Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In particular, a devastating economic and institutional meltdown that began in 2019 has taken a huge toll on schools and on education in the country. Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance.

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Image Credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Broad segments of the nonprofit sector are concerned about the new presidential administration and the threats it poses to nonprofit organizations. A charity or nonprofits plans can be shut down for a failure to properly register. See, for example, The Project Grant Rule Hub.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 120

Candid

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

At Candid, we get a lot of questions about nonprofit boardsfrom how to recruit members, to what their obligations are, to how executives can best work with them to advance their organizations missions and growth. Heres a curated collection of articles and resources covering a wide range of topics on nonprofit boards.

Recruitment 64

Recruitment Governance Nonprofit governance and management Fundraising 64

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 6, 2021

Every now and then, a fundraising consultant will write a post essentially saying that all nonprofit communications and marketing should be driven by fundraising goals and staff, with a few limited exceptions, like media relations and general branding. The 12 most common nonprofit marketing goals. Sure, sometimes.

Communication 338

Communication Nonprofit governance and management Fundraising Fundraising 338

NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 16, 2024

For more than a decade, Yasmeen Rolland enjoyed her job working in education and student recruitment, but something was missing. After searching online for a place to learn from and connect with nonprofit leaders, Yasmeen found the Nonprofit Leadership Center (NLC). This course gave me the tools I needed to do that.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Education 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Nutrisense Inc on Pexels Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are revolutionizing diabetes management. The growing popularity among consumers who use them as a lifestyle tool, not to manage diabetes, is exacerbating existing health inequities. Yet, for many, CGMs remain out of reach. Yet, for many, CGMs remain out of reach.

Management 96

Management Healthcare Health Medical 96

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 29, 2025

Why have fashion education programs been slow to adapt? The Fashion Education Landscape Fashion education has historically emphasized the development of individual creativity and technical mastery. However, this focus on creative skills has led to a significant gap in sustainability education.

Education 56

Education Education Environmental Ethics 56

Candid

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In the wake of last weeks news regarding the Office of Management and Budget memorandum instructing federal agencies to temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, many of us are trying to understand the potential impact of a freeze on federal funding on the nonprofit sector.

Nonprofit governance and management 109

Nonprofit governance and management Foundations Governance Nonprofits 109

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Yet, they can play a critical role in strengthening community-based organizations by making strategic investments in nonprofits to build the necessary organizational infrastructure, resilience, and power to drive change. Funders, meanwhile, tend to support programming but not organizational infrastructure building.

Nonprofit governance and management 115

Nonprofit governance and management Organizational Change Nonprofit Capacity Nonprofits 115

Candid

MAY 19, 2025

To better understand the challenges and needs these organizations are experiencing, Candid hosted a virtual peer learning exchange with over 70 leaders from food security nonprofits across the United States, who spoke about whats happening on the ground and what would help them meet this moment with resilience and dignity.

Food 98

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

One tool that is available to nonprofit housing developers to address this situation is the limited equity cooperative (LEC). The movement gained momentum with the support of government programs like Mitchell-Lama , which aimed to provide affordable housing through a public-private partnership.

Nonprofit governance and management 97

Nonprofit governance and management Manufacturing Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 97

NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 20, 2023

A nonprofit organization hires a talented professional. Naturally, they are promoted into a management role. There’s just one problem, they’ve never managed others or received formal management or leadership training to prepare them for this new opportunity. This person is valued by their peers and supervisors.

Leadership 246

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Homelessness 246

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 12, 2025

Leadership has been a prominent topic in the nonprofit community, so its surprising there has not been more discussion about leadership applied to volunteerism. First, many nonprofit staff members serve as volunteer board members at other nonprofits. Second, most nonprofit boards are made up of volunteers.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Fortunately, community land trust (CLT) homeownership appears more successful than most government programs for first-time, low-income homebuyers—both due to demonstrated increased housing stability for residents and a participatory board model that includes both resident and nonresident community representation.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

This happens daily when local governments park public funds in banks. If governments can work with a publicly owned bank that makes modest profits and reinvests those profits in the communities that own it, they can participate in a restorative local economy. This isnt surprising since there is only one in the United States today.

Nonprofit governance and management 128

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance Finance 128

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Or think about a housing nonprofit realizing that its primary bank engages in predatory lending practices that push families into homelessness. In an era of constrained funding and growing inequity, nonprofits increasingly recognize financial systems role in perpetuating or alleviating social injustices. And why should they?

Finance 117

Finance Agriculture Environmental Nonprofit governance and management 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 3, 2025

By Sara Horowitz You can feel it when you walk into a mutualist space for the first timewhether its a worker cooperative in North Carolina , a community garden , a labor-housing cooperative , a cohousing group in New York City, a nonprofit building in Portland, Oregon , or a social cooperative in the Italian Alps.

Nonprofit governance and management 125

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Insurance Social Enterprise 125

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Tina James​ Senior Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility, Florida Blue Tina James, the senior manager of corporate social responsibility at Florida Blue, is one of 20 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship.

Nonprofit governance and management 244

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 244

NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Nonprofit Leadership Center is pleased to welcome four new board members to our dynamic board of directors : Lisa L. When I think of the heartbeat of our community, I immediately think of our nonprofit organizations. As a career nonprofit leader and current member of the philanthropic sector, I am honored to serve on the NLC Board.

Nonprofit Leadership 276

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 276

NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

when she thinks about the Certificate in Nonprofit Management graduate program at the University of Tampa. It’s Never Too Late to Make a Change (or Be the Change) “I took a very untraditional path to get into the nonprofit sector,” Erin says. I felt like I was being called into the nonprofit sector.” Empowering.

