NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. How does a community come together to build community wealth and advance Black food sovereignty? A little over two years ago, Black food advocates came together in Raleigh to form the Black Farmers’ Hub.

Food 108

Food Agriculture Governance Children 108

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

This article concludes the series : Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. For decades, the United States has focused on what are called “place-based” strategies and policies to address poverty, housing access, and affordability. Studies show that secure housing is critical to reducing generational poverty.

Poverty 102

Poverty Community Development Finance Construction 102

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2023

An example of this was profiled at NPQ in 2019, when we published a detailed study about the closure of a food co-op that had opened three years before in a Black community in Greensboro, NC. On its website, ILSR maintains a set of maps showing the overlay of poverty and store location in multiple metropolitan areas.

Retail 123

Retail Food Law Governance 123

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The climate crisis is not only a product of greenhouse gas emissions… but also of an ideological shift that was imposed by colonization and capitalism to justify violation of sacred land-, water-, and airways—domination that taught Americans to speak of “resources” instead of “relatives.”. A sovereignty focus has many implications.

Nonprofit governance and management 133

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 133

The Kindful Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

Donate hygiene, cleaning, or non-perishable food items. Mission: Helping Women Period is committed to supplying menstrual health products to people that menstruate who are either homeless or low-income. Host a menstrual health product drive. Impacting: Poverty. Become a monthly donor. Host a supply drive. WomenRising.

Poverty 121

Poverty Health Philanthropy Education 121

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. May the work of our movements serve to reimagine ways to govern and steward capital.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 104

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Global Goods Partners have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas to help bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade.

Ethics 129

Ethics Children Poverty Education 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Most of those who belong to the BoP live outside the formal economy and face unmet needs in basic areas such as food, financial services, and education. Examples include microcredit, affordable mobile phones, low-cost health care and education products, and mobile banking.

Production 111

Production Non-Profits Education Education 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

RB: The last installment of the report uplifts how mass incarceration exacerbates poverty. The report mentions how, in many states across the country, incarcerated people are paid little or nothing for their work while their labor is used to produce many of the foods and products we consume. There was this zero-sum game mindset.

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Education 99

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Most of them rely on rainfed agriculture, leaving them open to shocks like droughts and storms that can wipe out their crops and leave them without enough food to see their families through the year. The challenge is that carbon markets weren't designed to work for people in poverty.

Philanthropy 97

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 97

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Often, the result is rural poverty. percent of rural residents lived below the poverty line, compared to 11.9 It supports a population of over 380,000 residents, 21 percent of whom live in poverty, 15 percent of whom are Black, and 15 percent Latinx. His grandfather owned a soul food restaurant in Houston for over 50 years.

Poverty 79

Poverty Children Culture Food 79

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), this destabilization can lead to “cumulative community stress, increases in poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse, and forced migration.” In the wake of emergencies like wildfires or floods, people may be forced to move , to leave their communities and support systems.

Health 77

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 77

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Center’s Population and Sustainability program works to decrease consumption of climate-intensive energy, food, and goods in the Global North. The Center’s conscious consumption work is guided by the reality that consumption—like the harms caused by production—isn’t equitable.

Agriculture 75

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 75

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

PNW Production on pexels.com. Specifically, policymakers do not consider Black women living in poverty when developing programs that help people purchase and retain ownership of a home. This erasure of Black women from social policy built on a single-axis framework is especially true with respect to housing.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Homelessness 91

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

The next Google or Facebook has yet to emerge from places plagued by chronic poverty, and even when a high-tech sector sets foot in low-income regions, it often exacerbates income inequality. Yet, these attempts have not significantly reverted economic decline. A How-to Guide for Scaling Deep.

Entrepreneurship 111

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Finance Food 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay. 5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay. 6 : World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay. 7: World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay. 16: Global Cat Day — #GlobalCatDay.

Poverty 145

Poverty Health Technology Nonprofits 145

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 6, 2010

If you’re a cause with a corporate partner I’ll show you how to raise money with register programs and cause products. My two favorite causes profiled were UNICEF and the Food Bank For New York City because they both reminded me of my own organization in some way. But what I do has limits.

Food 198

Food Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 198

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

million children out of poverty. 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.” Minnesota is not the first state to do this—California has a standards board for fast food workers , for instance. Child tax credit ? Paid family leave?

