NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Our work has recently become even more critical, supporting community strength and solutions through the challenges of poverty, pandemic, and vandalism. In this community, poverty remains a challenge: 16.4 percent of families live below the poverty line, a poverty rate more than six percentage points higher than Seattle.

Community Development 116

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

A third of the people in this country, nearly 100 million, live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level , where the loss of income from even a short-term illness can be insurmountable. The expanded (but now expired) child tax credits alone cut childhood poverty by 30 percent in only six months. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 95

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. To mobilize the full power and potential of philanthropy requires more effective collaboration and coordination among foundations.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 111

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

While 501(c)(3) nonprofits serve as cornerstones of positive change, addressing critical issues ranging from poverty and hunger to healthcare and environmental protection, their impact can be significantly amplified by stepping beyond direct service delivery. Collaborate and Build Alliances: Don't go it alone.

Public Policy 72

Public Policy Environmental Education Education 72

Candid

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Study finds significant connection between poverty, poor health care. A significant link exists between poverty and high healthcare needs, a report from Robin Hood finds. Released in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy and the Leona M. February 4, 2022. and Harry B.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Poverty Healthcare Social Policy 52

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 127

Collaborations Culture Governance Technology 127

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

CRH’s salvation eventually came in the form of a collaborative approach, pivoting toward a combination of emergency funding provided by a small family foundation; a nonprofit, non-extractive loan fund; a third-party investment firm; and a coalition of Latinx community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Winning the Lottery?

Finance 102

Finance Non-Profits Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In research I did with collaborators for the Broke Project , we found that most stories, profiles, and vignettes related to work to end poverty follow this pattern: while an organization is the protagonist, poor people are defined only by their experience with poverty. How have you been since we last connected?

Homelessness 133

Homelessness Culture Poverty Collaborations 133

Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

We also found nearly 20% of respondents aged 45-64 did not have checking accounts, revealing that our older clients needed more financial literacy programming to avoid slipping into poverty. Rather than competing for limited resources, we are collaborating to secure funding and bring about policy change.

Governance 59

Governance Food Health Collaborations 59

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

Through collaborative action, Mothers Out Front East Boston is fighting for the right to breathe clean air and live and work in a community that is safe and healthy. Fifty percent of its residents were born outside of the US and identify as Latino/a ; about half of all families in the neighborhood live below the official poverty line.

Race and Ethnicity 115

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 115

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 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

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.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 5, 2023

Our team designs new models of cross-sector collaboration such as PFS, and ironically, when we ask private philanthropists whether they would prioritize recycling their capital or ensuring public uptake, they almost always prioritize the latter. ” Attracting Return-Seeking Investors.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Governance Philanthropy Poverty 106

Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2021

Her priorities are to those operating in communities facing high projected food insecurity, high measures of racial inequity, high local poverty rates, and low access to philanthropic capital.” Her team’s focus has been on “identifying organizations with strong leadership teams and results.

Non-Profits 139

Non-Profits Poverty Philanthropy Charitable Organizations 139

Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 7, 2023

Measuring impact can also help nonprofits to identify areas where they can collaborate with other organizations to achieve their goals. Collaborate with other organizations: Collaborate with other organizations to share data and resources. This can help to reduce the cost and time required to collect data.

Collaborations 52

Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Foundations 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

Disability, poverty, and discrimination are part of a cycle where each reinforces the others. In 2021, for example, the technology company Tencent, which supports nonprofits in various fields as part of its CSR practice, collaborated with D-Lab to recruit a small team of data annotators with physical disabilities.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 6, 2023

As the lyrics to the song, “Blue Laces,” make clear, he was keenly aware of the systemic challenges, community poverty, and lack of opportunity that led him to join his set. Funders are increasingly pooling their resources into collaborative vehicles to tackle systemic challenges. Nipsey identified as a Rollin 60’s Crip.

Philanthropy 117

Philanthropy Culture Foundations Collaborations 117

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

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Here are some podcasts produced by nonprofits that highlight their work and mission: Seeking Peace by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, hosted by Melanne Verveer, aims to amplify the voices of women leaders in conflict-ridden countries and inspire listeners by sharing stories of courage and collaboration​.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Poverty Law Collaborations 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

percent poverty rate (as of 2001). Duranti-Martinez highlights the “strong local ecosystems, public support, and collaboration among cooperatives” (21) that are enabling such rapid growth. Philanthropy can also assist by supporting field-building practices, such as peer-learning collaboratives, community organizing, and advocacy.

