NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 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. There has been huge growth in worker co-ops and significant growth in Black food co-ops.

Food 89

Food Activism Poverty Leadership 89

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Indeed, the principles of resource stewardship long championed in many Native American communities are critical to restoring environmental balance. Founded in 1999 and similar in mission to NAEDC, the nonprofit supports ecotourism while also promoting “food sovereignty and ecological stewardship.” One is control over data.

Nonprofit governance and management 140

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Food Environmental 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Smallholder farmers produce at least a third of the global food supply. As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. Though these farms are small, typically under two hectares, their cumulative impact is large. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Most of them rely on rainfed agriculture, leaving them open to shocks like droughts and storms that can wipe out their crops and leave them without enough food to see their families through the year. The challenge is that carbon markets weren't designed to work for people in poverty.

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

My inspiration was seeing the lived experiences of Black people in America not really reflected in environmental conversations. What was your research process of pulling all of these dense topics, from global warming, to faith, to redlining, to greenlining, to food insecurity together in an accessible, easy-to-read way?

Environmental 126

Environmental Food Poverty Culture 126

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It’s the pooling and sharing of resources—knowledge, expertise, relationships, money—that create the conditions for worker-led and community-owned enterprises to move the needle on issues plaguing our neighborhoods and to advance economic, environmental, and racial justice. That compost, when it’s deployed, has a real impact.

Non-Profits 137

Non-Profits Food Environmental Associations 137

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 8, 2025

Dr. Alison Body, head of impact and research at the UK environmental charity Global Action Plan , and until recently a lecturer in philanthropic studies at the University of Kent , also urges a shift toward solidarityand much greater recognition of childrens agency. So, she wondered, how do we break out of this pity?

Children 61

Children Philanthropy Education Education 61

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. The current market economy fails to effectively distribute goods and services to large segments of the population, resulting in poverty and maldistribution of food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and education.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. How can we do a better job of bridging the gulf between housing and other sectors, such as environmental justice?

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 23, 2024

As a Black cisgendered woman, a first-generation college student from the deep South, and a person born in poverty, social justice movements have touched every aspect of my life. So, how do I, as a person in a position of power, navigate these dynamics without causing harm?

Leadership 126

Leadership Poverty Culture Values 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

A third of the people in this country, nearly 100 million, live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level , where the loss of income from even a short-term illness can be insurmountable. The expanded (but now expired) child tax credits alone cut childhood poverty by 30 percent in only six months. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

Image Credit: Jon Tyson on unpsplash.com In 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final strategy to reduce lead exposure. One of the stated goals of that report was to “identify communities with high lead exposures and improve their health outcomes.”

Curriculum and Teaching 75

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 75

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Oxfam : To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Children 94

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 130

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 130

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In seeking solutions to the ever-present threats of climate change, philanthropy has prioritized market mechanisms that emphasize incentives, rather than community organizing that pushes for regulations motivated by a fundamental belief that corporations should not be allowed to pollute our water, air, and food.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 139

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This includes building transnational activism that links anti-war, anti-militarism, and anti-nuclear work with the efforts of those campaigning for economic justice, environmental protection, open borders and migrant rights, anti-racism and anti-fascism, equality, and police and prison abolition.

Construction 110

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 110

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

During the pandemic, economic inequity and social and environmental injustice became hypervisible. The world became interested in what marginalized people knew about their own survival and paused to consider the cost of racism and environmental destruction as those two forces intersect and conspire with extractive economic systems.

Culture 128

Culture Retail Community Development Environmental 128

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

These volunteers—numbering nationwide in the tens of thousands—represent a form of civil resistance and autonomy, seeking to protect the ancestral way of life and Indigenous territory from violence and environmental destruction. Suboptimal” early childhood development is seen as contributing to poverty in communities. 2017 , 77).

Children 138

Children Civil Society Culture Health 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 5, 2023

From displacement and poverty to illness and environmental degradation, the urgent challenges facing the world today call for innovative approaches that combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a clear understanding of the problems and a firm footing in communities. ”—UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 2019.

Collaborations 144

Collaborations Culture Technology Governance 144

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. These gifts would be perfect for a loved one passionate about sustainable farming, growing food, and farmer appreciation. Environmental. Agriculture. Earthjustice.

