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 116

Civil Society Governance Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Within the social sector, nonprofit organizations and philanthropists are facing demands for greater inclusion, power-sharing, and more democratic governance. This reading list covers topics related to each panel, including global threats to democracy, workplace power, capitalism, civic engagement, and more. March 14, 2023 at 1:05 p.m.

Civil Society 111

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Sociology 111

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Conducted between March and July, these surveys revealed that during the early months of the crisis, nonprofits were concerned about financial stability and challenges related to new working conditions. Many nonprofits have adjusted and kept operations going, even if at a limited level.

Civil Society 75

Civil Society Philanthropy Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 75

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 3, 2025

Last year, campus organizing drew national attention to bombing and military attacks by Israel in Gaza that have to date taken the lives of an estimated 55,000 Palestinians —and the role of the United States in sustaining those attacks by providing military hardware to the Israeli government. Another key is to focus on developing leaders.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Curriculum and Teaching Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 1, 2025

Image Credit: Photo by Elissa Garcia on Unsplash AmeriCorps , an independent federal agency with a $1 billion budget that places over 200,000 people in intensive service roles each year, typically with host nonprofits, was formally established in 1993. On April 16 , most remaining staff were put on indefinite administrative leave.

Civil Society 131

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 16, 2025

We now have an administration choosing a scorched-earth campaign on immigrants rather than embracing the economic and social gains from newcomers that benefit us all. This is a moment for nonprofits and movement leaders to shed the myth that we are not connected to each other. And it is not just nonprofits and movements who must act.

Public and Social Policy 81

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Construction 81

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Image: “ The Universe Delivers” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” Corporate capture is visible too in the names adorning the walls of nonprofit university and hospital buildings. Decades ago, Philip K.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 133

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

JUNE 25, 2025

In the face of a relentless effort to dismantle the federal government from within, a new movement is taking shape—led not by politicians or pundits but by federal workers themselves. And we will work together to create the conditions necessary to build a government that serves the public good. That message has reverberated.

Civil Society 105

Civil Society Governance Urban development Environmental 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

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 9, 2025

That belief shapes strategy: Donors invest resources into engagement, inclusion, and turnout rather than centering on political education and ideological development. As Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society Marshall Ganz points out, there is a large gap between mobilizing and organizing.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 107

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership Civil Society 107

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2025

Credit: Something Original on Wikimedia Commons On March 17, members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) forced their way into the US Institute of Peaces (USIP) offices, under President Donald Trumps directive, despite its status as an independent nonprofit. As USIPs former Executive Vice President Tara D.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 132

Nonprofit Administration and Development Civil Society Governance Universities 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 20, 2025

Richard Wolff, cofounder of the nonprofit media organization Democracy at Work and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, elaborated on the CBO data. A Nonprofit Response Greg Harrell-Edge, the founder and CEO at the nonprofit-network platform ProImpact Project, is fully aware of these facts.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Healthcare Civil Society 93

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 25, 2025

The Trump administration is moving quickly to transform the presidents blunt anti-immigration rhetoric into concrete policies: blocking migrants from entering the United States and deporting the millions of undocumented immigrants already in the country. Mexico will bear the brunt of these hardline policies.

Civil Society 77

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Governance 77

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2025

Theyre all nonprofits. To say that many nonprofits would cease to exist without [federal] funding is putting it mildly. Recent executive orders by the Trump administration are touching off fear and uncertainty among nonprofits in Providence and other cities across the country. And theyre under attack.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 13, 2025

Image Credit: Christian Lue on Unsplash As the United States braces for a second Trump administration, LGBTQ+ Americans are preparing for what could be an unprecedented rollback of their rights. Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, has openly praised Orbns governance as the model for conservative statecraft.

Law 126

Law Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 126

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 1, 2025

Image Credit: Maciej Prus on Pexels Nearly four months into the new Trump administration, immigrantsfrom undocumented migrants to immigrant residents authorized to be in the United Statesface a crisis unprecedented in modern times. Under the Biden administration, hundreds of thousands of people were deported, Mark says.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 105

Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance Collaborations Law 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Image credit: Sound On on Pexels.com As the Trump administration takes steps to freeze federal funding to untold numbers of nonprofits and NGOs, some organizations that receive federal grants are scrambling to protect themselves by self-censoring. Some nonprofits have chosen self-censorship.

Civil Society 124

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 124

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 24, 2025

Let me be clear: President Donald Trump and his administration have taken a chainsaw to programs that affect actual life and death. For instance, I help run one of the leading university-based arts administration departments in the country. Artists should be embedded in government agencies to make them function better.

Foundations 105

Foundations Culture Universities Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 9, 2025

Credit: Igor Omilaev on Unsplash In February 2025, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a report investigating what it called the “unprecedented corruption” of the Donald Trump administration. What Nonprofits Must Do Now As visible corruption becomes a governing strategy , nonprofits must adapt.

Governance 103

Governance Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 103

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The crippling polarization of Congress; the antidemocratic rhetoric and actions of the far right to undermine voting, education, and academic freedoms, among other aspects of civil society ; and, of course, the dark chapter of the January 6, 2020, attacks on the US Capitol—all arguably represent threats to American democracy itself.

Civil Society 103

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Governance 103