Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

This issue lingers like a vestige of the conditions that followed abolition, after which the government failed to provide the kinds of education, labor, and other supports necessary to transition from a life of enslavement to one of agency, independence, and prosperity. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 66

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way.

Production 104

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

The UN Disability and Development Report 2018 reveals that individuals with disabilities face fundamental challenges in nearly all aspects of life, including employment, health care, and education. Disability, poverty, and discrimination are part of a cycle where each reinforces the others. China is no exception to this global issue.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty. Efforts to make change could be seen by many as threatening. .”

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In short, if our aim is to rebuild universal abortion access, it’s essential that we all commit to being led by those most impacted. As a funder helping to lead efforts to preserve and expand access to abortion care in a battleground state, we have a monumental responsibility to model a path forward.

Health 98

Health Philanthropy Governance Insurance 98

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 15, 2022

This transformational, 15-week program is designed to strengthen the board governance knowledge and skills of professionals of color while equipping nonprofit organizations to be genuinely ready to welcome these new members onto their boards. Tamika Powe, manager, community benefit and health education programs, Tampa General Hospital.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Leadership Nonprofits 130

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For example, during the Great Depression and the decades that followed, in a process called redlining, the government-sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board systematically denied loans to Black and Brown folks, excluding them from home ownership. million school-aged children every day.

Food 122

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

He was legendary for fearlessly taking on the most powerful political leaders, medical institutions, and universities when they did not prioritize the interests of people in poverty. ” This notion extends to many other fields of leadership in business, government, and the nonprofit sectors.

Nonprofit Leadership 98

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Medical Nonprofit governance and management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A theory of change and review of current evidence ,” co-authored by researchers Julian Koelbel, Florian Heeb, and Anne Kellers at the Center for Sustainable Finance & Private Wealth (CSP) from the University of Zurich deserves wide attention and discussion. Re-educate your ESG teams. Work with governments.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Participation and motivation 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

By the time she’d reached university and South Africa had attained democracy, there was a sense among many activists that the struggle was over. Poverty is not about the absence of material possessions. Poverty is about people not knowing or owning their choices.” The success, by design, is the community’s.

Children 77

Children Leadership Poverty Education 77

EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Cut poverty off at its roots. Oxfam America envisions a world without poverty. To make that vision a reality, they work tirelessly to combat the conditions that cause poverty, hunger, and social justice. Concern Worldwide’s global community operates on the belief that eliminating extreme poverty is possible.

Poverty 50

Poverty Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 50

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Several studies have shown that in societies that are characterized by high levels of poverty, the well-being of entrepreneurs is related to the savings they have. About 30 percent of the social entrepreneurs from poor communities in our research sample did not study at the higher education level.

Social Entrepreneurship 114

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

The next Google or Facebook has yet to emerge from places plagued by chronic poverty, and even when a high-tech sector sets foot in low-income regions, it often exacerbates income inequality. Neighborhood book clubs were repurposed as platforms with which to educate pet owners.

Entrepreneurship 120

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Finance Food 120

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

By Nagatsugu Asato & Nobuo Shiga The legacy of colonialism has fostered structural discrimination worldwide, creating cycles of alienation and poverty among subjugated and marginalized communities. Okinawa’s poverty rate is about 35 percent, which is twice the national average. percent of the country’s total land area.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 137

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

And as nonprofits moved away from their member-driven and member-funded mutual aid and organizing roots, they took on a hierarchical structure modeled after corporate culture, became dependent on grants from foundations/government, and became run by “expert” staff to provide services or lead advocacy efforts.

Leadership 103

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs.

Agriculture 100

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 100

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States. They drive change through networks and relationships, and use the power and influence that emerges.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Over the past year, we have been working with a multidisciplinary coalition of partners led by The Wellbeing Project and Georgetown University to apply insights from the field of trauma healing to the practice of systems change.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 137

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

2012) and demonstrate the failure of government regulations to rein in abuses (Coskun 2022; Silver-Greenberg and Gebeloff 2021). Between 2010 and 2019, 138 SIBs accounting for $441 million in capital have been issued globally, ranging in causes from workforce development to education and medical services (Hulse, Atun, and McPake 2021).

