NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

It also explores the political coalitions and campaigns centering environmental justice and equity in decarbonization across the US and champions both broad-based movement building and institutional power to harness resources and push for change. As both public-sector and care workers, teachers are essential to society’s functioning.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Education Education Environmental 128

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 9, 2023

Second, California’s energy laws and business models are rooted in injustice. The economic benefits they provide continually miss the communities that need these benefits the most because governments have structurally excluded them in the past.

Public and Social Policy 82

Public and Social Policy Energy Environmental Non-Profits 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By Rajat Panwar , Theresa Lieb , Sarah Federman & Matthew Betts The landscape of corporate environmental responsibility is evolving beyond a focus on climate issues to more holistically account for nature-related risks, such as biodiversity loss. Earth Engine is one example of Google’s environmental tools.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 114

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. Members also integrate the B Impact Assessment as a guideline to enhance the company’s social and environmental performance.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

And the battle with the state over Tribal sovereignty and our rights has always been recognized by the federal government; it’s only the state government that’s not recognizing our sovereignty. So our land, our languages, our kinship systems, our governances were forced out of us.” CS: Interesting. May I ask why? CS: Thank you.

Nonprofit governance and management 90

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 90

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

And yet the federal government underfunds communities of color when it comes to water infrastructure, according to a recent report from the Community Water Center , a California advocacy group. Rural communities of color like Sultana, which is majority Latinx, are disproportionately affected by this crisis.

Agriculture 76

Agriculture Nonprofit Administration and Development Construction Universities 76

The Charity CFO

AUGUST 15, 2023

The nonprofit sector is full of rewarding and impactful careers because it plays a crucial role in addressing various social, environmental, and humanitarian challenges. Toxic workplace: A toxic workplace can be emotionally draining and leave an impact on your overall health. A good culture is the only solution to this challenge.

Nonprofit Accountability 52

Nonprofit Accountability Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

The list created by Sean Kosofsky of Mind the Gap Consulting can be used by an executive director, board chair, or any individual board member to consider their contribution to your organization’s financial health. Help the organization by researching and compiling information on government grants that may be available.

Fundraising 137

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 137

Fundraising Leadership

APRIL 21, 2023

They’re the most likely generation to boycott a product, company, country or state because of a political, social or environmental stance, which extends to how they pick employers, too. Honored for her efforts to expand the economic security of women, Ellens says she is “an advocate for the no salary history law.

Leadership 52

Leadership Nonprofit Leadership Activism Foundations 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 16, 2023

It also has an adverse impact on workforce productivity and inflicts economic losses on workers whose health and working conditions are affected by extreme heat. Mayors and city governments are increasingly seen as “doers” rather than “delayers” because they find themselves on the front line of the climate crisis.

Health 82

Health Public and Social Policy Energy Collaborations 82

Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

Communications & Marketing Coordinator Riverside Community Health Foundation (Riverside, CA). Investigative Journalist & Marketing/ Communications Specialist Better Government Association (Chicago, IL). Marketing & Communications Coordinator Environmental Defense Fund. Tacoma, WA). Boston, MA or New York, NY).

Communication 65

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Associations 65

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. Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork.

Leadership 100

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 100

Nonprofit Fixer

JULY 14, 2021

But leadership and taking responsibility for the financial health of an organization, can sometimes be uncomfortable. This list can be used by an executive director, board chair, or any individual board member to consider their contribution to the organization’s financial health. You would have to run the auction, of course.

Fundraising 75

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise. Simply put, social change requires social collaboration.

Collaborations 119

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Coined in 2004, ESG emerged as a joint effort by the UN, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Swiss Government to support the financial industry’s consideration of ESG issues in mainstream investment decision-making (although its roots exist in the socially responsible movement, or SRI). ESG is a framework.

Environmental 137

Environmental Finance Governance Law 137

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was born in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and started working in public health there as a clinical psychologist. I was responsible for mental health in what was, at the time, one of the world’s poorest countries. There I was, talking to parents about lead poisoning, doing what we do so readily in public health: telling people what to do.

Health 113

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 113

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s completely preventable, at least according to the various experts I spoke to, including veteran coal miners, mine safety experts, and health experts. It also created the Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA), which is tasked with overseeing the welfare of these workers. It’s not an old man’s disease anymore.

