Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

Yet it is precisely at this moment, when democracy is being challenged from all sides, and when the limitations of our nearly 250 years of governing are coming to a breaking point, that we must rise up and fulfill this mandate. Trust in government is at near-record lows because none have yet delivered for all. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 93

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

At the Marguerite Casey Foundation, we believe this moment provides an opening for movements to shift public dollars to support the public goods our nation so desperately needs and to ensure that our dollars, in the public sector, are used to realize our dreams. Philanthropy has had a complicated relationship with the government.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 118

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Public funding programs often include conditions that exceed the capabilities of high-poverty areas, such as requiring matching funds that these areas do not have. A different approach that centers community voice is sorely needed.

Values 111

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

1 A version of this story was previously presented as part of remarks made at CHANGE Philanthropy, in 2021. When I started at Justice Funders, the majority of philanthropic assets were held in private foundations where a family board made decisions about how resources should be allocated.” “But The year is 2053. She’s right.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

But child care is more expensive than ever, and the federal government hasn’t done enough to support families, especially working mothers. The federal government must act quickly to preserve and increase funding for child care. Now more than ever, families bear the brunt of the economic burden.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Children Governance Philanthropy 132

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Then, we’ve been trying to compare the information given by the federal government and the one been given by the Puerto Rico government, which was usually different in terms of the amount of money. The US government and FEMA recently changed the recovery process in Puerto Rico. The wording, the categories of the information.

Governance 129

Governance Disaster Relief Foundations Philanthropy 129

Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Individual donors and foundations increasingly view data “ as the fuel for innovation and social change.” This can lead to funding shortages: A 2021 study by Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy found that AANHPI communities receive just 20 cents of every $100 awarded by foundations.

Governance 59

Governance Food Health Collaborations 59

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. However, in America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. This disproportionality demands systemic solutions.

Poverty 96

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Labor Mobility Partnerships (LaMP) is an example of a systems designer that helps coordinate across employers, aspiring workers, recruiters, government agencies, and trainers to prioritize and direct the investments needed to establish “good labor mobility” in key corridors around the world.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 135

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. If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 113

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

The Bill & Melinda Gates , Ford , and Open Society foundations have announced commitments of $2.1 The commitment includes $650 million to expand the foundation's support for women's empowerment collectives and efforts to strengthen the care economy, improve women's financial inclusion, and reduce barriers to paid work; and $1.4

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Governance Health Leadership 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The best way for philanthropy to show up going forward is to make trust-based, long-term investments into the systems of care that have long excluded marginalized communities and to ensure that those most impacted by reproductive oppression are the ones making the decisions. Philanthropy can’t shy away from the defining issues of our time.

Health 96

Health Philanthropy Governance Insurance 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

And how can philanthropies fund it? For most US-based foundations, the answer has traditionally been to focus on confined problem areas, projects like reducing malaria incidence, improving school attendance, or increasing access to safe drinking water. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way.

Production 103

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 103

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. My first thought was, ‘Here we go.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 139

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 How Location Affects the Foundation-to-Grantee Pipeline Most foundations are located on the coasts of the United States—mainly in New York and California.

Environmental 86

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 86

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2024

The interview that follows explores the history of the Clayborn Temple, the project to restore it, and the vision of Troutman and her colleagues to use the temple as a hub for developing a community-based economy in Memphis that i s Black-owned, Black-governed, and which sustains a thriving culture rooted in the Black imagination.

Governance 109

Governance Culture Construction Community Development 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2023

As funders at the Ford Foundation and Borealis Philanthropy, we seek to leverage our positions to advocate for greater support and funding for disabled leaders. Inclusion and equity across every level of tech design, deployment, and governance is crucial.

Technology 110

Technology Public and Social Policy Governance Leadership 110

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations. BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S.