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 86

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business.

Civil Society 86

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Energy 86

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 21, 2023

According to Open Access Government, the benefits of mentorship, role modeling and networking are vast, particularly with women in STEM. Women who are paid less than their male counterparts have less money to support themselves and their families, which can lead to financial instability and poverty. and across the world.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Participation and motivation Health Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Greta Weiss and Andrea Schiller’s newly released documentary The Five Demands tells the story of how the first state-mandated, state-funded educational opportunity program in the United States gave rise to a student movement for multiracial solidarity. The 1960s were an era of educational experimentation. But not everywhere.

Education 108

Education Education Universities Poverty 108

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. When the pandemic upended routines, including in-person education going remote, a shocking 4.2

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Children Governance Philanthropy 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In particular, it provides a universal framework to explain how diverse institutions from private, public, and social sectors can work together to make sustainable and scalable progress toward greater equity. Korea presents a unique setting in which governments play an important role in realizing social impact. SSIR En Español.

Poverty 101

Poverty Universities Health Technology 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

Hundreds of us gathered to acknowledge how the Crown—as New Zealand’s government is still known colloquially today, as the successor to British colonial rule—unlawfully confiscated the Ngāti Maru (a Māori tribe) land more than 150 years ago. . This meaning was fitting for the event.

Governance 93

Governance Health Public and Social Policy Culture 93

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Moreover, a significant proportion of utility governing boards comprises utility workers and frontline community members. Although established in a more progressive era, when the public interest held more sway, microeconomic and market values have since come to dominate utility governance.

Energy 90

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. This lack of rural access (RA) particularly impacts young girls and women living in poverty, who are often left behind when it comes to education, health-care services, and opportunities to generate income.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 116

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. What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? Sometimes, nonprofits advance economic justice; sometimes, they are part of the problem. If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 121

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

The false belief that a person can leverage hard work and talent to pull themselves and their family out of poverty should they only try is a pervasive story that has shaped our culture and laws. Contained within it were two different kinds of policies. That’s not what happened, of course. President George W.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 102

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In reality, more than 70 percent of children in foster care today are in foster care because of what the system calls neglect, which is largely related to poverty issues. Less than 15 percent of children in foster care are in foster care because of physical or sexual harm. But I don’t think that’s widely known.

Children 139

Children Poverty Law Public and Social Policy 139

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

While the lost children’s ecological knowledge is exceptional, a more universal lesson—especially for those of us in the Global North—is the degree of freedom, autonomy, and independence they experience. Suboptimal” early childhood development is seen as contributing to poverty in communities. 2017 , 77).

Children 132

Children Civil Society Culture Health 132

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. . “There is better out there—but we have to work for it.”

Governance 92

Governance Insurance Homelessness Poverty 92

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We are a community-led resource center, a team of cooperative business developers and educators, and a community-controlled non-extractive loan fund. The program includes classroom training in business development, finance, governance, democratic decision-making, and participatory management.

Non-Profits 133

Non-Profits Food Environmental Associations 133

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion. MEGA’s efforts have expanded to include youth leadership and mentorship, community engagement, and health education.

Food 116

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

And we knew that poverty and racism were deeply entrenched, and that takes more than three years. We know it’s a story of extraction, [of] government reliance on the nonprofit world, but that felt like a whole lot bigger than TBF. We would hope and expect that nonprofits are reducing poverty and reducing inequality.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 96

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. Can we get more resources from the government? But there are other avenues, too.

Law 133

Law Governance Leadership Poverty 133

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JUNE 5, 2023

Education More than $1 billion in recurring funding for the K-12 education formula, including $125 million for teacher pay raises and funding to extend summer learning camps and to expand the eligibility age to Kindergarten through 9th grade. 2 million for an independent audit of Tennessee State University.

Nonprofit governance and management 59

Nonprofit governance and management Law Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 59