Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2025

An online game to advance social good like the World Food Programmes Freerice engages nearly 10 million people from 135 countries each year and has purchased over 225 billion grains of rice for food emergencies. Concrete Products (Simple Aims): More than anything, participants in massive collaborations want clout.

Nonprofit governance and management 94

Nonprofit governance and management Civil Society Collaborations Public and Social Policy 94

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The AI Mirror by DALL-E 3/OpenAI.com/DALLE Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Its just about efficiency and productivity without thinking about what the broader goal of it all is. Somehow that never comes to pass.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 105

Anedot

MAY 7, 2025

Provide mentoring and support to interns on gardening techniques, food production, and sustainable practices; help manage the work that interns are involved with. It also strengthens the social fabric of the community, another factor that is at the root of health. Some administrative support for program.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Insurance Nonprofit Administration and Development Food 52

NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Through its Madd Love Market, young adults with histories of incarceration and gang involvement gain paid work experience and essential life skills by creating products such as beautiful cutting boards. The Florida Aquarium, a nonprofit located in Tampa, provides a home and world-class care to a large variety of animals.

Children 225

Children Nonprofit Leadership Nonprofits Leadership 225

Anedot

APRIL 8, 2025

Organization Overview With over 40 years of service, West Marin Community Services (WMCS) provides essential assistance such as food distribution, emergency financial aid, referrals to social services, and equity-driven community engagement to residents in West Marin. Thrift Store: Generating funds for community programs.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 3, 2025

Loans for Cooperatives and Community Facilities CDFIs often support economic models that conventional lenders overlook, such as cooperative businesses (worker co-ops, food co-ops) or community facilities like daycare centers, health clinics, charter schools, and places of worship.

Finance 86

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 86

Blue Avocado

MAY 13, 2025

We partner with local health organizations to offer free services like HIV/AIDS testing and other resources tailored to the LGBTQ+ community. We also partner with the local extension office , for dental professionals and dental students from a community college to provide health resources.

Public and Social Policy 67

Public and Social Policy Collaborations Universities Law 67

Candid

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Public charities also include a wide range of educational organizations (afterschool programs, universities), arts and culture organizations (museums, theater groups), and health organizations (clinics, nonprofit hospitals). Among nonprofit workers, 66% work in a job related to health care and/or social assistance.

Non-Profits 105

Non-Profits Law Governance Homelessness 105

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 9, 2025

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash This article concludes our four-part series, Defying the Odds: How Southern Workers Organize , a co-production of NPQ and the LIFT Fund. STAND-UP seeks access to good union jobs, public transit equity, affordable housing, health equity, and other lifeline issues for Black communities.

Leadership 100

Leadership Healthcare Energy Governance 100

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2025

But the machines didnt need breaks or health insurance. Across industries, frontline workersespecially those in retail, food service, and customer supportare being displaced by automation at alarming rates. trillion in global productivity. Then, in early 2024, the store installed self-checkout kiosks.

Retail 113

Retail Nonprofit Administration and Development Education Education 113

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 18, 2025

As Independent Sectors recent report , Health of the U.S. Only a small share of public funding comes directly from federal agencies; a sizable amount passes through states and municipalities, in the form of block grants, for example, that support everything from affordable housing to community health centers. million and 13.4

Governance 89

Governance Manufacturing Health Retail 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Health and educational disparities, food insecurity, broadband inaccessibility, and deteriorating infrastructure are among the urgent challenges facing rural communities. There is simply not enough focus by philanthropy on rural America to solve any one of these inequities.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Nonprofit Administration and Development Entrepreneurship Finance Agriculture 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2025

This includes sourcing materials responsibly, ensuring fair labor practices, and maintaining transparency and accountability at all stages of production and distribution. Transparency helps in building trust with consumers and stakeholders, who increasingly demand to know the origins of products.

Ethics 83

Ethics Agriculture Environmental Production 83

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 2, 2025

Trumps newly established National Energy Dominance Council will prioritize domestic oil and gas production, and reversing offshore drilling bans risks ecosystem degradation and increased emissions.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Energy Poverty Governance 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? 4 We are involved in health-focused, Native Americanled program development, advocacy, research, and policy change.

Technology 113

Technology Health Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities 113

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The key elements are simple: a CDFI-like loan product, a faith- or community-based partner, and a focus on compassion for the borrower. MCC offers food, tutoring, health, and legal services. The key elements are simple: a CDFI-like loan product, a faith- or community-based partner, and a focus on compassion for the borrower.

