Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 4, 2023

By Gail Christopher & Deepa Iyer Across sectors, organizations in the United States have long placed barriers between women of color and leadership positions. And still today, people in the United States, including across tribal nations, continue to face a racial reckoning that demands action from groups and organizations in every sector.

Leadership 114

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Cyndi Suarez: Can you share a little about the state of Tribal sovereignty in Maine? Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.”

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 98

Nonprofit Megaphone

MAY 6, 2023

Nonprofit organizations are an essential part of our society, providing crucial services and support to those in need. However, running a nonprofit requires a unique set of skills and knowledge, particularly when it comes to governing the organization. Behind every successful nonprofit is a well-run board of directors.

Governance 52

Governance Nonprofit governance and management Ethics Nonprofit governance 52

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 4, 2021

Early in my nonprofit career, I learned that the job of a fundraising professional was securing resources to achieve a financial goal that would serve my employer. My job was to maintain relationships with (mostly white) people with money to fund my organization’s work, annually. Guest Post by Rachel D’Souza-Siebert, MPPA.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 125

Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising Leadership 125

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

Over the past 30 years, it has made substantial improvements in the living conditions and social status of people with disabilities due to rapid economic growth, administrative and legislative actions, and the dedicated efforts of nonprofit organizations that champion the disability community.

Nonprofit governance and management 85

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 85

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This article concludes the Community Strategies for Systemic Change, a series co-produced by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and NPQ. Conversations regarding womb health and parenting in an urban Indigenous setting led to the development of community workshops that centered women’s and partum health.

Food 110

Food Health Values Collaborations 110

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

The base of every marketing education is learning how to define your target audience and deliver messages that will resonate with them, influencing them to complete some identified call to action. For the past 8 years, I have been nearly exclusively working with Black-led nonprofits and nonprofits that serve predominantly Black communities.

Public and Social Policy 84

Public and Social Policy Production Education Education 84

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

There was no succession plan to fill the leadership gap, jeopardizing the organization’s mission to develop young leaders who can transform California’s foster care system. Amidst these challenges, CYC defied the odds by establishing mission-driven partnerships with its staff, funders, and foster youth community. The Edward W.

Leadership 91

Leadership Organizational Development Foundations Values 91

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 11, 2023

MW: I feel like you’re giving space for creative people to produce valuable assets, to practice exercising our voices; and in doing so, the platform is giving credibility to an entire group of people for whom the sector didn’t provide the same kind of entrée. Now, you can kind of cheat, you know. Cyndi Suarez: Really? CS: It’s true.

Construction 94

Construction Leadership Philanthropy Culture 94

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Xavier on pexels This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses? In short, the community’s Latinx business community is growing, but it is not yet fully thriving.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

In today’s tumultuous climate—global political turmoil; emboldened White supremacists; mass gun violence; environmental degradation; pandemics; lack of access to quality, affordable healthcare; and counting—we need leadership that can grapple with the challenges. Organizations, like society at large, are facing fundamental paradigm shifts.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Recruitment Culture 98

Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . You can be a grant writer or direct mail specialist or fundraising events specialist. Or you can be a generalist, responsible for everything. You’re part of the problem. Why is that? You choose.

Culture 122

Culture Philanthropy Public and Nonprofit Management Organizational Development 122

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

These can be thoughtful gifts that simply show how well you know your family and friends. This holiday season, give back by shopping for unique gifts from nonprofit online stores. In this gift guide, you’ll find selections from nonprofits that you won’t see in regular shops. Kiss the Ground. Animal Advocacy.

Children 105

Children Environmental Agriculture Nonprofits 105

The Charity CFO

AUGUST 15, 2023

The nonprofit sector is full of rewarding and impactful careers because it plays a crucial role in addressing various social, environmental, and humanitarian challenges. In this section, we will debunk the three most common nonprofit accounting myths. Ready to dive deep into this exciting realm?

Nonprofit Accountability 52

Nonprofit Accountability Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management 52

NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 26, 2023

I didn’t set out to work in the nonprofit sector. I was fascinated by the art and science of health care, but my first organic chemistry class confirmed that wasn’t my calling. I’ve learned many lessons during my four decades in the nonprofit sector. The nonprofit model is complex and sometimes messy.

Nonprofit Leadership 52

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Health Nonprofits 52

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Cause Camp, presented by Nonprofit Hub and Do More Good , has been nationally recognized by Forbes as a “must-attend” for the nonprofit sector. Being a nonprofit professional isn’t easy. She was recently named one of the top 25 Nonprofit IT Influencers to Follow in 2019 by BizTech Magazine. “In

Poverty 92

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 92

Nonprofit Fixer

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Complete Guide to Implementing the Four-Day Workweek If you want to create the kind of workplace no one wants to leave, while still pushing for excellence and work-life balance, consider this long overdue, and much-misunderstood management tool. I have been an executive director for five organizations.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Production Public and Social Policy 98

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

I had been a sking around, researching, and interviewing nonprofit friends about inclusive language for the upcoming webinar Don’t Call Them That: Language that Divides , well before the most recent national controversy. Cringe-worthy words such as “these people” and “at-risk” have bothered many of us in the nonprofit world for decades.

