NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

From vast riparian watersheds to fisheries to croplands, few corners of the nation’s ⎯ and the world’s ⎯ food systems have escaped the eyes of the Walton family. Now, they’re expanding their philanthropy to news organizations that report on food, agriculture, and the environment and, in turn, amplifying the family’s other efforts.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 120

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

2 It has been edited for publication here. 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. The year is 2053. The buzzing of delivery drones fills the air.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 111

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. Deep Listening Is Necessary for Social Change. Social Justice Organizations at a Crossroads. A ‘Balancing Test’ for Foundation Spending by Dimple Abichandani.

Civil Society 95

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 95

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 105

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As a Muslim executive director of a national racial justice organization and a Jewish former foundation executive, we find that most organizational leaders and activists we talk to are horrified by the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza, the killing of Palestinian civilians, and the repression of Palestinian solidarity movements in the United States.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Philanthropy Law 145

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Thanks to prison privatization, corporations, many of whom, like CoreCivic , are publicly listed companies, have a perverse incentive to boost their stock prices and keep prisons full by lobbying for policies like harsher policing, longer sentencing, and incarceration for non-violent crimes.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 104

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In this interview with NPQ , The Sentencing Project’s codirector of research, Nazgol Ghandnoosh, discusses the series, particularly the last installment, which examines how mass incarceration deepens inequality and harms public safety. Better investments could be made with public resources.” How can this disparity be combated?

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Education 106

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 25, 2023

What policies are further perpetuating inequities? We recognize that [institutions] shy away from centering racism [in discussions], and when we do that, we will not succeed in truly achieving a Culture of Health,” explained Rich Besser, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We are highly regulated,” she shared.

Health 98

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Race and Ethnicity 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Biodiversity Loss and Global Corporations The imminent loss of one million species presents a grave threat, impacting human health, food security, rural communities worldwide, and over half of the global GDP. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These communities lack access to health care , struggle with food insecurity and water scarcity , and generally have difficulty meeting basic needs. For example, the Forever Better financing program incentivizes suppliers to work on climate and social issues. Companies can also look beyond their own walls for innovative ideas.

Health 97

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 97

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. Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. Two of them—Dr.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 119

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2023

Promising Models for Change In Los Angeles, CA, Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles (PSR-LA) is organizing alongside and with South Central LA’s predominantly Black and Latinx communities to undo decades of harm that toxic chemicals have inflicted on their neighborhoods. PSR-LA is going to make that a reality.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Environmental Health Public Policy 94

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. Just as press releases and surveys can show us intent, foundations’ actions can best be measured by our checkbooks. The latest Justice Is the Foundation data, covering grants made from 2019-2021, was released last month.

Education 77

Education Education Philanthropy Foundations 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Casey Foundation. Getting our housing system to work better for all—especially for families of color who have long experienced discrimination and bias—will require a long-term concerted endeavor with coordinated efforts from a broad host of public, private, and community actors. By Funders for Housing and Opportunity.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

” As a frequent participant in funder calls and donor working groups, our team at the Roddenberry Foundation has seen this “systems change fatigue” up close and personal. As a collaborative effort with multiple funding partners , we have regular conversations with foundations from across the globe.

Civil Society 94

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For as long as most of us can remember, social enterprises and social movements have sought to disrupt systems from the outside or to make fundamental policy changes from the top down. By Jim Bildner & Stephanie Khurana. And it was undeniable. In Education.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Health Governance Education 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. This is particularly important in social impact, where we need evidence to make decisions related to policy, funding, and programs, so we can solve intractable problems. million studies.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Universities Governance 100

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Public trust: Monitoring shows commitment to responsible use of resources and best serving beneficiaries. Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda.

Education 52

Education Education Public and Social Policy Law 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Notably, Scott has infused funds into sectors long overlooked or ignored by other philanthropists and foundations. In 1984, Chuck Feeney transferred his shares in Duty Free Shoppers to the Atlantic Philanthropies, which was able to deploy over $8 billion to address various pressing social problems sooner rather than later.

Philanthropy 124

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Agriculture Culture 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Residents, regardless of zip code or how much money they have, can breathe clean air, eat healthy and culturally appropriate food, and have a safe, affordable place to call home. The importance of housing as a social determinant of health has been well-documented by researchers and philanthropies alike.

