Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

A recent Salesforce survey found that more than a quarter of respondents are using AI tools at work, more than half of whom are using AI that is not approved by their organizations, including in the social sector. Additionally, there is a risk that language AI systems can misunderstand special vocabulary or cultural language.

Ethics 52

Ethics Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 52

Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Candid’s Issue Lab provides access to more than 33,000 philanthropic resources, which include reports, studies, surveys, and toolkits that cover a variety of issue areas and are contributed by social sector organizations from around the world.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Culture Health 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But this modern reality comes with an inconvenient truth: Our public institutions are not equipped with the updated skills they need to effectively tackle the world’s ever-escalating challenges—not by a long shot. Consider the climate crisis. There’s good reason for that, as these skills are foundational to the work of a well-run city.

Nonprofit governance and management 122

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. After all, social justice is by nature utopian. Public awareness: to change the perception of a group at a societal or cultural level.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 97

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 98

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

The report also highlights how public and private programs around the country are finding innovative and often low-cost ways to achieve these goals. Members of this new generation are true digital natives and will grow up in a world informed by artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and new forms of social media we can’t yet envision.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Children Environmental Philanthropy 52

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 97

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 97

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 81

Health Healthcare Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy 81

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 75

Public and Social Policy Health Collaborations Foundations 75

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Philanthropies like ours—the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Brooklyn Community Foundation— that are funding work to address social, economic, and racial injustice must reckon with this contradiction and support the work of reparations. We believe that we are working in a liminal time and space.

Philanthropy 100

Philanthropy Foundations Culture Public and Social Policy 100

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Getting our housing system to work better for all—especially for families of color who have long experienced discrimination and bias—will require a long-term concerted endeavor with coordinated efforts from a broad host of public, private, and community actors. A Collaborative Approach to Housing Justice.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

What little optimism remains to tackle such complex challenges is mostly placed in supranational schemes, such as the COP climate change conferences, or transformational national policy, such as the Green New Deal in the US. ” Scaling up social innovation takes time, but there are also varying ways it can be done.

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Construction Governance 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

Public funding agencies, such as the Global Environment Facility and USAID, are also expressing their own intentions to get more climate and biodiversity funding to local, community-level, and Indigenous organizations. These changes are possible for both public and private funders.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Environmental Governance Public and Social Policy 98

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 100

Values Public and Social Policy Collaborations Culture 100

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Limited access to networks Limited access to networks and social capital can make it difficult for individuals to connect with others who can help them advance in their careers and succeed in their endeavors.

Leadership 104

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 104

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Image credit: Brandon on Unsplash The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police three and a half years ago ignited a months-long period of mass social mobilization and intense public engagement. Philanthropy and impact investors can make a difference. Those compounded impacts are starkly apparent.

Finance 69

Finance Culture Foundations Public and Social Policy 69

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

“Land Back as a movement, as a political and legal movement by Tribal nations across Turtle Island, has focused on the return of things that have been taken from us through colonial policies. These are things that were purposely taken from us through colonial policies and forced assimilation—that sort of thing.

Nonprofit governance and management 86

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 86

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 93

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 93

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 85

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Governance Leadership 85

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Dismantling barriers to food access requires clear strategies and methodologies that inform funding, drive policy, and guide community-based initiatives. As in other cities, in Camden, dedicated community-based organizations are working to close these gaps through nutrition education, food assistance programs, and social services.

Food 128

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 128

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 104

Philanthropy Foundations Construction Values 104

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 136

Food Culture Agriculture Health 136

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. Stanford Social Innovation Review / Stanford, CA / $800. Social Capital 2018.

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 134

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Culture Foundations 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 20, 2023

By Phil Buchanan , Alyse d’Amico & Leaha Wynn Organizational performance depends on thoughtful policies and practices with respect to employees and culture. Often, culture is simply neglected. We have come to believe in six people and culture approaches that in many respects go against the grain.

Culture 92

Culture Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation 92

The Agitator

APRIL 15, 2018

Giles collected them from a wide range of fundraising blogs and social media sites. And, AFP, along with the Chronicle of Philanthropy has released a survey conducted by The Harris Poll on the issue of sexual harassment in fundraising. Changing culture is never easy and takes lots of time. Only meet with donors in public places.

Fundraising 74

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 74

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. Stanford Social Innovation Review / Stanford, CA / $950. Social Capital 2019.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Associations Finance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 11, 2023

I remember this [ NPQ elevating the voices of social change leaders of color] was a vision of yours. There were people of color representing a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds—from South Asian to African American. the cultural diaspora—into it, it set an important precedent of, like, Oh, that’s how he rolls.

Construction 79

Construction Leadership Philanthropy Culture 79

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Social media. Social media strategies. Corporate culture. Social Good Tech Week. Social Good Tech Week ’s official date is yet to be determined, but it will be held in the spring of next year in San Francisco. Follow Social Good Tech Week on Twitter. Like Social Good Tech Week on Facebook. Innovation.

Public and Social Policy 71

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Entrepreneurship Public Policy 71

iMarketSmart

MAY 8, 2023

Transactional behavior in anthropology Across human cultures, whenever a relationship becomes transactional – or “strictly contingent” – giving stops. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, 28 (2), 164-184; Küchler, L., Policy Press. Iceberg philanthropy: Unlocking extraordinary gifts from ordinary donors.

Altruism and Helping 52

Altruism and Helping Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management 52

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 119

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Agriculture Culture 119

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This is one of my absolute favorite topics in philanthropy, this idea of engaging board members as fundraising ambassadors. We’ll start with a few key trends in philanthropy that will ground our conversation. And this is according to a 2020 report The Role of Volunteering In Philanthropy by Fidelity Charitable.

Leadership 60

Leadership Fundraising Fundraising Philanthropy 60

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 91

Public and Social Policy Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 91

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Breath and brotherhood are enormously important to the work of the collective of socially engaged artist-activists that I cofounded several years ago. If we rely solely on the world of traditional LGBTQIA+ philanthropy and the nonprofit-industrial complex, we will suffocate and die. Holding my breath.

Race and Ethnicity 115

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Culture Philanthropy 115

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 97

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 97

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 109

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 109

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Another questions, “If philanthropy is all about relationships, then why do metrics only measure money?”[3]. Now, suppose we’re managing a group of social media “influencers.” The social media manager then shares the best metrics for managing “writers” and their “output.” This social/sharing world has different rules.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Management 52