NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The stories range from the role of public libraries in climate justice to how the climate crisis is changing mental healthcare—and that’s to name a few. Please consider making a donation to NPQ today to help us continue to publish thought-provoking content that promotes civic engagement and social justice.

Public and Social Policy 68

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Environmental Energy 68

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2023

And if approached correctly, increasing equitable green spaces is a form of racial justice and environmental justice. Residents are working to assess the environmental and health burdens associated with former oil drilling sites and other contaminated lands. PSR-LA is going to make that a reality.

Public and Social Policy 92

Public and Social Policy Environmental Health Public Policy 92

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Social progress, on the other hand, shows a very different picture. What explains this massive split between the corporate and the social sectors? Some refer to this as the “ data divide ”—the increasing gap between the use of data to maximize profit and the use of data to solve social problems.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 94

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I've been to the conferences and workshops, read the listservs, talked to the researchers and read some of the research, played with the public tools. Lots of executive orders and unfunded government mandates and policy proposals pushed by tech companies. Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash Ah, AI. Can't avoid it. Lots of press.

Public and Social Policy 59

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 59

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

“But on the issue of racial justice, it does not match its presentation to the rest of the nation.” Brutus is also senior counsel for the Economic Justice Program of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice , which is serving as an organizational and logistical backbone of the New Jersey Reparations Council.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Health Leadership Environmental 135

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. We know that for social entrepreneurs trying to solve global challenges, the system is rigged. Underneath every accomplishment lies a profoundly broken funding landscape for social innovation.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 97

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 100

Public and Social Policy Environmental Health Economic Issues 100

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

While climate change is certainly one root cause of these problems, simultaneously addressing climate change and inequity, or climate justice, requires that we examine human well-being, not just environmental progress. For example, the Forever Better financing program incentivizes suppliers to work on climate and social issues.

Health 87

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 22, 2024

Indeed, the lack of public leadership and financial incentives has positioned investors as not only economic but also political actors whose investment priorities speak to quality questions of the entire ed-tech ecosystem. Hence, achieving balance across these pathways is preferable to excelling in just one aspect.

Public and Social Policy 59

Public and Social Policy Finance Education Education 59

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 9, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Mingook Kim on unsplash.com Two major problems confront California’s energy policy. Net energy metering is a policy that compensates households with solar panels for the extra energy they give back to the grid and, in turn, helps lower their utility bills. This policy decision was complicated.

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Energy Environmental Non-Profits 80

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes. There are communities like hers all over America. We call these factors the Systemic Drivers of Health. Image by the authors.

Health 95

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 95

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

By Stephan Manning & Yeşim Uygur Addressing entrenched social problems in local communities like inequality, violence, or environmental degradation is as much about changing local cultures and mindsets as it is about reworking the socioeconomic structures around them. Indeed, they can play a vital role in community change.

Leadership 94

Leadership Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 94

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 22, 2023

By comparison, the $75 million (33) that Jahi indicates is invested in social justice is roughly one millionth as much. One sign of this is the rapid growth of what is variably called “socially responsible investment” or “impact investment.” But the phrase, “impact investing,” implies pursuing some positive social benefit.

Nonprofit governance and management 86

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

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 96

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

With all this in mind, academics and policy makers have called for the international community to prioritize debt-for-climate swaps, an initiative through which a nation’s debt is forgiven in exchange for investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation, thereby addressing both crises at once.

Public and Social Policy 74

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 74

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Image credit: Michael on Unsplash A popular area of applied behavioral science, nudges are frequently deployed within public health and healthcare systems to influence people’s choices. These environmental cues are a relatively simple and cost-effective approach to nudging. But can people be nudged into better health?

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Health Ethics 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Community-based organizations and local governments are starting to recognize where such individuals may fall through the cracks and are creating policies and networks for more inclusive disaster response and recovery. At the same time, these policies siphoned resources away from their communities.

Disaster Relief 124

Disaster Relief Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Insurance 124

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

The organization’s latest report , Nurturing All Children in Nature , highlights the importance of nature-based learning environments and how this establishes values of environmental stewardship from an early age. Other barriers, such as budget constraints, educational policies, and inequity in urban planning, come into play here too.

Public and Social Policy 54

Public and Social Policy Children Environmental Philanthropy 54

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: DOERS on istockphoto.com Studies of climate change impacts “have largely focused on physical health,” according to a policy brief issued in summer 2022 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Such considerations can be symbiotic, benefitting both the environment and individuals’ psychological wellbeing.

Health 79

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 79

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A 2020 report from Stanford Law School and NYU School of Law researchers documented that nearly half of the 142 federal agencies surveyed had already experimented with AI applications, including to adjudicate disability benefits and communicate with the public. The future is now. Due this summer, it is now several months behind.