Leadership 106

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 106

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

So, I’m humbled that you see your professional trajectory in this book, because many of the questions came from working at the Boston Foundation. That when the foundation called, people took my call. And we knew that poverty and racism were deeply entrenched, and that takes more than three years. Claire Dunning : So many things.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 91

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

CRH’s salvation eventually came in the form of a collaborative approach, pivoting toward a combination of emergency funding provided by a small family foundation; a nonprofit, non-extractive loan fund; a third-party investment firm; and a coalition of Latinx community development financial institutions (CDFIs).

Finance 94

Finance Non-Profits Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

That question was at the heart of a recent talk by Dean Spade, a mutual-aid theorist and activist named a Freedom Scholar last year by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. Spade, it is fair to say, is skeptical that philanthropy will fund movements at scale to build a solidarity economy.

Medical 107

Medical Universities Nonprofits Law 107

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

percent poverty rate (as of 2001). Seeded with an initial $5 million grant from a local foundation, the land trust acquired nine parcels between 2005 and 2011. The group acquired properties at a discount from the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority and received a portfolio of homes from the Ford Foundation.

Public and Nonprofit Management 93

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 93

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. Our initial focus was on counties with poverty and unemployment rates that exceeded statewide averages. Then, because of the hyper-local nature of the work, local philanthropies and other place-based funders were engaged.

Curriculum and Teaching 84

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 84

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Leaders moving work through nonprofit organizations are also contending with the “great resignation” and major shifts in the workforce; 3 unprocessed grief from the pandemic and years of escalating racial violence; and short-lived performative responses by philanthropy to the events of 2020.

Leadership 98

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 98

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

Meanwhile, the corporations and governments that bear the lion’s share of responsibility for the climate crisis have not been held accountable. Insights from the national survey will also provide the quantitative foundation of the post-capitalism website in development.

Agriculture 77

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 8, 2023

When the pandemic and government lockdown eliminated urban jobs, hundreds of thousands of people left Peru’s cities and walked home to their ancestral homelands. Scott Momaday During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global shutdown sparked an unexpected return to and reinvigoration of Indigenous culture in Peru.

Leadership 102

Leadership Culture Poverty Public and Social Policy 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Built on a foundation of racism, discrimination, and exclusion, with roots stretching back to the birth of this nation, it has been used both intentionally and unintentionally to limit BIPOC living options and life opportunities. FHO members have also brought ideas from FHO back to our foundations to discuss and adopt.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business. The framework consists of a three-by-seven axis.

Civil Society 83

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Energy 83

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) is a collaborative of 13 philanthropies, including The JPB Foundation where I serve as senior vice president of environment and strategic initiatives. What Philanthropy Can Do. These developments all point to a political and funding context conducive to climate and housing justice.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Energy Manufacturing Environmental 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

’s governance can be attributed to combining impatience about injustice with patience about strategy—and all the while keeping a relentless focus on securing voice and power for marginalized communities. Philanthropy would do well to follow a similar strategy. Their success in transforming L.A.’s

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Governance Foundations Non-Profits 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Edited Transcript: How is investing in power building critical to achieving the foundation’s mission and what lessons and experiences convinced you of the importance of power building? We knew within Marion County, specifically within Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Foundation, that we had to focus on dismantling systemic racism.

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Health Foundations Philanthropy 85

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Korea presents a unique setting in which governments play an important role in realizing social impact. ARTICLE | Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia by Noriko Akiyama, Fan Li & Wenquian Xu. ARTICLE | What ‘Cash Plus” Programs Teach Us About Fighting Extreme Poverty by Imran Matin. SSIR En Español.

Poverty 101

Poverty Universities Health Technology 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 10, 2023

By Richard Healey Over the last few decades, philanthropy and other sectors of the progressive movement have made an enormous leap forward in setting dramatically more ambitious goals. ” However, over the past few years, a few organizations have explored a promising concept that can help fill these gaps: governing power.

Governance 100

Governance Collaborations Philanthropy Law 100

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since 2017, Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), a funder collaborative that believes a stable, affordable home is the foundation for health, opportunity, and justice, has directed about a third of its $17 million in grants to policy advocacy and organizing.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 100