NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In reality, more than 70 percent of children in foster care today are in foster care because of what the system calls neglect, which is largely related to poverty issues. By 1968, when all states had a mandatory reporting law, that number grew to 11,000 cases, and Black children were significantly impacted by that.

Children 134

Children Poverty Law Public and Social Policy 134

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. We need to reimagine our laws, regulations, customs, and institutions. This work is urgent. It won’t be easy.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 93

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In total, more than a dozen law enforcement officials were waiting, undercover or in hiding, to surprise the Roberts family. A 2015 study by the US Forest Service notes : National forest law enforcement officers regularly encounter “nonrecreational” campers whose tenure exceeds established stay limits (generally 2 weeks).

Homelessness 102

Homelessness Law Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 102

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

million children out of poverty. None made it into law. By early 2023, however, Governor Tim Walz was declaring , “Now is the time to go bold” and pledged to “lead the nation in ending child poverty.” A few measures, particularly in labor law, mark even greater shifts. Those gains are already wiped away). Universal pre-K?

Public and Social Policy 84

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 84

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. Public resources flowed into health and human services, gender-affirming care, and equitable housing.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 106

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Taylor and Molly Blondell surveyed over 30,000 environmental and public health grants distributed by 220 foundations, which awarded approximately $4.9 Issues related to justice, race, inequalities, affordability, and poverty are much less likely to be funded.” million to environmental law, $75.5 Over 340 grants totaling $56.2

Environmental 86

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 86

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 114

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 114

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Her grantmaking in 2020 appears to follow a regular pattern of proportionality—perhaps a “power law distribution,” a mathematical pattern found across natural and socioeconomic systems where one quantity varies as a power of another. The patterns behind Scott’s grantmaking are much clearer when it comes to issue area and beneficiary group.

Poverty 98

Poverty Health Law Universities 98

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. Bright Pink: Bright Pink helps to save lives from breast and ovarian cancer by empowering women to know their risk and manage their health proactively. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Education 94

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. The Little Market is a 501(c)(3), charitable organization founded by women to help alleviate poverty by sourcing their good from artisan groups in over 25 countries.

Ethics 129

Ethics Children Poverty Education 129

iMarketSmart

MAY 8, 2024

The real-life Erin struggled with fairly extreme poverty for many years. It was a challenge just to get food on the table. But, after getting a low-level job at a law firm, she ended up playing a big role in winning a huge lawsuit for the firm, and (spoiler alert) she receives a seven-figure bonus. Nothing is guaranteed.

Philanthropy 96

Philanthropy Participation and motivation Poverty Finance 96

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. The situation for extremely low-income homeowners was no better.

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 109

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Center works with a combination of science, law, activism, and creative media to protect the lands, waters, and climate that people, wildlife, and all types of communities and ecosystems need to survive. The US has 5% of the world’s population but consumes 30% of the world’s resources and creates 30% of the world’s waste.”

Agriculture 77

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 77

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In] 36 states, federal law continues to permit subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. By law, they are allowed to pay lower than the minimum wage. It should be noted that 14 states have passed laws to ban this. The majority of these 120,000 workers are people who have intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Race and Ethnicity 125

Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Law Education 125

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Three decades later, Bill Clinton signed the Minimum Wage Increase Act, but the tipped minimum wage was excluded from this increase due to pressure from the restaurant industry, locking food servers’ wages in at $2.13 Discrimination affects wages, benefits, and working conditions and exacerbate differences in health and wealth accordingly.

Law 93

Law Healthcare Agriculture Manufacturing 93

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Food & Drink. Health & Beauty.

Ethics 107

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 107

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which “ was signed into law in 1988 to create an orderly system to get federal assistance to state and local governments in the wake of natural disasters.”. The US government and FEMA recently changed the recovery process in Puerto Rico. We get very frustrated.”.

Governance 130

Governance Disaster Relief Foundations Philanthropy 130

Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

Communications & Marketing Coordinator Riverside Community Health Foundation (Riverside, CA). Marketing Strategist The Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Social Engagement Coordinator Food & Water Watch (Washington, DC). Communications Manager—PT Melville Charitable Trust (Boston, MA). Tacoma, WA).

Communication 65

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Associations 65

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

This includes strategies of community organizing, public policy and advocacy, civic engagement, cultural/arts organizing, land/food sovereignty, healing justice, and more. How do we shift scarcity mindsets that are rooted in deep and real experiences with poverty and oppression?

Leadership 99

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 99

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

12 Its demands include freedom for all imprisoned and detained people; resistance to surveillance, policing, and militarized responses to COVID-19; access to quality healthcare now and in the future; access to housing, food, and economic security; and international efforts to end US imperialism and militarism.

Construction 77

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 77

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Food & Drink. Health & Beauty.

Ethics 40

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 40

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Education is promised as a path out of poverty—but it’s also a means of extraction under racial capitalism. including cancelling the full remaining balance for roughly 20 million borrowers.”. Jim Crow Debt: How Student Debt Impacts Black Borrowers and Communities. Black borrowers hold the most student loan debt across all racial groups.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. Are poverty wages less miserable because your boss is Black? 28 Yet an approach that prioritizes “Black faces in high places,” Pérez insists, is insufficient.

Public and Social Policy 72

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 72

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

93% say companies must go beyond the minimum standards required by law to operate responsibly and that businesses should do something in the communities in which they operate. • The expectation is that companies will consider total stakeholder value, not just total shareholder value. • 81% say companies should do even more, including.

Volunteerism 49

Volunteerism Volunteerism Environmental Poverty 49

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Because access to health care should be a right, not a privildege. Because poverty and food insecurity is at record highs in the United States. Because they make it easy to find your local farmer’s markets and organic food producers. Southern Poverty Law Center. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube.

Children 107

Children Poverty Insurance Food 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

For Ngāti Maru, this loss has left a legacy of dislocation and dispossession,” Andrew Little, New Zealand’s minister of health and minister of the Treaty of Waitangi negotiations, told the audience. ” By mid-2018, the New Zealand government had signed 73 settlements into law, valuing $2.24

Governance 91

Governance Health Public and Social Policy Culture 91

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Because access to health care should be a right, not a privildege. Because poverty and food insecurity is at record highs in the United States. Because they make it easy to find your local farmer’s markets and organic food producers. Southern Poverty Law Center. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube.

Children 111

Children Poverty Nonprofits Insurance 111