Health 68

Health Governance Law Construction 68

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Lesson 2: Understand the laws. Once you have identified what resources you are saving and how you think they should be utilized, do your due diligence to make sure you’re following all applicable federal, state, and local laws as well as relevant court decisions. 3 3 Lesson 3: Create partnerships.

Food 93

Food Law Nonprofits Governance 93

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

They create a suite of environmental problems: from high carbon emissions as trees and soils burn; to public health emergencies when wildfires hit towns and smoke affects distant cities; to water contamination compounding regional drought. The catastrophic 2020 wildfires in California burned nearly 4.4

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 86

Care2

JUNE 17, 2009

Environmental Groups Prompt EPA to Block Five Mountaintop Mining Projects For several years, Sierra Club , EarthJustice and Appalachian Voices have campaigned strongly to end mining projects that involve blasting away entire peaks, then dumping millions of tons of waste rock in the valleys below, causing permanent damage to the ecosystem.

Public and Social Policy 28

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 28

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In the process, we empower ourselves to transform the systems that govern our world. With a background in law and education, Jackson founded JUSTUS Kitchen to create healing food experiences that inspire folks to reconnect with themselves, the earth, and one another, inviting us to grow together toward collective liberation.

Food 136

Food Culture Agriculture Health 136

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Collaboration among community members, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, and local governments allows resources to flow where they’re needed and is a powerful way to help address race and climate inequities. One ongoing nature-based project is installing rain gardens.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 91

Nonprofit Administration and Development Environmental Universities Governance 91

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. Decolonizing and Decarcerating Our Minds. …[I]deas

Construction 79

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 79

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Many participants instantly recognized the examples of systemic trauma we provided, especially among system actors in positions of power such as government institutions. Yet the impact of trauma remains all but absent from mainstream discourse about systems change. One example of this is the W.K.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

According to the 2022 United Nations climate change report, 40 percent of the world’s population is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, meaning their physical and mental health is already affected by climate-related diseases and extreme natural events. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business.

Civil Society 86

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Energy 86

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

2012) and demonstrate the failure of government regulations to rein in abuses (Coskun 2022; Silver-Greenberg and Gebeloff 2021). Impact investing, as defined by the Global Impact Investing Network , is an investment tool “made with the intention to generate positive, measurable, social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.”

Public and Social Policy 81

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 81

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 88

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 88

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 84

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 84

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Jimmie Alford, one of the great fundraisers in America, told me a story a few years ago, which was about this volunteer who had to raise money for mental health in a community. You know, what are the community priorities related to mental health?” And they didn’t have many major donors, in fact, none. . Date by March 31st.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 107

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Law Participation and motivation 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Agencies use this data to decide on the most effective and most promising solutions for a vast array of issues, from early-childhood education to environmental protection. Look at what Google did for website indexing, look at what Westlaw did for indexing case law, look at what the Human Genome Project did for indexing genetic research.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Governance Finance Law 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Law professor John Eason notes that present-day social justice movements often call for renouncing past namings for slave owners, white supremacists, or anti-Semites. Under his watch, the company was fined $18 million in 2009 for environmental pollution in Rhode Island where Brown is located.

Ethics 111

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The climate plan (or Scoping Plan) that California passed in December 2022 was full of praise for the environmental justice (EJ) community. The climate plan (or Scoping Plan) that California passed in December 2022 was full of praise for the environmental justice (EJ) community. 8 Well, that all turned around with EJ organizing.

Environmental 84

Environmental Public and Social Policy Energy Law 84

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. Racial discrimination was written into the laws, so these programs continue to be, at best, a Band-Aid solution accessible to only some Americans.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 97

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

First, democratic funds like Seed Commons, 4 Ujima Fund, 5 and the Just Transition Integrated Capital Fund gave us a new model for how communities could steward and govern capital together. These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 108

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? The structure of the overall economy, and government responses or inaction to these conditions, are at the heart of why most nonprofit organizations were formed—to ameliorate the effects of market failure. If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 116

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

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Public and Social Policy 76

Public and Social Policy Law Education Education 76

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

There’s been a lot of talk about this year’s historic Presidential election, but behind the headlines, the real stories are about advocates fighting for change at all levels of government and across the entire country. Be an Environmental Voter--> https://t.co/hlupyuJWy4 Environmental Voter Project ( @Enviro_Voter ).

Environmental 63

Environmental Nonprofits Law Governance 63