NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

Image Credit: Etienne Girardet on unsplash.com Many people working in nonprofits and philanthropy say they want to reduce poverty, and increasingly, foundations, nonprofits, and social-movement organizations are developing communications strategies and telling stories that aim to dispel the myth that the US economic system is equitable and fair.

Poverty 111

Poverty Ethics Culture Philanthropy 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

The care economy employs 17 percent of the US workforce, an area currently experiencing one of the greatest employment shortages, including home healthcare aides and nurses. Nearly one in five home healthcare aides lives in poverty. Aligning investments with ethical missions is not just the right thing to do—it's good business.

Curriculum and Teaching 103

Curriculum and Teaching Healthcare Civil Society Technology 103

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Work requirements are based on several problematic truths about the United States: an unwillingness to govern by fact rather than fiction, a deep history of racism and sexism, and a centuries-long capitalist work ethic that treats people as dispensable. Jobs with these qualities are just one part of a supportive social safety net.

Public and Social Policy 92

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 92

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. “The people who were doing the development project probably weren't out to make poor people suffer,” he said. .”

Nonprofit Leadership 98

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Medical Nonprofit governance and management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 5, 2024

DB: A big premise of my work at JPB Foundation is that no matter what issue you care about—whether that be housing, healthcare, poverty, or climate justice, and they are all important—the fundamental issue at the root of all of them is who has power in society and who doesn’t.

Philanthropy 108

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Ethics 108

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

And rich people who could afford to isolate, not have to go into an office, could afford healthcare, got richer. The passage of the THRIVE Act prioritized renewable, environmentally sound, ethically sourced energy production, from development to deployment.

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 109

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Are poverty wages less miserable because your boss is Black? Notable successes include distribution of free shoes, clothing, healthcare, and food that was often produced through cooperatives and collective activity ….Solidarity 28 Yet an approach that prioritizes “Black faces in high places,” Pérez insists, is insufficient.

Public and Social Policy 73

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 73