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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

Understanding the challenges BIPOC leadership face in the nonprofit sector One of the primary challenges BIPOC leaders face is limited access to funding.As we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations.

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? We build community and coalition with others. If not, why not? But we still have work to do.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

Previously, he said, “for much of the field of community organizing, there was a lot more race neutrality.” 23 William Gale, codirector of the Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center, concurs. According to the Economic Policy Institute, in the 1950s and 1960s, more than 1 percent of workers participated in a union election each year.

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Unlikely Advocates: Worker Co-ops, Grassroots Organizing, and Public Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.