Public and Nonprofit Management 97

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This unusual collaboration among three very different organizations reflects FHO’s emphasis on silo-spanning efforts that use narrative change, policy advocacy and organizing, and local collaboration to make the housing system more racially equitable and economically just.

Values 116

Values Public and Social Policy Collaborations Culture 116

Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Gates Foundation pledged $315 million over three years to CGIAR , a global research partnership focused on the needs of smallholder farmers, in support of efforts to help them adapt to a surge of climate threats that, in turn, are exacerbating global hunger and poverty. Read more. . November 4, 2021.

Construction 52

Construction Culture Poverty Healthcare 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

The next Google or Facebook has yet to emerge from places plagued by chronic poverty, and even when a high-tech sector sets foot in low-income regions, it often exacerbates income inequality. Yet, these attempts have not significantly reverted economic decline. As a result, the ventures’ growth was not fast, but steady and durable.

Entrepreneurship 119

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Finance Food 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Data released in 2022 by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE, “Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics”) shows that unemployment and informal labor are higher among this group, which is also more exposed to violence and poverty. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 66

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 109

Health Culture Collaborations Poverty 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

Indeed, the creative process can be particularly useful in contexts of poverty and hardship, where it can be difficult for people to think beyond their immediate opportunities and constraints, and imagine alternative futures. Contacts and collaborative opportunities. The 2010 documentary Waste Land offers a good example.

Leadership 98

Leadership Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

Video collaboration with Sony artists Marc Scibilia and voice over by Water.org co-founder Matt Damon. They also worked with the organization’s leadership to craft articles on how Water.org and its partners work to empower people in poverty with safe water to protect and save lives.

Non-Profits 132

Non-Profits Civil Society Health Poverty 132

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

So too is collaboration. BlacSpace is a cooperative that brings together expertise in real-estate ownership and development, cooperative structures, business systems, art making, activism, and cultural anchoring, stimulating conversations about cultural kitchens and a unique collaboration to cultivate them.

Culture 106

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 106

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Her experience includes 8+ years of Marketing, Communication, and Program Management for organizations working on issues such as poverty, financial literacy, voter engagement, health research, and the public arts. Cierra believes effective internal communications are essential to nonprofit success.

Poverty 92

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 92

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In a nutshell, Kampani’s investment strategy is as follows: The social impact the investment unlocks (reducing poverty and vulnerability of smallholder farmers) is central to the decision-making. In order to embed this long term, mission-aligned collaboration, some of these actors also became shareholders of Kampani.

Finance 91

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 91

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

They offer grants through three areas of funding: Community Grants Program, Crisis Community Care Fund, and the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative. Priority is given to projects that collaborate with and center LGBTQ+ voices and communities. Areas served: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington. PFund Foundation.

Foundations 123

Foundations Culture Health Charitable Contribution 123

MNA Association

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, which only emphasizes the need for change.

Race and Ethnicity 52

Race and Ethnicity Non-Profits Health Poverty 52

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.

Philanthropy 120

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 120

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Several studies have shown that in societies that are characterized by high levels of poverty, the well-being of entrepreneurs is related to the savings they have. Currently, one of the most successful social entrepreneurs in Brazil is Edu Lyra who created Gerando Falcões, an organization that combats hunger and poverty.

Social Entrepreneurship 114

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 13, 2023

Critically, Mariwala brings attention to how poor mental health can be both a cause and a consequence of poverty, lack of access to fundamental rights, and systemic issues such as the disproportionate impact climate change has marginalized communities.

Healthcare 85

Healthcare Health Environmental Psychology 85

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

TLC’s theory of change requires transformation on four levels: individual , organizational , collaborative , and ecosystemic. TLC’s theory of change requires transformation on four levels: individual , organizational , collaborative , and ecosystemic.

Leadership 102

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 102

Getting Attention

JUNE 17, 2013

Global Communications Manager , Evidence Action/Innovations for Poverty Action (Washington DC). Strategic Communications Manager , Neimand Collaborative (Washington DC). Digital Production Specialist , CDR Fundraising Group (Bowie, MD). Senior Donor Information Manager , FINCA International (Washington DC). San Francisco, CA).

Marketing 65

Marketing Marketing Poverty Associations 65