Education 110

Education Education Community Development Homelessness 110

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Fighting for and Building Solidarity Economies Over the last decade, this desire to “build our own house” has grown into a movement to fight for and build solidarity economies , beginning most visibly in the food sector. We should avoid the simple, linear stories based on the capitalist production paradigm.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Food Public and Social Policy 119

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The Amazon is a resource state for wealthier nations: 31 a place to exploit via extractive mining, cattle ranching, hydroelectric dams, palm oil, crude oil, sugarcane harvesting, logging, poaching, and various other monoculture crops such as soybeans and corn for animal feed and food-additive production. 2 (April 2012): 18599.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Environmental Agriculture Nonprofit governance and management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 7, 2025

on Unsplash Nationwide, nearly 80 million people rely on Medicaid for health insurance coverage in the United States. All told, over 28 million Latines rely on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for their healthcare. The stakes go far beyond health coverage. The stakes go far beyond health coverage.

Healthcare 83

Healthcare Insurance Health Medical 83

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

By Jen Astone & Daniel Moss We already know how to invest in the kind of equitable and sustainable food systems that can build climate resilience. By emphasizing a global food economy and export value chains that reinforce fossil-fuel dependence, local and publicly managed markets get overlooked.

Agriculture 117

Agriculture Food Finance Governance 117

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 21, 2025

Discretionary expenseslike high-impact services that help renters navigate community resources and gain access to healthy food, job training, and preventive health screenings, for exampleare often the first to be eliminated. The answer is Ive tried and fallen short three times.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 70

Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance Urban development Construction 70

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 26, 2025

A few years ago, Pedro’s community could depend on harvesting forest products, fishing, and hunting; these days, they struggle against lethal forces, both local and global. Pedro (not his real name) is a member of a riverside community in Amazonas, talking about criminal enterprises that are turning the forests into arid cattle pastures.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Children Public Policy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. How can a community reduce food insecurity?

Food 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Currently, over a third of Americans spend 10 percent of their annual income on fast food and consume such food daily. The Slow Food movement emerged from a protest in Italy during the 1980s against a major fast-food chain’s expansion near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Slow Food’s Principles and Practices.

Food 116

Food Education Education Agriculture 116

Selfish Giving

MAY 10, 2010

But White Castle isn’t trying to help those with autism by selling a product that just might contribute to their condition in the first place. It doesn’t connect its unhealthy food with a health cause as KFC does. Fast food restaurants can and should be involved with causes.

Marketing 233

Marketing Marketing Food Health 233

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. Confronting a history of exclusion.

Food 126

Food Agriculture Economic Issues Children 126

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I’ve observed the inner workings of a complex food system that, when it functions well, nourishes our bodies, families, and cultures.

Food 111

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 111

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 16, 2015

A photo posted by The Food Trust (@thefoodtrust) on Mar 28, 2015 at 8:33am PDT. Food Revolution https://instagram.com/foodrev. Food Tank https://instagram.com/daniellenierenberg/. The Food Trust https://instagram.com/thefoodtrust. The Food Trust https://instagram.com/thefoodtrust. shoplocal.

Food 275

Food Medical Nonprofits Environmental 275

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Should Share Our Strength , a national leader in anti-hunger programs, have a partnerhip with a fast food chain that sells mostly anti-nutritional foods that should be served to families with a side of Lipitor ? SOS is also set on growing its partnerships with the fast food industry. But there’s a nagging question for me.

Food 257

Food Foundations Health Environmental 257

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. Historically, these resources have only materialized when countries have achieved massive expansions of economic productivity and opportunity.

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The position of food co-ops in this mix can be ambiguous. On one hand, community-owned food co-ops can be a powerful strategy to assert community control over local food and avoid resident displacement. Yet food co-ops are also sometimes criticized as being potential agents of gentrification.

Food 126

Food Culture Management Ethics 126

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Details: Work apparel maker Dickies program for the Salvation Army of Metro Detroit is a great example of product cause marketing. Although Dickies generously donated $25,000 alongside its product donation. Program: Whole Foods Register Programs for Charity. Location: Newton, MA. It turns out I didn’t have all the details!

Marketing 260

Marketing Marketing Food Agriculture 260

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Image Credit: Reneé Thompson on unsplash.com COVID-19 impacted the physical health of millions across the country, hitting marginalized communities the hardest. Less visible was the pandemic’s impact on behavioral health, an umbrella term for mental health, substance use disorders, and life stressors.

Health 115

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address. This work is worth supporting.

Food 122

Food Finance Community Development Culture 122

Selfish Giving

MARCH 9, 2022

Purchase-triggered donation vs. Cause product: What's the difference? A purchase-triggered donation is when a business donates a portion or percentage of sales from the sale of an existing product or service to a cause or nonprofit. for sale at Food Lion supermarkets are a cause product. Brain Food 1.

Production 130

Production Food Associations Philanthropy 130

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 13, 2015

Here’s an example of a great metaphor from our free e-book, 25 Metaphors Nonprofits Can Use to Get Their Messages Across – and the Decrepit Dozen to Avoid , that shows how you can bring dry data to life: Cover of Red Eye Magazine with Feature Story on Chicago’s Food Deserts Source: chicagonow.com. Neither do maps alone.

Communication 183

Communication Food Health Production 183