Civil Society 84

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 84

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

This is not a theory but a fact, affirmed by leading experts like the Edelman Trust Barometer , Gallup , and General Social Survey by NORC at the University of Chicago. It erodes a high-functioning pluralistic democracy , compromises public health, and makes it impossible to solve collective problems like climate change.

Civil Society 115

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Health Governance 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2023

Aruta & Kelly Davis A convergence is happening between the climate and mental health movements, and social impact practitioners need to pay attention. Many others are feeling distress as they process the realities of widespread environmental and biodiversity loss. By Lian Zeitz , John Jamir Benzon R.

Health 87

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 87

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 15, 2024

Research Is Advancing Maternal Mental Healthcare In April of 2024, a seminal public health journal, Health Affairs, issued a special edition on perinatal mental health and wellbeing and conducted a related briefing. At its extreme, the mental strife some mothers encounter can lead to substance use disorder, suicide, and infanticide.

Health 82

Health Healthcare Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy 82

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.” No amount of lead is safe in the blood.

Curriculum and Teaching 64

Curriculum and Teaching Environmental Children Public and Social Policy 64

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. Households of color were significantly more likely to be evicted, foreclosed upon, or displaced from their homes by gentrification.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 93

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 4, 2022

More to the point, from an environmental perspective, buying offsets—credits for carbon reduction elsewhere—is highly questionable. Carbon neutrality has captured the public’s imagination, in part, because the climate issue is complex, and people don’t understand it well enough to know better.

Public and Social Policy 92

Public and Social Policy Energy Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 92

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

The town partnered with the gallery on the program, which included environmental-themed events lasting through October 2023. The Art and the Science Behind It A study from 2023 found that “using art to convey environmental data eased political perceptions about climate change,” according to Hyperallergic.

Environmental 89

Environmental Culture Energy Collaborations 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 14, 2024

Data from the National Center for Education Statistics tells us that as of 2021, public school students in the U.S. For the past four years, the Schott Foundation for Public Education has worked with Candid to measure the grantmaking priorities of those in K-12 education philanthropy. It’s possible.

Education 72

Education Education Philanthropy Foundations 72

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

Public funding agencies, such as the Global Environment Facility and USAID, are also expressing their own intentions to get more climate and biodiversity funding to local, community-level, and Indigenous organizations. These changes are possible for both public and private funders.

Civil Society 96

Civil Society Environmental Governance Public and Social Policy 96

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

Creating pathways to instill early access to climate education and environmental stewardship opportunities is a way to equip the next generation with the knowledge and tools to adapt to and mitigate the climate crisis. Boston’s citywide Green New Deal is one such pathway. 36 One participant in the second cohort is Joshua Burrell.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 84

Nonprofit Administration and Development Environmental Energy Nonprofit governance and management 84

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Ideally, sustainable farming efforts along with improved disaster-recovery policies that enable people to maintain their livelihoods and social structures will help people to stay in place, reducing the number of climate refugees. Like India, the US is lagging on its development of a climate-migration policy.

Agriculture 88

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Governance Construction 88

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. In 2016, six women of color in the Colorado organizing and social justice movement ecosystem came together and formed Transformative Leadership for Change.

Leadership 99

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 99

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Public entities with unique governmental powers, land banks acquire vacant, tax-delinquent properties that are causing harm , improve them, then dispose of the properties to support community goals. Over decades, racist policies and practices, including intentional disinvestment, have shaped our neighborhoods.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Governance Community Development Agriculture 104

EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Often, the central issue is a specific policy or a cultural phenomenon that the organization seeks to promote or eliminate. For example, a local nonprofit working on educational issues may raise awareness about specific school board policies with the aim of making them more inclusive.

Public and Social Policy 79

Public and Social Policy Education Education Nonprofit governance and management 79

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

If environmental outcomes can become assets, why can’t social outcomes? Social impact, totaling $72.05 trillion in terms of government social spend, philanthropy, and S-themed ESG assets under management could be considered the world’s largest financial market today.

Marketing 70

Marketing Marketing Public and Social Policy Governance 70

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The world has been going through an environmental crisis for decades, but now we are reaching a tipping point. The world has been going through an environmental crisis for decades, but now we are reaching a tipping point. It all starts with a green policy. 5 Ways Organizations can Fight Climate Change to Build a Better Future.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Environmental Energy Social Enterprise 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

The most pernicious one is the narrative regarding small, locally led organizations and our low expectations of them (which is not exclusive to the social change space). One of the casualties of this is the perpetuation of core assumptions that are unhelpful at best and at worst a detriment to the field.

Civil Society 86

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 86