Children 105

Children Nonprofits Environmental Agriculture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Additionally, Duranti-Martinez points out, “Community ownership also means that the people most impacted by racial, economic, and environmental injustice have meaningful decision-making power over development” (7). percent poverty rate (as of 2001). This farm supports 20 immigrant and refugee farmers and emerging food entrepreneurs.

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 105

Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

Marketing & Communications Coordinator Environmental Defense Fund. Marketing Strategist The Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Social Engagement Coordinator Food & Water Watch (Washington, DC). Graphic Designer Stop Hunger Now (Raleigh, NC). Boston, MA or New York, NY).

Communication 65

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Associations 65

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

For example, if you are a health nonprofit, write a post about foods that help lower blood pressure, or provide tips on how to exercise at home. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides.

Disaster Relief 97

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 97

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

For example, if you are a health nonprofit, write a post about foods that help lower blood pressure, or provide tips on how to exercise at home. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides.

Disaster Relief 106

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 106

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

But in other places they use the term as a noun—as when saying that “ESG integration has impact”—such that the term is likely to be interpreted as “has environmental or social benefits.” If necessary, go to outlining goals and sub-goals, and scroll through the detail.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Finance Participation and motivation Governance 119

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Change the way they operate to align with greater social and environmental needs. Consumers understand that solving this problem provides the foundation to address all the other needs from poverty alleviation to food security to healthcare and so on. 81% say companies should do even more, including. Advocate for change.

Volunteerism 49

Volunteerism Volunteerism Environmental Poverty 49

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

An environmental organization could write about which commonly bought food packaging items can be recycled. Creative new media managers will expand their ideas about what their nonprofit can write about and experiment with publishing blog posts that share resources and useful advice.

Nonprofits 111

Nonprofits Children Culture Poverty 111

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Corporate Social Responsibility⁠—also known as CSR⁠—is a business practice in which companies take accountability for the social, environmental, and economic impacts of their operations. The company sells red noses in its stores, with proceeds supporting programs that provide food, shelter, and healthcare for children.

Volunteerism 52

Volunteerism Volunteerism Disaster Relief Food 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The CDC and public health research shows that only 20, maybe 25, percent of life expectancy and health status is attributable to healthcare and the other 75 to 80 percent [is attributable] to other factors that are rooted in community, including housing, poverty, air quality, water quality, and quality of jobs.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Health Foundations Philanthropy 90

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

For example, if you are a health nonprofit, write a post about foods that help lower blood pressure, or provide tips on how to exercise at home. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides.

Disaster Relief 49

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 49

Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 6, 2023

Example: “Join Us in the Fight Against Poverty” Keep it short: A concise subject line is easier to read and comprehend, especially on mobile devices. Example: “Meet Sarah: A Life Transformed by Your Support” Use action words: Encourage your subscribers to take action by incorporating powerful verbs.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofits Poverty Activism 52

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

The report Examining Disparities in Environmental Grantmaking: Where the Money Goes written by Dorceta E. Taylor and Molly Blondell surveyed over 30,000 environmental and public health grants distributed by 220 foundations, which awarded approximately $4.9 billion across three years—from 2015 to 2017.

Environmental 98

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 98

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. In 1996, when the law was enacted, 68 percent of families with children living in poverty received welfare; in 2019, it was 19.5

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Law 122

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Philippines-based nonprofit Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation was selected winner of the.ORG of the Year award, recognizing the organization’s work to provide access to education for children in remote and poverty-stricken areas by providing boats to reach their schools.

Poverty 98

Poverty Children Medical Education 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Girls get taken out of school to care for siblings and/or help with locating food and water, disrupting their education and future opportunities. 9 Furthermore, the impacts of climate change on food security, such as higher rates of anemia, disproportionately affect adolescent girls, further exacerbating educational disruptions.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

“In cities like Richmond, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, which had experienced ‘food apartheid,’ the need for locally grown, healthy food supported the rise of urban farms that employed returning citizens. May the work of our movements serve to reimagine ways to govern and steward capital.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 133

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), over 1.6 Food Production Challenges It is difficult for most households to produce enough food without fertilizer application in Malawi. Shortages and high prices of fertilizer affect the entire food supply chain.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Food Production Poverty 98