Public and Social Policy 82

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 82

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

“A mission statement is a short statement of why your Nonprofit exists, what its overall goal is, identifying the goal of your operations: what kind of product or service do you provide, who do you primarily help, and your geographical region of operation. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Education 94

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Global Goods Partners have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas to help bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Food & Drink.

Ethics 109

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 109

Selfish Giving

MAY 9, 2012

“There’s more poverty on the island than people realize,” said Hughes. A big reason why we see so many pink products and ribbons in October is because companies know they sell more with pink than not. “The less the food and ingredients travel the better.” “We responded to where the need was.”

Poverty 269

Poverty Energy Food Production 269

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Survival was less a miracle than a product of the self-reliance that the Indigenous children had developed due to their upbringing. Suboptimal” early childhood development is seen as contributing to poverty in communities. As Mayancha and Mezzenzana write , “Danger or failure is a normal part of the learning process.” 2017 , 77).

Children 123

Children Civil Society Culture Health 123

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She called on other corporations to likewise support CDFIs to enable them to better address pressing economic issues, such as poverty, housing, and food insecurity. Where are consumer product companies? At a panel on rural poverty, Dana Bezerra, president of the Heron Foundation , called for shifts of narrative and power. “We

Finance 89

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 89

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

percent poverty rate (as of 2001). This farm supports 20 immigrant and refugee farmers and emerging food entrepreneurs. The restoration includes space for sausage production, with the Vaucresson family operating a café on the site. Purchasing land was, in a sense, the easiest step.

Public and Nonprofit Management 92

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 92

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 96

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 96

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Poverty, debt, and inequality are crucial to me. Typically, we say that the American Dream ideology individualizes and pathologizes poverty. This man has to ward off the specter of elder poverty by becoming a landlord. We treat the rest of life on this planet as a set of products or objects that don’t have rights.

Manufacturing 141

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Psychology Poverty 141

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

Based in Oakland, CA, and launched in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cooperative is forging a table of Black women-led, community-based organizations so Black cultural production across the city can thrive.

Culture 97

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 97

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. These gifts would be perfect for a loved one passionate about sustainable farming, growing food, and farmer appreciation. For every product purchased one tree is planted.”.

Children 105

Children Environmental Agriculture Nonprofits 105

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For instance, if a worker with disabilities is deemed only half as productive as a nondisabled worker, then the nonprofit is entitled to pay half the standard wage rate. The older you get, the more likely you live in poverty.” Bitty and Beau’s opened their first shop in Wilmington, NC, in 2016.

Race and Ethnicity 123

Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Law Education 123

Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

Associate Product Manager Wikimedia Foundation (San Francisco, CA). Digital Production Associate Revolution Messaging (Washington, DC). Director of Product Marketing Playworks (Oakland, CA). Marketing Strategist The Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Product Manager Razoo (San Francisco, CA).

Communication 65

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Associations 65

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Here at the Hub office, we have a tradition called “Hubsgiving,” where we gather with all of the nonprofits in our space to share both business and life updates, get to know each other and indulge in some great food. In the nonprofit sector, we often don’t hear thank you enough. For one, nonprofits provide a constant source of employment.

Poverty 39

Poverty Nonprofits Food Production 39

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Smallholder farmers produce at least a third of the global food supply. As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. Though these farms are small, typically under two hectares, their cumulative impact is large. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs.

Agriculture 88

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 88

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Global Goods Partners have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas to help bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Food & Drink.

Ethics 41

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 41

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For the first, picture the SDGs in their multi-colored variety—no poverty, zero hunger, clean water and sanitation, climate action, etc., If necessary, go to outlining goals and sub-goals, and scroll through the detail.

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Participation and motivation 85

Getting Attention

APRIL 1, 2011

2) Membership Manager , Slow Food USA – Foodie alert! 3) Communications Analyst , Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) – ICIC is seeking a staffer with a few years experience to craft marketing plans for its research and small business programs, and develop online and print marketing products. NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

Public and Nonprofit Management 58

Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing Poverty 58

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 75

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 75

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This cannabis retailer encourages customers to recycle the plastic that encases certain cannabis products by offering a $4 pre-rolled joint for every piece of packaging they return. This year, they are back with an all-new holiday campaign to tackle period poverty. Brain Food 1.

Public and Nonprofit Management 130

Public and Nonprofit Management Retail Poverty Food 130