Collaborations 45

Collaborations Culture Communication Values 45

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Editors’ note: This article is from the fall 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly, “The Face of Climate Change.” This work we’re doing in food culture is ultimately healing work. Rowen White, Mohawk seedkeeper, writer, culture worker. “HAWTHORNE IN THE CORNFIELD” BY CHIP THOMAS/JETSONORAMA.NET. food is life.

Food 139

Food Culture Agriculture Health 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This is an apt metaphor for how trauma impacts people, individually and collectively. This prevents us from addressing the roots of collective challenges we face and keeps us from taking steps toward healing that can transform the systems around us.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

The agency tasked her with restructuring outreach efforts and increasing people’s awareness and use of agency services in communities of color. To engage with the agency, people from these communities needed culturally relevant content and more-accessible programming.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 104

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 23, 2023

Communities are experts and leaders in change. From the COVID-19 pandemic to structural racism, community-based organizations have always stepped up to fill the gaps and forge new solutions—especially where government is unable, unwilling, or ineffective.

Nonprofit governance and management 117

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Governance 117

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2023

Our challenge in achieving health equity, as in other challenges we face today, is not just about shifting behavior. It also requires a shift in what we think is possible for the individuals, communities, and institutions that constitute the healthcare systems and how these entities engage. Changing that design is crucial.

Leadership 75

Leadership Healthcare Health Medical 75

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Julie Ordoñez will outline a proven strategy, messaging and action steps you can implement right away to close major gifts faster, ethically. We’re in the final stretches of year-end, and there’s still some cool things that you can do. Julie: Let’s do it. Steven: All right, awesome. Well, good afternoon, everybody.

Fundraising 110

Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Recruitment 110

MNA Association

DECEMBER 12, 2023

One of our goals in the MNA POD (Professional and Organizational Development) program is to make sure our programming centers belonging and equity. When we consider how to host events that uphold our values of community, agency, accountability, learning, and growth, we have identified four strategies to center equity and inclusion.

Organizational Development 52

Organizational Development Associations Universities Values 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 19, 2023

This article is part of Climate Justice Organizing for Belonging, a series co-produced with NPQ and Mothers Out Front.The key question guiding this organizational shift—and this series—is: what does successful organizing look like for the most impacted when resources fully support them?

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Culture Energy Leadership 101

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This article is part of Community Strategies for Systemic Change, a series co-produced by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and NPQ. The culture I come from relies a lot on storytelling to cement our learning and culture. From Cabo Verde to the United States.

Health 120

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 120

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

November has arrived, and with it, an increasing flurry of communications ranging from political ads to door-busting holiday sales to year-end giving requests. Even if our message is meaningful and brilliant, how can we ensure that we will connect with our key audiences, especially during peak fundraising season?

Communication 70

Communication Organizational Development Culture Marketing 70

EveryAction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences, both large and small, broad and specialized, here in the U.S. Nonprofit Management.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 102

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

It gives real-life examples that can live alongside quantitative data. Long story-short, storytelling connects our work in meaningful, transformational ways to our community members. Long story-short, storytelling connects our work in meaningful, transformational ways to our community members. Storytelling is a powerful tool.

Non-Profits 95

Non-Profits Poverty Ethics Medical 95

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Kishshana: Yes, we can. We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. You want to get rid of all that burnout if we can. You can tweet us. Introduce yourself, tell us where you’re from, how the weather is, anything funny you want to tell us. You can learn more about us.

Management 87

Management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Children 87

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Black mother within each of us —the poet—whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free. Y ou walk through the door, so happy to be able to receive care at a community birth center right in your neighborhood. You are asked how you are doing and can tell that the person asking genuinely cares.

Health 126

Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy Ethics 126

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 15, 2023

As part of this work, we rigorously read and discussed Maurice Mitchell’s article about key trends and fallacies in progressive movement organizations and the dimensions of organizational resilience needed to win. We also hope that our reflections help organizations, staff, and leaders themselves apply these lessons to their own context.

Public and Social Policy 107

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

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

Public and Social Policy 127

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2023

Permanent endowments and strong long-term investment returns have buffered funders against the financial pressures faced by many grantees and communities. Decades of entrenched practices, from spending rates to grantee reporting requirements to major programming decisions, changed in a rapid period for many funders.

Philanthropy 101

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Governance Foundations 101

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 17, 2023

Many of us who work tirelessly to address social problems and improve the quality of life for communities do so without much consideration of the toll our work takes on our ability to rest. Creating and sustaining social justice movements and/or work in the field of care requires intense dedication and commitment that can cause burnout.

Race and Ethnicity 121

Race and Ethnicity Health Public and Social Policy Culture 121

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

Structural racism “identifies dimensions of our history and culture that have allowed privileges associated with ‘whiteness’ and disadvantages associated with ‘color’ to endure and adapt over time.” Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork. The critique has been valuable.

Leadership 104

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 104