Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 5, 2023

From displacement and poverty to illness and environmental degradation, the urgent challenges facing the world today call for innovative approaches that combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a clear understanding of the problems and a firm footing in communities. ”—UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 2019.

Collaborations 119

Collaborations Culture Governance Technology 119

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. Supported by five national foundations— JPB , Knight , Kresge , Rockefeller , and William Penn —each city received $4 million from the funder collaborative. The city’s Black business district was devastated.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 140

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

During the pandemic, economic inequity and social and environmental injustice became hypervisible. The world became interested in what marginalized people knew about their own survival and paused to consider the cost of racism and environmental destruction as those two forces intersect and conspire with extractive economic systems.

Culture 104

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 15, 2023

Together with the communities we serve, those of us who work in social change witness the daily realities of poverty, injustice, violence, marginalization, and climate destruction. Meanwhile, the field of social change and innovation is engaged with the greatest challenges of our time—our collective pain.

Health 105

Health Culture Collaborations Poverty 105

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Additionally, Duranti-Martinez points out, “Community ownership also means that the people most impacted by racial, economic, and environmental injustice have meaningful decision-making power over development” (7). percent poverty rate (as of 2001). Purchasing land was, in a sense, the easiest step.

Public and Nonprofit Management 96

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 96

Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 7, 2023

Whether it’s through social services, environmental conservation, or advocacy for marginalized communities, nonprofits are at the forefront of creating a better future for all. Measuring impact can also help nonprofits to identify areas where they can collaborate with other organizations to achieve their goals.

Collaborations 52

Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Foundations 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Oxfam : To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Education 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Using market mechanisms, many social entrepreneurs have followed the example of Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank to set up enterprises with a main objective of tackling social or environmental issues. Geography and co-location are essential when it comes to developing collaboration, partnerships, and support in an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Social Entrepreneurship 107

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In the early days of the pandemic, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation , whose mission is to help people and places move out of poverty and achieve greater social and economic justice, recognized the devastation COVID-19 would bring to their grantee communities. Their approach to grantmaking and strategy is very community-based.

Philanthropy 116

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 116

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

We are living through a syndemic—a time of multiple crises causing seismic economic, political, environmental, technological, and social shifts, which are long from being settled. TLC’s theory of change requires transformation on four levels: individual , organizational , collaborative , and ecosystemic.

Leadership 101

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Collaborations 101

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. Kiss the Ground is committed to educating the public about the environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture. Environmental. Agriculture. American Farmland Trust.

Children 105

Children Environmental Agriculture Nonprofits 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

” Before the cooperative, women were selling pineapples at a much lower price and were stuck in a cycle of poverty. The name literally translates to “lift one another up.” Once the cooperative was set up with support from civil society 10 years ago, the collective progress has become visceral.

Food 103

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. 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. Earning $1.30

Agriculture 95

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 95

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Environmental strain : Increased consumption can lead to resource depletion and pollution. Environmental Degradation : As discussed previously, more people mean more waste, pollution, and, ultimately, climate change. Socioeconomic Issues : Rapid growth can exacerbate poverty, inequality, and social unrest.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Cultural Diversity Environmental 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

From equitable policies and low-carbon infrastructure to values like collaboration and fairness, we need deep shifts, and we need them soon. The project multisolves for goals in patient care, community care, and environmental care. We often hear the sentiment, “I already work on poverty (or climate or health disparities, etc.)

Health 132

Health Energy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 132

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Harmful assumptions about payment behavior effectively criminalizes poverty and understates the harm that water shutoffs cause to low-income communities. More importantly, it sparked conversations and collaboration. Contamination often drives up treatment and therefore service costs and is a pervasive environmental justice issue.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 124

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This includes building transnational activism that links anti-war, anti-militarism, and anti-nuclear work with the efforts of those campaigning for economic justice, environmental protection, open borders and migrant rights, anti-racism and anti-fascism, equality, and police and prison abolition. This history is important.