Health 98

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 98

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. “The

Disaster Relief 129

Disaster Relief Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Insurance 129

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Hanley Family Foundation. American Legion Child Welfare Foundation. Cigna Foundation. RBC Foundation – USA. Autism Science Foundation. The David & Lura Lovell Foundation. Anthem Foundation. Foundation for Autism. O’Neill Foundation.

Health 96

Health Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Healthcare 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 12, 2023

And I knew that unstable, unaffordable, and unsafe housing meant families had to choose between rent and food, utilities, medicines, and childcare. Despite the intersectional social and economic challenges we address, philanthropy is typically organized by siloed programmatic areas. As Charles Rutheiser of the Annie E.

Philanthropy 95

Philanthropy Homelessness Public and Social Policy Foundations 95

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 101

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Collaborations 101

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

The report also highlights how public and private programs around the country are finding innovative and often low-cost ways to achieve these goals. Members of this new generation are true digital natives and will grow up in a world informed by artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and new forms of social media we can’t yet envision.

Public and Social Policy 55

Public and Social Policy Children Environmental Philanthropy 55

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Furthermore, schedule changes and social isolation heightened uncertainty and anxiety. A survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that three-quarters of LGBTQ+ people (74 percent) reported that worry and stress from the pandemic negatively impacted their mental health compared to half (49 percent) of non-LGBTQ+ people.

Health 89

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 89

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. Strangely, nonprofits have been slow to embrace LinkedIn.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Nonprofits Activism Leadership 145

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

This article profiles three organizations from which we hail—the Center for Biological Diversity, Marbleseed (formerly the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service), and Wellspring Cooperative—that have grown to focus on addressing the many social, political, economic, and environmental ills that are a direct outcome of capitalism.

Agriculture 80

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 80

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

Yet, despite this consensus, the Rainforest Foundation Norway showed, in 2021 , that efforts to recognize Indigenous land rights and support their forest conservation were getting less than 1 percent of all climate financing, with the vast majority of funding going to international organizations or development contractors.

Civil Society 104

Civil Society Environmental Governance Public and Social Policy 104

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With this, I’m trying to get at the way insecurity is not just exacerbated but generated by our economic and social conditions. At the beginning of the book, I say that manufactured insecurity is a feature of any hierarchical social arrangement, not just capitalism. If we don’t have public transit, we take an Uber.

Manufacturing 143

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Psychology Poverty 143

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

All told, CDFIs—including not just loan funds, but also community development credit unions, banks, bank holding companies, and venture funds —have $266 billion in assets, according to a 2020 study from the US Social Investment Forum. In other words, is the phrase a call for government—and corporate donors and foundations—to invest in CDFIs?

Finance 95

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 95

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the children most at risk of lead exposure are under six years of age and can come in contact with lead through chipping paint in older homes, imported food or cosmetics, drinking water from lead plumbing or pipes, and even the soil around older buildings or roads.

Curriculum and Teaching 65

Curriculum and Teaching Environmental Children Public and Social Policy 65

Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

said Cory Howat, Executive Director of the Catholic Community Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. “We For example, some foundations or organizations don’t support faith or religion-based organizations, said Gillian Doucet Campbell, Director of Stewardship and Development for the Anglican Diocese of Niagara in Ontario, Canada.

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Leadership 119

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the Rippel Foundation, we are part of a broad movement to change this. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others, we developed the vital conditions framework. The vital conditions are an evolution, not a replacement, of the social determinants model that has been prevalent since the early 2000s.

Health 76

Health Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 76

Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

The social media specialist who helps you set up your social channels and content calendar then trains your staff on posting engaging content is an inkind donor, and a high-value one at that! The company that donates surplus tote bags with their logo on them for families at your food pantry to use when shopping is an inkind donor.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Values Food 116

Getting Attention

MARCH 16, 2015

Communications Assistant (PT) Pulitzer Arts Foundation (St. Communications Director Center on Policy Initiatives (San Diego, CA). Communications Manager RSF Social Finance (San Francisco, CA). Communications Officer The Kresge Foundation (Troy, MI). Online Merchandise Specialist PETA Foundation (Norfolk, VA).

Communication 71

Communication Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Finance 71