Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 24, 2023

By Tia Martinez In seeking to improve the health outcomes of people in underserved communities, philanthropy’s results have, in general, been disappointing: Socioeconomic and racial injustices run so deep in these communities that strong barriers to change extend well beyond the health care system. Community grantees knew better.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Health Collaborations Foundations 91

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

3 It is a dream that has no grounding in our economic reality of growing inequality, 4 and it is a promise that has never extended to Black Americans and Indigenous peoples, who have systemically been denied opportunities through the United States government’s own decrees and legislation.

Philanthropy 104

Philanthropy Foundations Culture Public and Social Policy 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes. There are communities like hers all over America. We call these factors the Systemic Drivers of Health. Image by the authors.

Health 112

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

Twenty-five percent of the entire Amazon Basin is on legally recognized Indigenous Territories, which are generally better protected than even government parks and reserves. Even less support has reached rightsholder women , despite the essential role of women in forest management and their exclusion from many governance structures.

Civil Society 107

Civil Society Environmental Governance Public and Social Policy 107

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

And the battle with the state over Tribal sovereignty and our rights has always been recognized by the federal government; it’s only the state government that’s not recognizing our sovereignty. So our land, our languages, our kinship systems, our governances were forced out of us.”

Nonprofit governance and management 91

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 91

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 15, 2024

Image credit: Isabella Angélica on unsplash.com The dismal statistics on maternal health outcomes in the United States are well-known in health justice, health equity, and health philanthropy circles. Among developed nations, the United States has the worst maternal death rate. The maternal mortality rate is 2.5

Health 85

Health Healthcare Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy 85

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. In 2016, six women of color in the Colorado organizing and social justice movement ecosystem came together and formed Transformative Leadership for Change.

Leadership 101

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In 2021, FHO gave these organizations a $1 million, three-year grant to encourage broad adoption of the new housing justice narrative, in part by working with artists and creators to shift the cultural landscape. But that often happens by displacing or removing the people who built those areas and the culture of vibrant life in them.

Values 115

Values Public and Social Policy Collaborations Culture 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Funders for Housing and Opportunity is a collaborative of 13 philanthropies, including JPMorgan Chase, where we collectively pool $4 million in grant funds annually and work across three focus areas: elevating what works, influencing policy, and changing the narrative about housing.

Nonprofit governance and management 100

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Governance Leadership 100

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations. BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S.

Leadership 107

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Residents, regardless of zip code or how much money they have, can breathe clean air, eat healthy and culturally appropriate food, and have a safe, affordable place to call home. The importance of housing as a social determinant of health has been well-documented by researchers and philanthropies alike.

Health 100

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 100

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The conference program included Short Talks—engaging, 20-minute, keynote-style presentations that challenge current philanthropic culture and practice and inspire participants to think about the topic, their work, and/or their lives differently. Tanya Watkins: Can y’all hear me? OK, y’all ready to hear some bad words?

Philanthropy 103

Philanthropy Foundations Construction Values 103

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This work we’re doing in food culture is ultimately healing work. Rowen White, Mohawk seedkeeper, writer, culture worker. Right now, we are living through escalating crises, both within living ecologies and socially constructed systems. Stated otherwise, we need to transform our food culture. food is life.

Food 135

Food Culture Agriculture Health 135

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The purpose of the conference is to expose future social sector leaders to a vibrant learning experience that promotes best practices, innovative thinking and awareness of the full scope of the sector. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Fundraising & Grants. Jan 16 - 19.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Associations Finance 105

EveryAction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The purpose of the conference is to expose future social sector leaders to a vibrant learning experience that promotes best practices, innovative thinking and awareness of the full scope of the sector. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $125. 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Jan 17 - 19. Jan 25 - 27. Feb 15 - 16.

Nonprofit governance and management 77

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Associations 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Instead, there is a growing understanding that the gap is a result of a pattern of race-based policies , fueled and sustained by anti-Black narratives, that have systematically demolished the wealth and humanity of Black people while reinforcing inequities across generations. The existence of the $11.2 As Ibram X.

Philanthropy 144

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Culture Foundations 144

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Policy gains have been significant, especially at the state level. With more support from philanthropy and impact investors, we believe this work—not just by us but by the field as a whole—could be radically increased. Mismatch of Skills and Culture Above, we noted the stakes. Philanthropic investments have become more common.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This article introduces a new NPQ series titled Community-Driven Philanthropy. In this series, movement leaders explore what’s possible if philanthropy adopts a reparative model—one which supports the leadership of BIPOC communities, not just by writing grants, but by shifting assets and control over resources to frontline communities.