Construction 80

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 80

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

. ­­ A 1983 US government study documenting the placement of hazardous waste landfills in low-income and Black communities was one of the first studies to highlight the intersection of environmental issues and racial inequity. In this period, surface temperatures across the United States have increased by a relative average of 1.2

Energy 92

Energy Finance Environmental Food 92

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Every day, after educating them about the dangers of lead poisoning, I sent families back to homes full of lead paint, because at the time, our public health response did not include necessary environmental changes, like home repairs. Connecticut and Delaware have also created similar community-rooted collaboratives.

Health 115

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Its roots lie in the environmental justice movement in the United States, where, in the 1990s, activists called out the disproportionate impact of pollutants on Black communities in North Carolina. It has also highlighted human and environmental interconnectedness and galvanized large-scale, rapid collective action to respond and recover.

Civil Society 78

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Energy 78

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

Their experiences show how the interdependencies of the SDGs come to life at the local level: Ending homelessness requires addressing issues of poverty, mental and physical health, quality employment, environmental justice, and climate change—in addition to safe and affordable housing.

Collaborations 90

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The non-profit Glasswing International, for example, mobilizes youth, communities, and government agencies to address the root causes and consequences of poverty, violence, and forced migration. That said, it’s unrealistic for every person in a system to participate in a process of collective healing.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 137

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If your nonprofit has an environmental focus, nature photos can also be captivating. For example, check out this video for Village Enterprise , a nonprofit devoted to ending extreme poverty in rural Africa: The video shows the story of Margaret, a small business owner, told through the perspective of Margaret’s grandchild.

Poverty 52

Poverty Environmental Education Education 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) is a collaborative of 13 philanthropies, including The JPB Foundation where I serve as senior vice president of environment and strategic initiatives.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Energy Manufacturing Environmental 91

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Oak Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global, social, and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. They invest in women across the Americas by funding community initiatives and fostering collaborations to create social change. Areas served: Worldwide.

Health 79

Health Entrepreneurship Foundations Education 79

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It’s the pooling and sharing of resources—knowledge, expertise, relationships, money—that create the conditions for worker-led and community-owned enterprises to move the needle on issues plaguing our neighborhoods and to advance economic, environmental, and racial justice. It became both our business home and our social home,” he recalls. “It

Non-Profits 132

Non-Profits Food Environmental Associations 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This lack of rural access (RA) particularly impacts young girls and women living in poverty, who are often left behind when it comes to education, health-care services, and opportunities to generate income. But the new infrastructure brought environmental benefits, too.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 111

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Nonprofits would be trusted to hire the right consultants and form partnerships that are collaborative and generative toward their racial and economic justice goals.

Public and Social Policy 119

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Movement collaboratives such as the EDP are highlighting the contradictions of private ownership, 29 while organizations such as Our Power, in Maine, Public Power NY, and Reclaim Our Power!, 27 Building on this research, Amitav Ghosh, in his book The Nutmeg’s Curse , notes that renewables are more inherently democratic. See also Deborah A.

Energy 87

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 87

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

The passage of the THRIVE Act prioritized renewable, environmentally sound, ethically sourced energy production, from development to deployment. 7 It provided environmental protections and ecological restoration pathways to address the human-caused damage, destruction, and degradation of ecosystems by extractive industries.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

And we knew that poverty and racism were deeply entrenched, and that takes more than three years. We would hope and expect that nonprofits are reducing poverty and reducing inequality. It’s a collaborative facilitation and consulting firm. I think it was around environmental change. We wouldn’t expect that, right?

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

From poverty wages to sky-high rents to environmental disasters, many of the crises we face today are linked to outsized and entrenched corporate power. Over the past five years, PowerSwitch Action has experimented with weaving together seven local affiliates in California to grow statewide power.

Public Policy 135

Public Policy Governance Non-Profits Law 135