Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 13, 2025

Stay tuned for new articles from nonprofit leaders using this model at their organizations and share these valuable insights with your colleagues. The model is not exactly new, particularly in the nonprofit sector. Is co-leadership having a moment? Whatever your organization is and does, this needs to be the case!

Leadership

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 16, 2025

created two limited liability companies under its control to manage the property, minimizing financial risk, while maintaining community stewardship. The project is currently in its pre-construction phase and backed by a mix of public and private capital. In Chicago, the RE-UP at 59th and Racine development, led by R.A.G.E.,

Food

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 23, 2025

It counts to them as managing risk responsibly. For the bank, federally insured deposits are the cheapest capital around, cheaper than the rates the US government itself borrows at. As for governance, there are a couple of different versions. In the prevailing model, most of the deposits also come from a unit of government.

Insurance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2025

Autocratic governments, nihilistic oligarchs, escalating climate impacts, dynamic pandemics, menacing technologies, rampant misinformationall of these forces and more conspire to leave Americans and people around the world feeling less safe, more uncertain, and more frightened about the future.

Nonprofit governance and management

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

When carefully structured and governed, spend-down strategies can provide targeted financial support to causes that need it most. However, the total dollars granted will be reduced, meaning risk management will take priority during the distribution process. This combination reduces the original value of the portfolio.

Nonprofit governance and management

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 23, 2025

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Business Foundations Government Nonprofits & NGOs Social Enterprise Solutions Advocacy, Funding, Leadership, etc.

Participation and motivation

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The AI Mirror by DALL-E 3/OpenAI.com/DALLE Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Well, those models have failed spectacularlyand routinelyin many different countries. And you talk about reshaping this idea of risk.

Nonprofit governance and management

Anedot

MARCH 24, 2025

Your Impact The Director of Policy and Advocacy plays a critical role in leading and advancing Habitat for Humanity Greater San Franciscos (HGSF) affordable homeownership agenda through policy development, government relations, and community engagement across San Francisco, Marin, and the Peninsula. Noise level will be loud at times.

Nonprofit Administration and Development

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 4, 2025

Tara Evonne Trudell (Santee Sioux/Rarmuri/Xicana), a visual artist interviewed for the report, notes that Western justice feels like a colonial construct imposed upon Indigenous people. One involves the unfilled legal, moral, and economic obligations established by hundreds of treaties with the US government.

Public and Social Policy

Candid

JULY 30, 2025

When the funding freeze hit, we needed to reassess budgets, manage our relationships and responsibilities with panicked stakeholders, reassure staff, and develop contingency plans—all at the same time. Based on our experience, we’re convinced co-leadership can help strengthen nonprofits.

Leadership

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2025

In Harvard Universitys case, the government has accused the Ivy League schoolso far without providing any specific evidence of violating some students civil rights by allowing other students to engage in what the authorities characterize as anti-Semitic speech. Harvards endowment totaled more than $53 billion in 2024.

Universities

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 25, 2025

To gain a better understanding , NPQ interviewed government workers who have either lost their jobs or are afraid of being axed during Trumps ongoing firings. Then there are the cuts of grant programs, such as those through the National Institutes of Health, which could endanger the funding of up to 300,000 researchers nationwide.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 7, 2025

For many families—especially those employed in the construction, domestic work, or food industries, where employers rarely offer worker health insurance—Medicaid is the only path to essential care. For Latine health advocates, the implications of Medicaid cuts go beyond access—they touch on trust in the government and the healthcare system.

Healthcare

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 28, 2025

The petitioner, a nonprofit Apache and Native American advocacy organization based in San Carlos, AZ, sought to persuade the court to overturn a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding a 2014 federal land transfer of more than 2,000 acres of the Tonto National Forest in Southeast Arizona to Resolution Copper. United States.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 28, 2025

It is also worth noting that a Biden administration proposal to phase out federal subminimum wage certificates for nonprofits employing people with disabilities—formally known as section 14(c) and better known as “sheltered workshops”— long criticized for being exploitative—is out. The public comment process became federal law in 1946.

Nonprofit Administration and Development

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 27, 2025

By Santiago Pulido-Gomez , Jorrit de Jong , Jan Rivkin & Yamile Nesrala Roughly a decade ago, a coalition of industry leaders, businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations in an American city tried to pass a ballot measure for a tax increase. Funding dried up, and the nonprofit hosting the collaboration decided to stop doing so.

Collaborations

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JUNE 24, 2015

When something is overwhelming, like, let’s say, your job as a nonprofit communicator, it’s very hard to feel like you are getting anything done or making any progress at all, no matter how dedicated you are. Think about what governs your time and the tools that you use to manage it. Are you calendar driven?

Nonprofit governance and management

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

To achieve this requires a deeper understanding of the current housing crisis and how nonprofits can, with policy support, implement effective solutions. A Nonprofit Solution Before the surge in private equity interest in the single-family housing market, nonprofits were the quiet pistons in the engine of affordable homeownership.