Nonprofit governance and management 239

Nonprofit governance and management Law Universities Nonprofit Management 239

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Interest in early-stage nonprofits within Korea’s social impact ecosystem has increased in recent years, and more and more are garnering financial and organizational support. million) to 15 nonprofits through its Impact Ground Project. Among the grantees, early-stage nonprofits accounted for 66.7 billion won (about $9.7

Governance 111

Governance Nonprofit governance Nonprofit governance and management Universities 111

Fundraising Leadership

APRIL 25, 2025

Across multiple industries and niches, programs aim to provide inspiration, education, instruction, and mentorship to young women and girls, in order to shift the numbers of women succeeding all the way to the top. The International City/County Management Association offers mentorship for young women aiming to be in government leadership.

Nonprofit governance and management 115

Nonprofit governance and management Leadership Governance Education 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 7, 2025

Its all thanks to a program called Gs to Gents, started by Heal the Hood , a tiny, newly minted nonprofit that occupies a once-vacant storefront in Jamaica Plain, Boston. Some three-quarters of nonprofits operate on budgets of less than $500,000, and two-thirds on less than $100,000. Organizations dont help us.

Public and Nonprofit Management 126

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Retail Food 126

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 3, 2023

The two-day event offers an exploration of diverse, compelling topics — from AI governance to deep learning and cloud computing, generative AI, change management, automation, and beyond. Fundraising.AI is hosting the inaugural virtual Fundraising.AI Global Summit from Oct.

Governance 242

Governance Fundraising Fundraising Management 242

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 6, 2025

Nonprofits canand ought toengage in a wide range of civic and election-related activities. Since 1973, I have started or led 14 nonprofit enterprises in the arts, community development, and civic engagement sectors. After all, 501c3 nonprofits cannot endorse candidates for public office. You could say that this is by design.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management 89

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 6, 2024

That’s about how many nonprofits have no members of color on their boards (BoardSource). Yet, diverse boards are essential to strengthen nonprofits and communities. So, what can be done to solve for such a significant gap between what is and what should be in the nonprofit sector? Meet the 2024 Fellows Alice C.

Participation and motivation 264

Participation and motivation Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 264

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2024

How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building? Capacity building is whatever is needed to bring a nonprofit to the next level of operational, programmatic, financial, or organizational maturity, so it may more effectively and efficiently advance its mission into the future. What can I do?

Public and Social Policy 246

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 246

NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 31, 2022

For nonprofit professionals who aspire to be a CEO or senior leadership team member, a graduate certificate in nonprofit management is a powerful step to make that goal a reality. The Nonprofit Leadership Center offers a graduate certificate in nonprofit management in collaboration with the University of Tampa.

Nonprofit Management 130

Nonprofit Management Management Nonprofit governance and management Universities 130

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While governments, foundations, educators, and unions typically focus on job placements as key to improving people’s economic stability, they often overlook individuals who cannot commit to traditional employment schedules. For one, directly or indirectly, the government is usually the biggest employer of flexible labor in any area.

Nonprofit governance and management 114

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance Recruitment 114

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 25, 2025

Credit: Morgan Housel on Unsplash The funding landscape for nonprofits has undergone a seismic shift. Todays model for funding nonprofits and social enterprises is fundamentally broken. This means providing funding with the purpose of investing in the capacity of nonprofits to invest in their own enterprises.

Social Enterprise 91

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 91

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Image credit: Facing Race Founded in 1981, Race Forward is a nonprofit racial justice organization with a mission of “helping people take effective action toward racial equity.” I joined the staff back in 2014 to manage the production of the Facing Race conference. Leslie Grant-Spann: This year is my tenth anniversary on staff.

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Culture Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 138

Non Profitvote

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Nonprofits play a crucial role in helping communities vote with confidence and clarity. With Election Day upon us, here’s a guide to effective last-minute communication for nonprofits to support voters and strengthen trust in the election process. Thank you for helping ensure that every voice is heard!

Nonprofit governance and management 82

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits Governance Communication 82

Candid

JUNE 5, 2025

Building a nonprofit budget can be intimidating, not only for new projects or organizations but for all nonprofits when the fundraising outlook is uncertain. The basics of developing a nonprofit budget Once you have a grasp of the different types of nonprofit budgets and their building blocks, the process won’t seem intimidating.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits Education 52

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 25, 2019

Welcome to the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators! Working in the field of politics and education, things can change very quickly. Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro by filling out the form below. And this is her typical day: Before 8:00 a.m.

Public and Social Policy 191

Public and Social Policy Communication Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 191

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 7, 2025

If they can engage in institutional philanthropy as deeply as they have impacted high tech, finance, hotel management, medicine, and academia, they could radically increase the resources and talent available for philanthropic ventures in India and the United States while also serving as a model for other diaspora groups around the world.

Philanthropy 114

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Foundations 114

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 8, 2023

By Roger Low In 2023, what education and training do Americans need, beyond high school? At the same time, to salvage the American middle class, suck toxic resentment out of our politics, and build a more equitable economy, we must reimagine higher education, workforce training, and how taxpayers fund both.

Education 105

Education Education Nonprofit governance and management Race and Ethnicity 105

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 8, 2025

Walter Hoadley, former chief economist at Bank of America Did you know that a recent federal report found that in a year nonprofits benefited from nearly five billion hours of work by volunteers? Volunteerswhether measured in numbers of hours or by their labor value, represent 16 percent of the national nonprofit workforce.

Volunteerism 79

Volunteerism Volunteerism Civil Society Public Policy 79