Philanthropy 121

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Agriculture Culture 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Yet, philanthropy has often taken too narrow of a view of “scale” when it comes to climate change, focusing on scaling particular strategies, with the goal of creating quantity quickly. By Lindley Mease. The ecological crisis requires urgent, coordinated, and impactful solutions on a level unprecedented in human history.

Agriculture 116

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Thanks to prison privatization, corporations, many of whom, like CoreCivic , are publicly listed companies, have a perverse incentive to boost their stock prices and keep prisons full by lobbying for policies like harsher policing, longer sentencing, and incarceration for non-violent crimes.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Jess Daggers , Alex Hannant & Jason Jay In the face of complex social and environmental challenges, our best efforts often only address a symptom, rather than root causes, even as unintended consequences create new problems. Investors who think about social change tend to be rooted in a linear, reductionist form of logic.

Finance 122

Finance Public and Social Policy Environmental Food 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 8, 2023

Scott Momaday During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global shutdown sparked an unexpected return to and reinvigoration of Indigenous culture in Peru. When the pandemic and government lockdown eliminated urban jobs, hundreds of thousands of people left Peru’s cities and walked home to their ancestral homelands.

Leadership 104

Leadership Culture Poverty Public and Social Policy 104

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The CEO or executive director (ED) is the visionary and the public “face” of the organization. By giving their time, talents, and resources, they demonstrate in a public way that the organization is vital to the community and deserves support. A spreadsheet that tracks the board’s agreed upon give and get policy.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Recruitment Philanthropy Nonprofits 120

EveryAction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Convene with thought leaders in social change from around the world.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

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

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. Leadership. Jan 13 - 15.

Nonprofit governance and management 71

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Philanthropy 71

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 5, 2024

Deepak Bhargava: My motivation for taking the job is believing that we are at a pivotal point in the country’s history and that many of the gains that social movements have won over many decades are in jeopardy. From my perspective, philanthropy has a pivotal role in supporting efforts to build the power of people who have been denied it.

Philanthropy 108

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Ethics 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. Ethical egoism posits that fulfilling one’s duty to act out of self-interest is the highest moral calling.

Ethics 110

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 110

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

But child care is more expensive than ever, and the federal government hasn’t done enough to support families, especially working mothers. The federal government must act quickly to preserve and increase funding for child care. Now more than ever, families bear the brunt of the economic burden.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Children Governance Philanthropy 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2023

By Gabriel Kasper , Justin Marcoux & Jennifer Holk Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has rarely, if ever, seemed like an apt metaphor for the field of philanthropy. After all, philanthropy is largely insulated from many of the forces that drive adaptation in other industries and circumstances.

Philanthropy 101

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Governance Foundations 101

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Philanthropy comes in many forms. For over a decade, Black Philanthropy Month has been a time of reflection on Black philanthropists’ contributions—including the contributions of Black liberation movements. It also encourages me to rethink the definition of philanthropy itself. Image Credit: Diva Plavalaguna on pexels.com.

Philanthropy 113

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 113

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

’s governance can be attributed to combining impatience about injustice with patience about strategy—and all the while keeping a relentless focus on securing voice and power for marginalized communities. Philanthropy would do well to follow a similar strategy. Their success in transforming L.A.’s

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Governance Foundations Non-Profits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

1 A version of this story was previously presented as part of remarks made at CHANGE Philanthropy, in 2021. 2 It has been edited for publication here. The growth of these efforts required more access to nonextractive investment capital, creating a demand for public banks and democratic loan funds across the country.”

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For blue-collar trades, workers were subjected to numerous mandatory new health screenings, from temperature checks to social distancing sensors, while still frequently lacking real protections against the pandemic.

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Law Technology Civil Society 138

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If we are to turn things around, those of us in the civic field need to build a common set of goals and measures for a healthier public life. If we are to turn things around, those of us in the civic field need to build a common set of goals and measures for a healthier public life. How does it inform their actions in public life?

Public and Social Policy 87

Public and Social Policy Governance Education Education 87

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. Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. The reality is more complicated. Two of them—Dr. If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

Indeed, these digital technologies would enable people to transcend the geographic boundaries that constrained their ability to pursue the lives they valued, enabling them to acquire more social, economic, and political power. However, current reality is miles apart from that vision.

Race and Ethnicity 144

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance 144

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 1, 2023

Julian’s own organization worried about surveillance, and comrades warned their collective about philanthropy being a short-term Band-Aid, and how the government uses nonprofit grants to defang social movements by ways of compliance. Mutual aid funding for these bail efforts were not just tactical, they were cultural.

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Activism Leadership Philanthropy 85