Nonprofit governance and management

Affnetz

JANUARY 17, 2023

Do You Use Job Descriptions with your Nonprofit Board Members? Nonprofit Management Software / By Mike Crum. There are a lot of nonprofit board member job descriptions online, and you might have a lot of luck putting together a ‘greatest hits’ of sorts – picking and choosing. or who won’t fundraise.

Nonprofit governance and management

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Most government housing funding is spent on subsidizing mortgages—primarily for the well-to-do. Now, most government housing funding is spent on subsidizing mortgages —primarily for the well-to-do—and residential land is zoned for single-family homes and suburban sprawl. Social housing campaigns look different in different communities.

Public and Social Policy

Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Creating a nonprofit business plan is an important step for any organization whether you’re about to launch or are well established in your community. . A nonprofit business plan is slightly different to the commercial sector. Government funding and donor support. Financial projections. Board recruiting.

Nonprofit governance and management

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Governments and funders do not prioritize investing in rural access improvements due to a lack of data to make the case as well as competition from other development projects and a preference for urban investments. B2P has constructed or supported over 450 trail bridges in 21 countries, reaching over 1.5 million people.

Public and Social Policy

The Charity CFO

JANUARY 21, 2022

Nonprofits often receive donations or grants designated for a specific purpose–like a donation to a specific program or grant you have to spend within a calendar year. And the issue of restricted funds presents unique bookkeeping and accounting challenges for a nonprofit that a for-profit company doesn’t face.

Nonprofit governance and management

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

As you fight to make the world a better place, how do you make sure you’re providing a nonprofit workplace that fosters fairness and complies with the necessary rules and regulations? There were two trends I saw in talking to these groups and other small nonprofits I’ve been involved with. around building systems and procedures.

Nonprofit Administration and Development

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 6, 2023

Some point to large-scale, government-run rental housing, while others also explicitly include housing cooperatives and community land trusts. But in the end, governments dragged their feet and promised change stayed on the drawing board. But that hasn’t stopped movements from pushing. In an era that we call Social Housing 1.0,

Public and Social Policy

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 19, 2022

At Grantli, I have created a state resources page where you can find useful links to state government departments and various other resources. The Daniels Fund focuses on supporting highly effective and ethical nonprofit organizations that achieve significant results in the community. Durham Foundation. Daniel’s Fund.

Insurance

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Our tour guide was discussing preservation efforts at the Colosseum and how the Italian government had turned to the business community for support. The House of Medici , the Italian banking family, funded the construction of Saint Peter’s Basilica 500 years ago. I was surprised there was no mention of a nonprofit partner.

Public and Nonprofit Management

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As discussions about ESG become more and more polarized—while progressive politicians push for aggressive regulations, billionaires like Elon Musk call it a “scam” and nonprofits accuse businesses of greenwashing—leaving consumers increasingly confused. However, the problem goes beyond this polarization.

Social Enterprise

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 9, 2024

To find out, NPQ interviewed Malik Kenyatta Yakini, cofounder of the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network (DBCFSN); Lanay Gilbert-Williams, current co-op board president; and Akil Talley, the co-op’s first full-time permanent general manager. Construction, by contrast, took only two years.

Food

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

This speaks directly to the central paradox: While the traditional approach to money management is part of the problem in philanthropy and impact investing, chosen strategies have also played an outsized role in where we are. What if DAFs and foundations relied on fund allocators and managers who are proximate to communities and their issues?

Nonprofit governance and management

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Whether you are a designer or writer, you need to learn how to manage your time, which is where most freelancers go wrong. These include: Time management. However, self-employment comes with challenges, especially in time management. governments has revealed 2,500 scams centered on the Coronavirus. Conclusion.

Nonprofit governance and management

The Charity CFO

APRIL 5, 2022

But that’s not quite true—nonprofits face a decision between 2 different accounting methods for tracking their financial activity: cash accounting vs. accrual accounting. Is your nonprofit required to use accrual accounting? So which accounting method is right for you? And expenses are recorded when they are incurred. Accounts payable.

Construction

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 20, 2020

How to Train Your Nonprofit Team in 5 Easy & Effective Steps. Nonprofit training is a critical component of running a successful organization. Nonprofits hire for passion. That’s why the key to successful nonprofit growth is to find the perfect balance between passionate team members and mission experts.

Nonprofit governance and management

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Cross-sector, multi-system, and collaborative —working collectively with nonprofit, private, and public sectors and across the many systems that touch people’s lives, such as health, education, employment, criminal justice, and aligning the skills, knowledge, and resources of multiple organizations to maximize their impact.

Nonprofit governance and management

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Though the idea of helping and giving back to others has existed since Biblical times, nonprofit organizations in the United States have a much shorter history. Every couple of decades, a new era ushers in a new set of ideas, principles and practices that affect how the nonprofit sector functions. Go big, or go home.

Nonprofit Organizations

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2023

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. There is, however, a way for nonprofits to gain greater access to “flexible” capital and for foundations to generate a financial return.

Community Development

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Although many government organizations (and banks) observe Monday as a day off from work, February 12 is the day I celebrate. Because most of my thoughts are focused in the nonprofit world, I thought it would be helpful to take a few examples from the life of the 16th President to help your nonprofit. Be a Lifetime Learner.

Construction