sheinbaum also announced that she would increase the budgets of government immigration agencies by 500 percent.

Civil Society 73

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Governance 73

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 25, 2025

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Nonprofit Administration and Development 230

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy 230

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. Much of this funding comes in the form of government grants or contracts for nonprofits providing vital services and programs essential to preserving the safety net in their communities.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 24, 2025

For more than 50 years, our program at Drexel University in Philadelphia has helped train thousands of students for careers in arts management, fundraising, community engagement, and cultural planning. Artists should be embedded in government agencies to make them function better. And yet, I have a confession to make.

Foundations 105

Foundations Culture Universities Governance 105

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 25, 2025

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Nonprofit Administration and Development 130

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy 130

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Maybe you relied on your database manager, digital fundraising specialist, or volunteer coordinator. Let’s get specific: 3 more strategies + 6 new tips to boost generosity In the past, you may have considered some of these strategies someone else’s job. You can no longer ignore or “back burner” them. Why is this important?

Civil Society 112

Civil Society Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

These business models rebalance economic (and often governance) rights away from outside investors to other stakeholders, such as workers and producers who drive value creation in the business. Similar efforts to advance these ideas continue today driven by individual enterprises, philanthropy, and government.

Governance 72

Governance Public and Social Policy Production Finance 72

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

According to The Generosity Commission, they instead are complex actions that go straight to the core of civil society and democracy, which includes declining trust of institutions and neighbors and social isolation. By Paul Clolery Making a donation to charity or volunteering time would seem to be relatively simple acts.

Civil Society 110

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Volunteerism Volunteerism 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The same year, an Australian court ruled its government had illegally used a faulty Automated Decision Making system as the basis for deciding citizens’ eligibility for various welfare benefits when around half a million Australians were ordered to repay years of government disability or unemployment support.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Technology 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

At least 50 percent of the earth’s land area is owned, used, or managed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs), with 36 percent of all intact forests on recognized Indigenous lands. Funders will need to marshal their creativity in changing funding practices, as well as invest in their own internal management capacity.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Environmental Public and Social Policy Governance 119

Philanthropy 2173

OCTOBER 9, 2020

I am delighted to be speaking in a master class for Columbia University's Nonprofit Management Masters Program. In so doing, we have enclosed civil society within the bounds of the marketplace and public sector, obliterating any meaningful sense of an independent sector. You can sign up directly here -

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Universities 40

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. However, in recent years, there have been attempts to break this cycle. Dialing In on Procurement.

Agriculture 106

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 106

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

We spoke with more than 80 people, representing workers, scholars, unions, the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, and multilateral agencies. The platform model we see everywhere adopts algorithmic controls to manage workers —from hiring, scheduling, and matching to performance assessment and termination.

Race and Ethnicity 145

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Civil Society Technology 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

First, management needs to see and understand workers as a key resource whose productivity should be augmented, whose information should be improved, and whose training should be a priority. A new philosophy prioritizing long-term productivity growth may yet emerge, which management and workers can work together to achieve.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Technology Production Civil Society 142

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

These laws, purportedly designed as a check on foreign interference, limit civil society organizations and restrict democratic practice by cutting off funding from foundations to movement organizations. A Government of National Unity As a response to the dwindling support, the ANC agreed to form a coalition government.

Philanthropy 97

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 97

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The same goes for skills related to group decision-making, managing internal conflict, or holding one another accountable—the most basic democratic practices. This in turn has enabled a “philanthropic” colonization of the civil society within which people-based politics and social movements had been rooted.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Universities Sociology Civil Society 105

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Consider Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank (and leader of Bangladesh’s interim government ), who brought the idea for lending to the poor to mainstream banks in the early 1980s.The banks challenged Yunus to prove it could work, and he did —first in one town, then five. Why Employee Ownership So, what is employee ownership?

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Finance Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Making more robust use of open 990 data requires that nonprofits, foundations, researchers, and the IRS and federal government alike commit to sustained action. Generate groundbreaking findings on fundraising, volunteers, equity, and management. A Key to New Insights and Practices. Barriers to Potential.

Public and Social Policy 127

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 127

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. Thirty people attended, including managers and members of an academic gender committee we were on. The majority of these students are women and the first in their families to access higher education.

Nonprofit governance and management 127

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Participation and motivation Public and Social Policy 127

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Did you know that a handful of billionaires and asset managers have been buying up local newspapers, magazines, and TV stations? Access to news is key to an engaged civil society, and without it, social worlds shrink and become suffused with disinformation and bias.

Public and Nonprofit Management 136

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Civil Society Foundations 136