Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 1, 2025

Education is no exception, and using data in education policy formulation promises to usher in precision, objectivity, and efficiency. One of the key benefits of data in education policy is its ability to guide resource allocation more effectively. However, using data to shape policy is not without its risks.

Education 93

Education Education Curriculum and Teaching Governance 93

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

All told, CDFIs—including not just loan funds, but also community development credit unions, banks, bank holding companies, and venture funds —have $266 billion in assets, according to a 2020 study from the US Social Investment Forum. In other words, is the phrase a call for government—and corporate donors and foundations—to invest in CDFIs?

Finance 111

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Image Credit: Yassine Khalfalli on unsplash.com This is the sixth article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Environmental Health Manufacturing 116

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With this, I’m trying to get at the way insecurity is not just exacerbated but generated by our economic and social conditions. At the beginning of the book, I say that manufactured insecurity is a feature of any hierarchical social arrangement, not just capitalism. If we don’t have public transit, we take an Uber.

Manufacturing 144

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Psychology Poverty 144